The emergence of these personal devices has lifted the prior temporal and spatial constraints of old media. The viewing experience is no longer one of collectiveness and synchronization but is instead characterized by self-autonomy and mobility. This goes beyond the control over when to consume, but we can now pause, fast-forward, backtrack, skip and rewind as we watch. The surging interest in previously neglected subtexts in old films is not a random epiphany; it was technologically enabled and invited. Such longitudinal revisiting of old films would not be possible without the digital functions of pause, screenshot and rewind.

Source: Daily Sun September 29, 2020 15:33 UTC