The Banana! very simple yet so delicious...

United States, 22 FEB 2022

Film

This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.

The extraordinary popularity of videos on social media that show food being prepared in short snappy close ups gives credence to the screenwriting cliché “show it, don’t say it”. There’s a sensory, hypnotic satisfaction in watching someone make a simple sandwich, or in the case of Amaury Guichon, an impossibly complicated confection.

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

creator

Amaury Guichon

Production places
United States
Production dates
22 FEB 2022

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day

Measurements

1 minute

Object Types

Moving image file/Digital

Materials

digital screen recording of Amauryguichon's tiktok post

Collected

722 times

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