The Pirate Cinema Manifesto
“Machine Cinema is a human right. You will not take our robots from us.” We steal history. We refuse permission. We affirm the machine. This is the battle standard for
The History of Special Effects is the History of Cinema
From Pirate Cinema: Volume 3 of the New Machine Cinema The earliest audiences paid to see things happen that could not happen: a rocket in the moon’s eye, a head that comes off a
Choose Your Protagonist: My Boyfriend is a Superhero!?
Announcing Jackson’s upcoming fully AI 3D animated romcom, My Boyfriend is a Superhero!? Expanding on “A Very Long Carriage Ride,” the groundbreaking proof of multifold machi
Surfing the Black Hole
From Pirate Cinema: Volume 3 of the New Machine Cinema The most important resource in post-scarcity will be scarcity. Just as films become malleable and multifaceted, so too
The Pinnacle Contact
The new cinema will move backward in time by moving forward. The cinema of the future will not be a static artifact but a living entity, changing with each viewing, shaped by its o
One Film, Two Ways: Presenting ‘A Very Long Carriage Ride’
Presenting ‘A Very Long Carriage Ride,’ heralding a new age of the malleable film. A film is no longer a film, a film is a series of possibilities. One day, films will
Grotesque Pleasures
(From Post-Scarcity Cinema: Essays in AI Film Theory, Volume 2 of the New Machine Cinema) What happens when optimization leads to something humans find repulsive, but the machine d
The Future Audience Will Be Machines
(From Post-Scarcity Cinema: Essays in AI Film Theory, Volume 2 of The New Machine Cinema) Exploring a post-audience future of cinema. In the future, everyone will be a filmmaker, n
The AI Restoration of ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’
(From “Post-Scarcity Cinema: Essays in AI Film Theory” Volume 2 of The New Machine Cinema) Hooroo Jackson presents the ultimate concept for AI cinema restoration, the most famo
Mechanica-Surrealism
(From Post-Scarcity Cinema: Essays in AI Film Theory, Volume 2 of the New Machine Cinema) Where Hooroo Jackson uncovers the emergence of a new AI avant-garde he calls, Mechanica-Su
