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"The son was lenses"

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pivotal · JOI's final work; reported via Joelle, ~20 Nov YDAU interview

  • When: JOI's late/terminal filmmaking; stated in Joelle's interview about the last cartridge.
  • What: Describing the strange auto-wobble lens of JOI's final film, Joelle tells Steeply that lenses were Jim's forte — he kept a whole case, paid them more attention than the camera, and made his own — and that "his other son carried them in a special case." The division of labor: Leith was cameras, the son was lenses.