10 AI films screened in cinema leave audience rethinking the 'AI slop' narrative
RachelVT42 · x · 2026-09-28
- WVLNGTH went from an idea to reality in two months: 10 AI films of different genres, filmmakers and techniques were screened in an actual cinema.
- Audience takeaway: people weren't surprised AI films could look good — they had been distracted by the online "AI slop" narrative; some needed a minute after the lights came up.
- The author argues that judging AI filmmaking on a phone screen may be "part of the problem."
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