8 BIT is a hybrid documentary examining the influence of video games on contemporary culture. A mélange of a rocumentary, art expose and a culture-critical investigation, 8 BIT ties together seemingly disconnected phenomena like the 80’s demo scene, chiptune music and contemporary artists using machinima and modified games. Produced in NYC, LA, Paris and Tokyo, 8 BIT brings a global perspective on the new artistic approaches of the DIY generation which grew up playing Atari and Commodore 64. 8 BIT insists that in the 21st century Game-Boy rock, machinima and game theory belong together and share a common root: the digital heritage of Generation X.
Cast
Recommendations
view all
Downloaded

Gilbert

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Elstree 1976

McQueen

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Class of ‘92

John Candy: I Like Me

Harmontown

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Sidney

Public Speaking

My Mom Jayne

Seduced and Abandoned

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Video Games: The Movie

The Velvet Underground

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Naqoyqatsi