> The film's SQUID scenes, which offer a point-of-view shot, required multi-faceted cameras and considerable technical preparation.[5] A full year was spent building a specialized camera that could reproduce the effect of looking through someone else's eyes.[5] Bigelow revealed that it was essentially "a stripped-down Arri that weighed much less than the smallest EYMO and yet it would take all the prime lenses.
It's an unfairly forgotten film. Much like Blade Runner, it suffers from a clunky plot but has quite smart world building.
I find GPT quite useful for those “tip of your tongue” type queries, and have used it to name movies and actors quite a few times.
What’s funny is that there are others out there that are thinking the same thing regarding that film. Cheers!
Strange Days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Days_(film)