What Is This
1985, English. Directed by Raphael Montañez Ortíz.
With the aid of the Computer Department at Rutgers University, Montañez Ortiz devised a software interface that allowed him to digitize a videotape by scratching it forward and backward, completely disrupting its temporality.
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- 0h 9m
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- English
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- 1 January 1985
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What Is This isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1985. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like What Is This?
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Who directed What Is This?
What Is This (1985) was directed by Raphael Montañez Ortíz.