Please view in full screen. An impressionistic collage that explores the concept of war as cinema, of our fascination with the spectacle of violence and the distancing effects of the technologies of vision.

Several hours of footage were collected from Internet sources and duly mashed-up.

The essay 'The Fascination Payload: Cultural Studies and the first Gulf war' can be found at

coventry.ac.uk/ec/~pevery/writing.html

Running time: 30 Minutes

Contains scenes of violence and uncensored language

Music composed by Peter Every. Opening theme by Ryuichi Sakamoto. ‘Exit Strategy’ by Peter Every and Panjabi MC