How do you get a whole city to walk backwards?
What you’re really seeing:
The opposite of which is actually true: the man, Ludovic Zuili, is the one walking backward but the video is being played in reverse. What you’re watching is just a short preview of a 9-hour movie that was aired in its entirety in France called Tokyo Reverse, part of a bizarre TV programming trend called Slow TV that has been regarded as a “small revolution.” According to the BBC, similar video projects aired in Norway include a 6-day video of a ferry journey through the fjords which attracted viewership of more than half the country.
Is straight reality, in real-time, the new reality TV? We’ll find out soon here in the U.S.
The Dish 