Nevertheless, bodies permeate the screen. This is not like TV only better. This is life. It's a piece of somebody's life. Pure and uncut, straight from the cerebral cortex.
Prostitution parallels playback.
Both reduce bodies to the status of commodified objects. Furthermore, as these film clips evidence, Finnes manipulates the gaze. In this case, it is not only the one who wears the headset who gets to record the virtual reality, but the one who ultimately, posesses and views the tape has the power.