Arnolds films are intensely cut sequences in which several seconds of old movie clips are taken and stretched out into much longer works. The figures on the screen flip back and forth between frames, as the motion is repeated, reversed, and numerous single frame cuts are made. His intent is to create, or possibly unearth, narratives concealed within the mundane films from which he samples. In films such as Pi&#232-ce Touch&#233-e and Passage &#224- lacte for example he uses several seconds of the film To Kill a Mockingbird to create a bizarre story of aggression and tension within a traditional American family.