“My Dad, like many fathers all over the world, owns a dinky VHS-C camcorder. In his intensely pragmatic way, he sees no need to operate without auto-focus and isn't keen on re-framing, working the zoom, or dealing with white balance. Still, his immobile home videos, consisting of long-takes unintentionally akin to Bill Viola's *I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like*, are compelling for their sheer bor”