# Where to watch Trouble in the Image (1996) in the UK

> Trouble in the Image (1996) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 12 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

**Type:** Film  
**Year:** 1996  
**Runtime:** 38 minutes  
**TMDB rating:** 6.8/10  
**Region:** United Kingdom (GB)  
**Last verified:** 12 May 2026 (2026-05-12T14:36:04.093Z)  

## Synopsis

Optical printing pioneer Pat O’Neill uses “his skills in special effects production to extrapolate metaphysical meaning from the ordinariness of industrialized culture” (Scott Stark). In O’Neill’s playful film, “trouble in the image” may take the form of a disturbing moment in a narrative, how-to instructions for creating an image, or pictures that break apart and lose their literal meaning. O'Neill: “The film [is] made up of dozens of performances dislodged from other contexts. These are often relocated into contemporary industrial landscapes, or interrupted by the chopping, shredding, or flattening of special-effects technology turned against itself. The reward is to be found in immersion within a space of complex and intricate formal relationships”.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

## Streaming options in the United Kingdom

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