https://jonigutierrez.com/2026/05/23/ai-cinematic-realism-aicr-from-indexical-trace-to-ideational-synthesis/Joni Gutierrez, Ph.D.en2026-05-23T18:53:36+00:00AI Cinematic Realism (AICR): From Indexical Trace to Ideational Synthesisartificial intelligence, ai, technology, Generative AI, cinematic realism, AI ethics, film, movies, film theory, phenomenology, philosophy, AI filmmaking, synthetic cinema, synthetic media, latent space, Kracauer, emotional plausibility, realism in cinema, visual culture, Dogme 95, accountable authorship, media philosophy, generative video, AI Video, Future of Cinema, film philosophy, extended mind, post-camera era, emerging media, Temporal Implication, Character Interiority, Spatial Coherence, Atmospheric Continuity, Conscious Assembly, Worldbuilding, Synthetic Performance, Ideational Frame, Glitch as Texture, Three-Strata Model, Perceptual Realism, Environmental Realism, Authorial Realism, Ideational Synthesis, Merleau-Ponty, Ethical Authorship, demo culture, deepfake, ontological rupture, Bazin, asymmetrical knowledge, likeness and labor, prompt typist, Cinéma Vérité, AICR, indexical image, cultural memory, Italian Neorealismhttps://jonigutierrez.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gemini_generated_image_1dxo181dxo181dxo.png?w=150