I've never forgotten this SIGGRAPH demo from almost twenty years ago, in which the authors effectively switch camera and light source computationally (... in a static scene) [1]
Ever since then, I have viewed scenes such as the "lingerie store scene" from Enemy of the State [2] with a little bit less eye rolling...
I went to high school with the sales clerk, Ivana Miličević.
It's always weird to see her in stuff.
Oh like Banshee! Which is also weird to see because homelander