HOT/STUCK/DEAD is an exploration not of images reproduced on the display but of the display itself. The start is when the narrator sees a hand strangely protruding from a large LED screen in the square. When a panel, part of the whole, breaks down, a sight, which would normally be disregarded, comes into view. The narrator reminds that it is those complex and diverse hands that create and manage displays. The film visits those hands and contemplate more on the liquid crystal panels. An expert's explanation that 'liquid crystal' material has properties of both liquid and crystal tells us that the psychedelic pictures on digital screen we can easily think of is actually based on the principles of chemistry and the properties of liquid crystal material. Hot/Stuck/Dead is an interesting film for learning which recognizes the whole through the exceptional situation of the breakdown of a display.​