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Thomas Procyk
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1842
From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 02-11-2004 02:37 PM

Here's a quote someone sent me:

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In the meantime, Rodriguez says he'll never go back to film, a medium he likens to "painting with the lights off."

"The only reason you would shoot on film would be for nostalgia reasons," he said during a preview of his two latest films at Sony Pictures Entertainment in Los Angeles. "It's embarrassing. We're still dragging that same film corpse around after 100 years."

As long as dumb people like Robert Rodriguez keep nailing it into people's heads that digital is better than film, the dumb people will believe it. Now, this is coming from someone who will go ahead and release a film in one aspect ratio in theaters, and then a different one on DVD. So what's the film supposed to look like? Make up your damn mind! I've never seen flame effects look so horribly fake than in Once Upon a Time in Mexico. I also think that orange tint was added to hide the flaws.

And who in their right mind shoots something in a LOWER resolution than the medium which it will be released on?!? No wonder I can never focus his shitty movies...

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The real reason he loves high-definition tape is the creative freedom it gives him.

I think he's been spending a little too much time in "Me-hee-ko" and has lost sight of what freedom is.

=TMP=

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Phil Hill
I love my cootie bug

Posts: 7595
From: Hollywood, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 02-11-2004 03:43 PM

I agree Tom, Rodriguez is waaaay overrated and a jerk ...especially for that asinine statement! IMHO, the ONLY 2 things he’s done that are any good are:

"From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996) (The original)
"Four Rooms" (1995) ("The Misbehavers" segment)

Both were brilliant. ALL the rest including the much overrated "The Faculty" (1998) were big-time POS.

I wonder what his next "Digital Film" will be? Ummm... besides another loser.

>>> Phil

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Darryl Spicer
Film God

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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 02-11-2004 06:10 PM

That's one reason, outside of the fact that it was a pos anyway, that Spy Kids 3d was just plain sucky 3D effects because the resolution the thing was shot in was so horrable.

Another film that just sucked trying to focus was Attack of the Clones. The live action focus was soft compared to the CGI work.

Film is a much better looking process why Fuck with it. Even photographic still images look far better than Digital still images.

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Paul Linfesty
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From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 02-11-2004 06:17 PM

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And who in their right mind shoots something in a LOWER resolution than the medium which it will be released on?

Wouldn't this include any film shot in SUPER 35 and released in "scope"?

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Tom Fermanian
Expert Film Handler

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From: Sainte Adele, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 02-11-2004 07:06 PM

First! IF & WHEN WE'LL SWITCHOVER, We should forget about beaming either via Cable,Satelite, MicroWave whatever and go to a Laser type Disc??? In a Size & Format Exclusive to Theatres, all coded, And only openable with authorised equipement, hence not having to store or transfer data, Discs could be produced cheaply enough and Fed-Exed or whatever anywhere for relatively low cost, just an Idea! Also would keep FCC & DOC away from us wanting to brand us as 'Broadcasters', This is some of the thinking here in Canada, Feds are hoping to get fees for licenses and falling under their jurisdiction could force theatres to have a certain percentage of local product and completely different guidelines!,
An aftertought! why not use fine grain stock like the new Kodak brand, apply this to standard 5 perf 70mm with DTS or a dolby SRD tracks ??, Talk about film done right!, The whole switchover to me still has too many business questions to answer! What do you think?

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 02-11-2004 09:00 PM

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Also would keep FCC & DOC away from us wanting to brand us as 'Broadcasters', This is some of the thinking here in Canada, Feds are hoping to get fees for licenses and falling under their jurisdiction could force theatres to have a certain percentage of local product and completely different guidelines!

Adina Lebo of the Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada (MPTAC) has discussed this concern at recent meetings of the Inter-Society Committee for the Enhancement of Cinema Presentation.

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