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Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 05-24-2005, 04:35 PM:

I was looking at the technical specs for Baadasss and was surprised to see it was filmed using SONY HDW-F900 cameras. Probably the most convincing job someone has done in hidef to my eyes. I was actually fooled. I thought it was film when i saw it on Showtime, especially the opening motorcycle in the desert scene.

Posted by Dylan Marchetti (Member # 2764) on 05-26-2005, 02:23 PM:

I was lucky enough to see this on 35mm in the Magno screening room in NYC. On film, I was able to tell that it was indeed shot digitally, albeit far less so than a movie like Spy Kids or Star Wars. I will say they did a phenomenal job on the DVD- it's one of the best compression jobs I've seen in a while, and really lets the colors pop despite being from a digital source.

Great movie, too...