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• Re: Cry, clark, cry! - Rich Jura 18:07:42 03/27/04 (1)
  In Reply to: Cry, clark, cry! posted by Victor Khomenko on March 27, 2004 at 10:01:33:

  Hello Victor
  When I started working in the Film Dept at Columbia College in 1981
  everyone was saying that film was dead.It's still here.The thing that always bothered me with the new formats being either video tape or digital.Is no image ever exists in time.When a student comes to me with an image problem with a film camera I take the film lay it out on my light box grab an eye lupe and check it out.
  A caveman can hold up a piece of 35mm or 70mm film hold it up to the sky and see a moment in time.
  Student once asked me what the difference was between film and video, thought about it for a minute and said'with film you need vision with video you just need a television'.

  Later
  Rich
  
  

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  • Fascinating! Thanks. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:01:46 03/29/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Cry, clark, cry! posted by Rich Jura on March 27, 2004 at 18:07:42:

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• Re: Cry, clark, cry! - patrickU 14:40:44 03/27/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Cry, clark, cry! posted by Victor Khomenko on March 27, 2004 at 10:01:33:

  The same as we do today, I suppose, buying old lp´s......
  
  

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• Film ain't going anywhere anytime too soon.... - Chris Garrett 14:40:39 03/27/04 (1)
  In Reply to: Cry, clark, cry! posted by Victor Khomenko on March 27, 2004 at 10:01:33:

  Generally, the savings are on film companies' side, who don't have to make all of the prints and ship them out. There's not a lot of incentive to go Digital on the exhibitor's side of the coin. A good booth tech can build or break down a print in 45 minutes, so at $6/hr, that's $9 per movie. Trailer packs can take longer, but they can be recycled a few times, for the next movie or two. Plus, the projectors are used for many, many years with proper maintenance.

  I guess if the resolution between the two becomes equal and it's getting there with Digital vs. 35mm cameras, you'd be able to save on scratched prints, which can be a problem after a few plays, but who knows what artifacts we might get on HD based presentations that are operating at less than 100%?

  Anyway, the exhibitors would take the new systems I'd imagine, but they're not going to drop the coin from their change purse. Whether the film companies retrofit the higer profile theatres in major cities, or not, remains to be seen.

  But film will be around for many, many years, commercially.

  Chris
  
  

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  • Oh that's good. Now I can live in peace. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:00:22 03/29/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Film ain't going anywhere anytime too soon.... posted by Chris Garrett on March 27, 2004 at 14:40:39:

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