"Arts stimulate something inside of us. I'm going to direct all my films on film until they close the last lab down."

Brovo,Brother Speilberg.
(I too am a Theta Chi Alumni)

I like your take on things. If digital takes over I declare we can NEVER call a motion picture presented on DLP a "film" again.
Call it "video". No more "filmmakers" ... "videomakers".

Call 'em as ya' see 'em.

Rant over,
--Chris

Steve

In a perfect world, there would be room enough for movies which were made to be shown digitally. And then there'd also be room for movies which were made to be shown on film. It's too bad so many want to live in a "one size fits all" world. That's the same kind of thinking that killed 70mm.

So, let Spielberg make his FILMS and show them that way. And let all those BLAIR WITCH PROJECTS fill up the digital auditoriums. So far, nobody's had the guts to show something like THE HORSE WHISPERER digitally. Let's hope that the truly great cinematographers and their directors continue to show us how great film can look... and let the digital proponents continue to produce their videos too.

I'm sorrie. I can't spell no good.

Hey, my spelling generally sucks too. It is just that when one honors someone, it normally considered proper to at least spell their name correctly. In the case of SS, just about everyone's video collection (presuming you have a video collection) will have at least something the man made to reference off.

Steve

On the subject of spelling, I have to say that the ONLY thing I don't like about this forum is the way many people don't bother to check their spelling on just about everything, let alone people's names. I realize this problem is not unique to this forum; it exists on the internet in general, but we're supposed to be professionals here, right? It only takes a minute to proofread your posts.

I'm not trying to "dis" anyone here...it's just that a post that is spelled properly, and contains complete and proper sentences, with appropriate paragraph breaks, is much easier to read and understand. It's also more likely to make a positive impact.

OK, rant mode off. Apologies if I rubbed anyone the wrong way.

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Mike Blakesley
www.goforsyth.com/roxy

To be perfectly honest, I have noticed that several times my posts end up having spelling errors and gramatical errors, even though I do make sure they do not before I post. When I go back to correct it just does the same thing. This could be a problem with ISP or browser incompatibility. Brad can you confirm if this has ever been a problem before?

To Dave i to have had simular problems, you have to clear your cache the hard way. Brad was very helpful in telling me how to do it (and the rest of the world,sorry about that Brad)

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Technical Specifications for
Always (1989)

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Camera
Panavision Cameras and Lenses

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm

Cinematographic process
Spherical

Printed film format
35 mm

Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
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I wrote two articles on the "Splendor of 70mm":
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/reel/december98/pppp.shtml
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/reel/march99/pytlak.shtml

IMHO, any screen larger than 25 X 55 feet deserves the quality and luminance that only a 70mm print can provide. I'm sorry that distributors don't agree.

--Chris

Steve G.,I do have a video collection,but no need to go to that extreme; I should have caught the error because I was TYPING FROM THE ARTICLE!!! Oh,well. I now know one thing,
I shouldn't post anything before I totally wake up!