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That's how many times Paul Greengrass, writer-director of United 93, put his cast through the hijacking and ensuing heroics. On a set in suburban London's Pinewood Studios, where many James Bond fantasies have been filmed, Greengrass staged this real-life, high-stakes death battle over and over--the whole ordeal, nonstop, in takes lasting from 20 to 55 min., as the reconstructed Boeing 757 would wobble and shudder, and the camera crew followed the action like nosy paparazzi. Says Cheyenne Jackson, who plays Mark Bingham, one of the stalwart passengers: "We spent so many hours throwing...
...surpass film quality, and that's when moviemakers will start shooting most of their films digitally. Josh Silfen New York City I understand Lucas' enthusiasm for technological advances, but I think the look of film has more aesthetic value than digital's supercrisp, ultra-clean images. I agree with writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whom you quoted as saying, "You almost have to degrade the [digital] image to make it more real." I hope Hollywood doesn't have to choose between digital or film but can combine them to enhance the image on the screen. After all, shouldn't technology...
...understand Lucas' enthusiasm for technological advances, but I think the look of film has more aesthetic value than digital's supercrisp, ultra-clean images. I agree with writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whom you quoted as saying, "You almost have to degrade the [digital] image to make it more real." I hope Hollywood doesn't have to choose between digital or film but can combine them to enhance the image on the screen. After all, shouldn't technology be used to serve art? The financial returns will come later...
...Directed by Fernando Eimbcke Warner Independent Pictures 4 stars If it weren’t for the appearance of an Xbox, porn magazines, and pot brownies, “Duck Season” would look like a filmed Samuel Beckett play. Indeed, in his auspicious feature-length debut, Mexican writer-director Fernardo Eimbcke wraps existential pretensions in the simple staples of adolescent existence, posing many questions along the way: Can videogames settle monetary disputes? Can pornography explain adolescent romance? Can pot brownies reveal the mysteries of growing up? Eimbcke deigns to answer these questions. He is interested in the little...
Well, for one thing, say the movie atavists, film has a more human texture, an emotional weight. "Digital is just too smooth," says M. Night Shyamalan, writer-director of The Sixth Sense and a defender of the film tradition. "You almost have to degrade the image to make it more real. If you take a digital photo and I take one on film, there's just no way you're going to compete with the humanity that I can create from my little Hasselblad. Yours will be smoother, crisper, perfect in every way, and mine will be grainy...