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Seen: Che and the Digital Cinema Revolution

02.3.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : che, red, seen, soderbergh

Interesting look behind the scenes of the first feature(s) shot on RED, Steven Soderbergh’s diptych Che. The Criterion Collection version of the film was released last week, and it includes a recounting of the frantic scramble to get the RED cameras ready in time (hint: they weren’t ready, and shooting had to be pushed a week): More »

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Pan and Scan redux

10.5.09 @ 3:15PM Tags : aspectratio, hdtv, soderbergh, widescreen

Steven Soderbergh called attention to this issue a few months back, but the DGA’s website was in a state of disrepair and his opinion piece couldn’t be properly linked. Also, I don’t have cable, so I didn’t pick up on the issue first hand — that is, until I moved out of my apartment September 1st and, by relying on the kindness of others and couch surfing, began watching movies on cable in wonderful high definition. There’s been just one problem: the movies are crapped. Sorry, I mean cropped. More »

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Ten films from 2008

01.7.09 @ 12:03AM Tags : barryjenkins, che, movies, soderbergh

Film critics are all releasing top 10 lists this week; I’d like to post a different kind of year-end list. Here are ten films I saw in 2008 that I would not have seen yet were I still living in North Carolina. Thanks, New York! More »