Seeing Is Believing?
In Todd McCarthy's review of The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (which, while a thumbs up, is not exactly a money notice) we find this:
...it is possible that the picture might have been warmer and more emotionally accessible had it been shot on film. It has been argued that digital is a cold medium and celluloid a hot one and a case, however speculative, could be made that a story such as "Benjamin Button," with its desired cumulative emotional impact, should be shot and screened on film to be fully realized. These are intangibles, but nor are they imaginary factors; what technology gives, it can also take away.
Actually, I bet it is an imaginary factor. I haven't studied this from a technical standpoint, but it sure reminds me of the to-do over the switch from analog to digital sound. So many people were saying vinyl had a "warmer" feeling, but most probably couldn't have passed a blind test. (Blind sound?) If viewers--including McCarthy--didn't know the movie were digital, would they really feel a difference?
posted by LAGuy @ 12:07 AM
2 Comments:
I don't think it has anything to do with warmer sound or even digital vs. film but the feeling that something is old and outdated and plays on feelings of nostalgia. Film tends to crackle and pop and sometimes the soundtrack doesn't quite sync (though I'm sure this can be addressed with quality control) and gives the feel of coming from an earlier simpler less benighted time.
PS- I would say the same thing about Black and White v. color film
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