Roger Deakins on the End of Film: "I really think this year and next year will be it"

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Roger Deakins on the End of Film: "I really think this year and next year will be it"

"If I had a digital option when we started True Grit I’m not sure I would have shot it digitally, just because of the nature of the film. But I don’t know, it’s a real transition now. I don’t personally think film emulsion is going to be used for very much longer at all. I know people have been saying that since — well, since I started in the business — but I really think this year and next year will be it, really." Roger Deakins ASC, BSC

http://www.movieline.com/2011/02/roger-deakins-interview.php

 

[Rainer]

Film will never die. Then again, nothing ever does. You can still buy stone axes, spears, and a whole range of horse equipment. Let them's that uses chainsaws scoff. There's nothing like the heft of a stone axe for chopping wood.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

and a whole range of horse equipment.

My grandfather once demonstrated how to harness up a horse to a cart... Don't think I could do it now... the point being certain things take skill and with lack of use, those skills disappear...

 

[dvxhutch]

There's already a thread on this subject:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?237779-Roger-Deakins-predicts-the-end-of-film

 

[Bonedog]

My grandfather once demonstrated how to harness up a horse to a cart... Don't think I could do it now... the point being certain things take skill and with lack of use, those skills disappear...

They disappear yes.. until some obsessive hobbyist starts a forum about them that is.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

They disappear yes.. until some obsessive hobbyist starts a forum about them that is.

Yeah... I have 4 enlargers in my Garage, along with a bunch of developing tanks and trays waiting for said 'obsessive hobbyist' to discover a need that these ancient tools can fill... that or 'Freecycle'...