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Entries from June 2005

Digital Projection

June 17th, 2005 · No Comments

Movie technology is about to change—big time. And like its other big changes—sound, widescreen, home video—this one is going to be both a blessing and a curse.
Within the next few years, movie theaters will go digital, not [...]

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The Silent Summer Season

June 10th, 2005 · No Comments

It’s summer, time for Shakespeare in the park, blockbusters at the multiplex, and best of all, silent movies with live musical accompaniment. In case you never noticed, your opportunities to enjoy this sublime hybrid of canned and [...]

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Remakes

June 3rd, 2005 · No Comments

Every so often, someone complains about remakes. Not only are they sacrilege—“How dare they fiddle with that masterpiece?”—but they’re proof of Hollywood’s decline: “No one is capable of an original idea.”
A lack of original ideas has nothing [...]

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