8mm Forum: Hollywood Directors in Talks with Kodak to Keep Film Alive

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Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on July 30, 2014, 11:00 AM:

Finally some good news from the film front:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/29/5950215/hollywood-joins-forces-with-kodak-to-keep-movie-film-alive

Nice to see someone making the effort, and for the right reasons: to preserve what is a unique and timeless production format.

Claus

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on July 30, 2014, 11:28 AM:

Love those guys. I do hope so that they get the point across, cause digital just ain't doing it for me

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on July 30, 2014, 11:36 AM:

Always good to hear!

Posted by John Hourigan (Member # 111) on July 30, 2014, 05:49 PM:

While it selfishly does my film heart good to hear of the development, the Wall Street Journal reports that Kodak's motion picture film sales have plummeted 96 percent since 2006. Wow. A business can't be expected to sustain those type of losses, no matter how much one pines for the days of yore.

Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on July 30, 2014, 08:04 PM:

Don't let's forget we're in a time when even digital's becoming obsolete, & the future is the cloud-they say; so whatever prolongs the existence of film as medium is good news...

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on July 31, 2014, 12:16 AM:

"The future is in the clouds". It is almost philosophy [Wink]

Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on July 31, 2014, 06:39 AM:

...well whole thing with the cloud is kind of 'sublime' isn't it? [Razz]

Posted by John Hourigan (Member # 111) on July 31, 2014, 01:38 PM:

Saw this comment from a reader of the related Wall Street Journal article: "It would be ironic if Kodak were saved so that it could continue to produce film, given that the reason it's in bankruptcy is precisely because it did continue to produce film."

So true!

Posted by Thomas Dafnides (Member # 1851) on July 31, 2014, 07:40 PM:

I believe at some point, new methods incorporating 3D printing will be integrated to revolutionize film manufacturing into the 21st century, with the result of multiple emulsion choices at lower costs than ever before.......a game changer for the motion picture industry.

Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on August 01, 2014, 04:20 AM:

I agree-3D printing might offer a good solution;let's hope we'll also see this on S-8 too!

Posted by Thomas Dafnides (Member # 1851) on August 05, 2014, 09:13 AM:

A company named Organovo is already 3-D printing human tissues for the eventual goal to use in transplant surgery. It seems that technology would make film emulsions a piece of cake.
One hundred years from now... movies will still be made on film.

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