It's not about quality, it's more of a nostalgic thing. I don't think photochemical film is not a viable option for delivery on a mass scale anymore. As an environmentalist I can't say no to digital projection. I wouldn't want to impose my own personal nostalgia on the public. The cost is too high. It's still nice, however, that its out there for a few weirdos like me. If I had to choose between Raiders of the Lost Ark on film VS BluRay I think I'd choose film every time. It's a complicated relationship :wub: In short, a select few film prints for special occasions and digital for pretty much everything else. I guess it's not that complicated.
I disagree that it's not about quality, of course it's about quality. If you put me in a theater and projected an image I could tell you whether it was 35mm or digital. I saw The Dark Knight Rises on both 35mm and digital and 35mm wins, no doubt about it. There's an entirely different resolution with 35mm that you don't get with digital, and when I've viewed digital I can see the pixels when I'm at the front of the auditorium, which I hate. Nostalgia has nothing to do with it.
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I disagree that it's not about quality, of course it's about quality. If you put me in a theater and projected an image I could tell you whether it was 35mm or digital. I saw The Dark Knight Rises on both 35mm and digital and 35mm wins, no doubt about it. There's an entirely different resolution with 35mm that you don't get with digital, and when I've viewed digital I can see the pixels when I'm at the front of the auditorium, which I hate. Nostalgia has nothing to do with it.