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farewell to film ? what is at stake in digital projection ?
farewell to film ?
what is at stake in digital projection ?
abridged by the author, Daniel Goudineau, produced by Europa Cinemas with the support of the CNC
september 2006
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Today no professional colloquium or congress goes by without dedicating at least a day to the question of digital projection. Spectacular declarations and stirring future projections are heard on a daily basis. Even if figures show we are still in an experimental phase (just a few hundred theatres and a few dozen films), it seems that an acceleration of the digitalisation process is underway.
The following report makes one assumption: the quality of digital projection is considered beyond dispute; it will not be the subject of discussion. Consequently, the interrogations put forward are essentially directed at the economic viability and implications of digital projection.
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