Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by clarkjohnsen (i) on March 29, 2001 at 12:01:11

In Reply to: Please relax! the Academy is a trade/professional association posted by Celluloid on March 28, 2001 at 09:28:22:

Although I disagree that "no other art form has such an opinionated and enthusiastic fan base." Rock music, anyone?

Anyway, I can amplify celluloid's views by noting that even when Academy members *do* see the pictures, they generally do so at home from tapes furnished by the studios. (There's a word for these but it slips my mind.) And by the way, so do film critics, increasingly. To my mind film is a *theatrical* experience that requires a large screen, a dark house and an audience. If I think a movie is worth seeing, I never wait for the video -- I pay my $5.50 and go. It's the only way to experience the art-form, the way its creators intended.

In addition I worry about the quality factor. From what I gather, when they say tape, they mean tape, not the far superior DVD. And what kind of TVs and sound systems do Academy members employ? Mostly crap, I bet. PLus, the pause button can utterly destroy the continuity of a theatrical film.

clark