Redness
Earlier today The Playlist posted a Vimeo rendering of "Che and the Digital Cinema Revolution," a 33-minute documentary about the RED digital camera that was used to shoot Steven Soderbegh's two-part epic and its effect on modern film production.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 9, 2010 at 3:55 PM
comment #1
adamp
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Soderbergh is a crazy man. Prototype camera on a production that big? No back-up camera system? I feel a stomach ulcer coming on just thinking about it.
Posted by adamp
at February 9, 2010 4:23 PM
comment #2
Ray DeRousse
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Those final Soderbergh comments completely explain the problem with a lot of films, and why his films stand out from the rest. Insightful!
Posted by Ray DeRousse
at February 9, 2010 4:52 PM
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erniesouchak
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Filmmakers who are given equipment for free will never go on the record with any criticism of it. Anything Soderbergh has to say about the Red should be taken with a boulder-sized grain of salt.
Posted by erniesouchak
at February 9, 2010 7:23 PM
comment #4
Anthony Thorne
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"Filmmakers who are given equipment for free will never go on the record with any criticism of it. Anything Soderbergh has to say about the Red should be taken with a boulder-sized grain of salt."
Oh c'mon. The Red retails for about $20,000 US. Soderbergh is a multi-millionaire many times over. Do you really think being 'given' a camera he could easily afford to buy a hundred of without too much thought would affect his commentary about it? I guarantee you if Soderbergh had been given some of the earlier, far more expensive HD cameras that didn't match the 4K quality of those first Reds, he wouldn't be shy about discussing the pros and cons of them. Peter Jackson was quick to get behind the Red too, and I doubt it was because he was thrilled to get something for free. The best part of the Red legacy to date - for low-budget filmmakers, anyway - is the way their later announced projects like the Scarlet have kicked companies like Canon in the pants and made them bring out amazing, dirt cheap 1080p / 24p products like the Canon 7D. The way things were going previously, if the Red guys hadn't pushed things forward the way they did, we would have still been drip fed incremental updates to Sony's shithouse HDV format in 2012 and onwards.
Posted by Anthony Thorne
at February 9, 2010 10:11 PM
comment #5
JD
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Odd that Jeff doesn't mention this being on the Criterion Blu-ray/DVD, as he was hilariously impatient for that to come out. If he hasn't watched every inch of that release by now, I'm amazed...
Posted by JD
at February 10, 2010 4:26 AM
comment #6
Gaydos
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This whole Red camera string is going to be howlingly outdated astonishingly soon. The SLR revolution is here and Canon doesn't even know they're leading it.
Posted by Gaydos
at February 13, 2010 2:35 AM
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shahriar khan
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Thanks for sharing. That is a awesome post. Keep posting.
Redness
Posted by shahriar khan
at March 9, 2010 5:32 AM
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boston terrier
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Posted by boston terrier
at January 20, 2011 2:25 AM