Millimeter July/August 2007
By Michael Goldman
One day in 1953, Michael Wayne invited his then-girlfriend, Gretchen Deibel, to attend a 3D screening of Hondo, a new movie by his father, John Wayne....
By Darroch Greer
Those who have faithfully followed every version of Blade Runner will be heartened to know that through the magic of digital film restoration, it has...
By Michael Goldman
The importance of restoring feature films has never been more pressing than it is today, as classic films age and new digital restoration, storage, and...
By D. W. Leitner
World cinema's pantheon of narrative masterpieces has been expanded to include a 16mm production: Berlin Alexanderplatz. But due to its Wagnerian 15-hour,...
By Blair Jackson
One by one, it seems, the great cinema spectacles of the 1950s and 1960s are being revived and restored for new generations of film fans. Although there...
By Ellen Wolff
It's been a quarter-century since Disney's Tron took audiences inside the world of a video game and heralded the dawn of CG moviemaking. Yet its influence...
By Cynthia Wisehart
I'm a 3D skeptic, but I'm willing to be proven wrong this time. I'm probably poorly equipped to judge the latest stereoscopic resurgence due to 20 years...
By Ellen Wolff
It's been nearly a decade since the Academy Award for visual effects was bestowed upon What Dreams May Come, which featured a memorable CG tree that appeared...
By Alexander Palm, Director of Photography and Operating Cameraman
When I was asked to be the DP for the new low-budget commercial for cooktop manufacturer Ceran, which would be mostly shown on the Internet, it was obvious...
By Dan Ochiva
It's easy to become a fan of E frontier's Poser. The 3D figure and animation software is not only low cost, but its ease of use and enthusiastic...
By Dan Ochiva
Using the latest dual-link DVI display is great. ...
By Dan Ochiva
As many will painfully recall, setting up an IP network isn’t always so straightforward. ...
By Dan Ochiva
Although Apple announced a beefed up color correction product for Final Cut Pro (FCP) at NAB, the jury is out on how well it will work with third-party apps....
By Dan Ochiva
Lithium ion-type batteries from Sony and other suppliers have had well-publicized problems, and some airlines now refuse to let Li-Ion ENG batteries onboard aircraft in hand luggage. ...
By Dan Ochiva
Rosco’s inexpensive LitePad can solve lighting a tight space, such as a car interior, with its unique approach....
By Dan Ochiva
Face it. You always planned to take one of those Adobe Photoshop courses whenever the next expo hit town, or maybe you hoped that how-to volume at the bookstore would really turn you into an Adobe After Effects pro in just two days....
By Dan Ochiva
This past NAB, Arri demo’d the SpeedGrade DDS Digital Dailies Production
package, a new option for the Arriscan, aimed at improving data logging and speeding up turnaround times for dailies grading.
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By Dan Ochiva
NAB attendees had a banner year for booth surfing, pausing to gawk at the many new digital cinema camera systems coming of age. ...
By Dan Ochiva
It’s easy to become a fan of E frontier’s Poser. ...
By Darroch Greer
Tony Kaye, the man who brought us the inside view of racism in American History X, is an uncompromising filmmaker who does not do things by halves. Lake...
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Return of the 3D Duke
Exclusive: The Real Deal
Restoration Issues
Cinematic Blow-up
Four Decades On
Tron Then and Now
Step by Step: Penelope
Beta Sight: Easylook System Modula HD Cam
Products: 3Dconnexion
Products: Gefen
Products: Luxology
Products: Automatic Duck and Red Giant Software
Products: PAG
Products: Total Training
Products: Iridas
Products: Wafian
Products: Bright Systems
Fade to Black: Tony Kaye, Director