Re: the word is out: experimental film is available for use on dvd by educators

From: Zev Robinson (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2006 - 23:13:11 PST


no argument there, Phil, and I'm well aware of the difference between the
different media. but the fact is that you (and I and just about everyone
else) happily capitulate to various technologies and media for convenience
sake.

dvds and video tapes before that along with television has meant that I have
been able to see films that I would otherwise not have seen, and to be able
to look at faves like tarkovsky and kurosawa over and over again, how they
edit, how they compose, etc. Not something realistically feasible for most
people with film prints.

Zev

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Hood" <email suppressed>
To: <email suppressed>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: the word is out: experimental film is available for use on dvd
by educators

> hi Zev, I just watched a horrible dvd copy of
> "Porgy and Bess" last night & then this morning
> listened to a mp3 of billie holiday singing
> "Summertime" ... and, while I enjoyed both
> situations and was glad that they were recorded,
> I really would have rather been there to hear
> billie sing, and would have loved to see "Porgy
> and Bess" on the big screen. I've heard they have
> a copy at the Museum of Moving Images & am
> thinking about calling up to see if I can get
> a print of Sammy Davis Jr. as "Sportin' Life,"
> in order to make a poster of it.
>
> ml
> pth
>
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Zev Robinson wrote:
>
>> I love Billie Holiday, even when her voice was shot and the recordings
>> live and not that great and with background noise. her music defines
>> quality, as far as I'm concerned, whether it's on cd, mp3, or vinyl
>> played on an old grammophone.
>>
>> there are other factors in determining beauty and quality besides the
>> media and technology, I would think.
>>
>> Zev
>
>
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