I think "Empire Strikes Back" was the opera of them all.
Evan Zweifel wrote:
Since when did star wars become a "space opera"?
Princess Leia's beautiful aria in the first act -- you remember when she sings the
beautiful lyric: "General Kenobi: Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars;
now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable
to present my father's request to you in person... " -- just brings tears to my
eyes.
(anyone have enough time to re-record the soundtrack as Recitative with
harpisichord accompaniment -- extra credit for choruses during the battle
sequences (keep on target, keep on target)).
Evan.
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From: David Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Titanic" director: digital cinema will save biz
By Sheigh Crabtree Mon Apr 24, 6:49 AM ET
LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - "Titanic" director James Cameron, warning
that Hollywood is "in a fight for survival," wants the movie industry to offer
films in digital 3-D to counteract declining sales and rampant piracy.
"Maybe we just need to fight back harder, come out blazing, not wither away
and die," Cameron said during his keynote address Sunday at the National
Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit.
"D-cinema can do it, for a number of reasons, but because d-cinema is an
enabling technology for 3-D. Digital 3-D is a revolutionary form of showmanship
that is within our grasp. It can get people off their butts and away from
their portable devices and get people back in the theaters where they belong."
Cameron also took the occasion of the world's largest annual film and
broadcast technology trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center to fire a few
shots across the bow of the controversial practice of simultaneous movie and
video releasing being promoted by entrepreneur Mark Cuban and "Bubble" director
Steven Soderbergh, among others.
"We're so scared of piracy right now that we're ready to pimp out our
mothers," Cameron said. "This whole day-and-date DVD release nonsense? Here's an
answer: (Digital cinema is) one of the strongest reasons I've been pushing 3-D
for the past few years because it offers a powerful experience which you can
only have in the movie theater."
The director of the highest-grossing film of all time in nominal terms at
$1.8 billion worldwide said he is considering a rerelease of 1997's "Titanic" in
digital 3-D just as Peter Jackson is planning at some point for "King Kong"
and, possibly, his "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. George Lucas also plans
to rerelease his original "Star Wars" in 3-D timed to the space opera's 30th
anniversary next year.
With filmmakers and exhibitors united behind the idea of enhanced cinema
experiences, Cameron predicted that studios would become even more focused on
both releasing new titles and rereleasing classics in 3-D digital cinema.
"We will reach a point in a few years when every major studio will ask how
many of its four or five annual tentpoles should be in 3-D," Cameron said. "It
will become almost a rule that all major 3-D animated releases will be made
available in 3-D.
"Every year there will be a copy of timeless favorites brought back through
(3-D) dimensionalization," he said. "The new wave of 3-D films will be the
must-see films, the major releases from major filmmakers."
Cameron said that despite industrywide squabbling and fear-based
decision-making associated with new technology, and even despite the fact that
the major
studios haven't cooperated in the past, the digital cinema rollout actually
is happening.
"We're halfway through the looking glass," he said. "We're past the point
where the fear of change is outweighed by the fear of not changing."
While most people associate 3-D with either animation or projection, Cameron
said that there are a variety of stereographic processes that can be
introduced while shooting, during postproduction, or after a movie has been
archived.
Among the films testing the various 3-D waters are "Narnia" producer Walden
Media and New Line Cinema's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," which is
being shot live-action with stereographic cameras; Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf,"
which is employing 3-D-animated performance capture; and Walt Disney Feature
Animation's computer-animated "Meet the Robinsons," which will be projected in
3-D.
The filmmaker said his interest in digital 3-D goes back to his love of
movies and his love of making them for the big screen. "I'm not going to make
movies for people to watch on their cell phones. To me, I'd rather go back to
doing some more deep-ocean expeditions," Cameron said, referring to the handful
of maritime documentaries he has made since "Titanic." "I don't want that
grand, visionary, transporting movie experience made for the big screen to
become a thing of the past."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
David A. Lieberman
CineMasterpieces.com
602 309 0500
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"Titanic" director: digital cinema will save biz
By Sheigh Crabtree /Mon Apr 24, 6:49 AM ET/
LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - "Titanic" director James Cameron,
warning that Hollywood is "in a fight for survival," wants the movie
industry to offer films in digital 3-D to counteract declining sales
and rampant piracy.
"Maybe we just need to fight back harder, come out blazing, not wither
away and die," Cameron said during his keynote address Sunday at the
National Association of Broadcasters' Digital Cinema Summit.
"D-cinema can do it, for a number of reasons, but because d-cinema is
an enabling technology for 3-D. Digital 3-D is a revolutionary form of
showmanship that is within our grasp. It can get people off their
butts and away from their portable devices and get people back in the
theaters where they belong."
Cameron also took the occasion of the world's largest annual film and
broadcast technology trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center to
fire a few shots across the bow of the controversial practice of
simultaneous movie and video releasing being promoted by entrepreneur
Mark Cuban and "Bubble" director Steven Soderbergh, among others.
"We're so scared of piracy right now that we're ready to pimp out our
mothers," Cameron said. "This whole day-and-date DVD release nonsense?
Here's an answer: (Digital cinema is) one of the strongest reasons
I've been pushing 3-D for the past few years because it offers a
powerful experience which you can only have in the movie theater."
The director of the highest-grossing film of all time in nominal terms
at $1.8 billion worldwide said he is considering a rerelease of 1997's
"Titanic" in digital 3-D just as Peter Jackson is planning at some
point for "King Kong" and, possibly, his "The Lord of the Rings"
trilogy. George Lucas also plans to rerelease his original "Star Wars"
in 3-D timed to the space opera's 30th anniversary next year.
With filmmakers and exhibitors united behind the idea of enhanced
cinema experiences, Cameron predicted that studios would become even
more focused on both releasing new titles and rereleasing classics in
3-D digital cinema.
"We will reach a point in a few years when every major studio will ask
how many of its four or five annual tentpoles should be in 3-D,"
Cameron said. "It will become almost a rule that all major 3-D
animated releases will be made available in 3-D.
"Every year there will be a copy of timeless favorites brought back
through (3-D) dimensionalization," he said. "The new wave of 3-D films
will be the must-see films, the major releases from major filmmakers."
Cameron said that despite industrywide squabbling and fear-based
decision-making associated with new technology, and even despite the
fact that the major studios haven't cooperated in the past, the
digital cinema rollout actually is happening.
"We're halfway through the looking glass," he said. "We're past the
point where the fear of change is outweighed by the fear of not changing."
While most people associate 3-D with either animation or projection,
Cameron said that there are a variety of stereographic processes that
can be introduced while shooting, during postproduction, or after a
movie has been archived.
Among the films testing the various 3-D waters are "Narnia" producer
Walden Media and New Line Cinema's "Journey to the Center of the
Earth," which is being shot live-action with stereographic cameras;
Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf," which is employing 3-D-animated
performance capture; and Walt Disney Feature Animation's
computer-animated "Meet the Robinsons," which will be projected in 3-D.
The filmmaker said his interest in digital 3-D goes back to his love
of movies and his love of making them for the big screen. "I'm not
going to make movies for people to watch on their cell phones. To me,
I'd rather go back to doing some more deep-ocean expeditions," Cameron
said, referring to the handful of maritime documentaries he has made
since "Titanic." "I don't want that grand, visionary, transporting
movie experience made for the big screen to become a thing of the past."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
David A. Lieberman
CineMasterpieces.com
602 309 0500
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