It's amusing how some people are so openly hostile about 48 frames, like it raped their moms or something. I don't get it. Personally, I would be glad if I never saw a 24FPS film again.

This is coming from a guy who carries a piece of super-16mm negative in his wallet. It was the first piece of film I shot, because I was in the camera union, the International Cinematographer's Guild, and film was so, so special, it was my life. I found the negative of that film in the trim bin of the editing room, back when we still shot, cut and finished on film--I had to break into the editing room to do so, but it was literally garbage so no one cared. I was a film guy, and prided myself on being an expert on film, not this video crap. That piece of negative has been with me for a decade now, even if its all scratched up and has beer stains on it by now. I also stole some other trims and short ends and things, but if you open up my wallet right now you will find that 10 frame length of 16mm film. It's my good luck charm. I felt that I was really lucky in the film industry, and in life, so I kept it with me all these years, and the only time that piece of film will end up in the garbage is when I am dead.

And so given all those variables it's not a flippant remark when I say this. It's actually something that I never thought I'd be saying in 2006. But fuck film. It's dead. And thank god.