The Scene: 01/28/2008
By MicroCinema Scene • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: News, The Scene
Sony Pictures Classics acquire Baghead. Baghead, the new film from the Duplass Brothers, was shot guerilla-style in and around Austin, TX last year. I’ve heard nothing but positive things and look forward to checking it out.
Brevis 35mm Flip Adapter reviewed. FreshDV really knocked it out of the park with their exhaustive coverage of Sony’s new EX1 camera. Now Matt Jeppsen follow it up with Part 1 of an extremely detailed review of the Brevis 35mm Flip Adapter.
D2DVD rakes it in. The New York Times reports that direct-to-DVD titles are raking in the cash. The new American Pie D2DVD earned $30 million on a less than $10 million production budget.
“The direct-to-video business was making titillating, low-quality movies to feed the rental channel,” said Craig Kornblau, the president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. “We discovered we could keep franchises alive with made-for-DVD movies if we made them feature quality.”
Blu-Ray will win the format war. With Warner Brothers moving to Blu-Ray, Gartner market research company predicts HD-DVD will be gone by the end of the year.
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