Consumer Electronics Show: Three directors ponder film’s future: Reading this made me feel cheerless

At the International Consumer Electronics Show, the massive annual expo in Las Vegas devoted to the hard sell of high tech, it’s just assumed that the next big thing is always better than what came before. That’s why director Oliver Stone managed to sound lonely in a crowded room Saturday when he suggested that, for cinema, the future just doesn’t look so bright. LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) – Praising the 3D format, director Baz Luhrmann told The Hollywood Reporter that he has workshopped his upcoming project “The Great Gatsby” in 3D, though he has not decided whether to shoot in the format. “It’s random,” complained director Baz Luhrmann of on-the-fly conversion. “The power of Blu-ray is so great, you have to be a bit conscious about misusing it,” he said, noting that with the increased resolution, more details are visible and therefore more choices are available in the restoring and remastering processes. “Don’t shoot a 3D movie unless you can afford it, otherwise you are putting yourself under enormous pressure, ” he warned. “Are you trying to recreate from your memory? “I find it sad, we are the last of the Mohicans, in way,” he said. The directors were part of a slightly greater emphasis on content at CES, but gear and gizmos really still ruled the four-day event that came to a close Sunday. Though it is offered, some believe it might instead serve more to bridge a gap offering consumers an increased amount of 3D until more native 3D productions become available. Does this mean he’ll go 3D for Capa ?

More than 2,700 technology companies came to sell themselves to 140,000 hard-wired professionals from 80 countries. “It’s not the same as native 3D. “This is about film preservation … it’s the last hardware, the best of the last hardware. There won’t be any other hardware now,” he said.

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