tonight we went to see LOTR Return of the King.. when the film started I chuckled and when I noticed all the little marks and artifacts on the screen, I chuckled and told my daughter "yes they still put movies on film.
The film broke no less than 5 times.
As Frodo was about to drop (or not) his ring into the fire at the end of the movie, the film broke again.
Everybody there got a free pass to come back at another time.
Before we had left the theater I already had the basics down for a digital light projection system to replace the old way.
No more broken film, no physical transport... reduced cost, each movie display as clean for the 5000th showing as the 1st..
Maybe film is just more fun. ;-)
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