Funny you should say that,
One of the digital Camera techs I do film developing for has just lost a job as they decided to film it all using film instead of Red digi cameras. the name of the film escapes me but its a large major studio film!
Its also the case that a huge chunk of HD and digi work going out on the big screen is being downrated and made to look more like film as "thats what people want"
BUT, I don't think film as a movie format has long to live though, the extra benefits of working digitaly are starting to outweigh film, the storage and handling of film is quite labour intesive, not to mention the cameras that run it are often old beasts. If you can chuck 3 red cameras in the back of the DOP's motor or a flight case in with the rigging kit, it helps keep some costs down. Once it hits a tipping point the same thing that happened to film photography will happen, manufacturers will start to pull different film stock, no longer mass produce and it will become the preserve of enthusiast and people looking for the old look who don't have the pressures of working to deadlines..................
*looks lovingly at his 1951 press camera*
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