Review of Side by Side (2012) by Karan B — 04 Aug 2012

This interesting doco about the aesthetic and technical considerations of the shift from film to digital movie-making involves Keanu Reeves talking to a who's who of Hollywood names, and he does a surprisingly good job of asking pertinent questions and trying to get closer to why film has such strong devotees, even as digital film-making grows ever larger.

A niche topic, certainly, but for those interested in the history and the future of cinema, this is quality stuff. Particularly the bit where a director says the advent of immediate digital playback on-set revealed that most actors were less interested in their performances and more concerned about how their hair looked.