Who cares if the analog hole is closed?

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squiggleslash @ Jul 26th 2008 11:37PM

Big John - Well, I'd consider widescreen and surround sound to be major innovations. I'd also consider 3D, Panavision, et al, to be innovative even if they didn't take off.

I would suggest that if Thompson and Bordwell managed to miss that, they've written nothing worth the paper it's written on. You should probably return the book and demand your money back.

Widescreen in particular was specifically introduced to counter TV. Ultimately it wasn't innovation that fixed the process, but quality, and that's what didn't happen until Lucas and Spielberg introduced High Concept in the 1970s, as I pointed out above.

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