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Weird economy. Kodak bankrupt, Polaroid gone, & company that copies what they do virtually worth $1 billion. Is film dead or has it everted?

#1 3:33am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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@somebadideas Of the three, only one wasn't overtly military-industrial. Makes ya wonder where the new wars are.

#2 3:34am Apr 30th 2012 via Echofon in reply to somebadideas

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One thing I am noticing is that with the loss of film stocks there's been flattening of looks in digital cinematography. Similar base look.

#3 3:35am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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@maxfenton apologies, I don't follow? Kodak & Polaroid military industrial?

#4 3:36am Apr 30th 2012 via web in reply to maxfenton

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some days it's actually about @Flickr / most days it's about living in a world where this happens thekitchentable.typepad.com/the_kitchen_ta…

#5 3:37am Apr 30th 2012 via Twitter for Mac

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Still slightly skeptical of New Aesthetic but get it; there has to be a reactionary kick to the fetishization of antiquity, embrace of now.

#6 3:37am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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@somebadideas Absolutely! inert-ord.net/usa03a/usa3/t1… warrelics.eu/forum/aviation… — I mean, demise of their consumer end reflects management issues.

#7 3:39am Apr 30th 2012 via Echofon in reply to somebadideas

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Paradoxically, digital cinematography best at low lit natural landscapes. Compression algorithms don't do enough alchemy to human faces yet.

#8 3:40am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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RT @Juniper_girl IMAX is the best hope for film. [Yes, & no. Not right for all films. But woefully underused & audiences prefer to 3d]

#9 3:43am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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Bow #1 instagr.am/p/KBwfIeKpjc/

#10 3:44am Apr 30th 2012 via Instagram

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@somebadideas All I mean is: Polaroid gave *someone* 3D imaging of pacific islands. Instagram gives *someone* lateral view of a battlefield.

#11 3:44am Apr 30th 2012 via Echofon in reply to somebadideas

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Bow #2, notice the stylish twine wrap. instagr.am/p/KBwkmUKpjg/

#12 3:45am Apr 30th 2012 via Instagram

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I truly believe the popularity of instagram is not about faux authenticity but the imperfections of our memories & need to abstract them.

#13 3:46am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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Watching ballet documentary as the NyQuil kicks in, I'm reminded that the dancers who'll never break out of the corps strive for perfection…

#14 3:47am Apr 30th 2012 via YoruFukurou

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The ones who'll dance leads are after something else: life, intelligence, animation. Brilliant technique, too, but that's not the endpoint.

#15 3:49am Apr 30th 2012 via YoruFukurou

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dream car, kyoto instagr.am/p/KBxNoFnl0R/

#16 3:50am Apr 30th 2012 via Instagram

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(But then, isn't that part of existential struggle, to wonder about the authenticity of our memories, more than fashion)?

#17 3:50am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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But of course, you have to have all that grueling technique soaked into your bones before you do the other.

#18 3:50am Apr 30th 2012 via YoruFukurou

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@somebadideas Some lateral links: ing.am/p/him + flickr.com/photos/8717950…

#19 3:50am Apr 30th 2012 via Echofon in reply to somebadideas

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Given all that, the astonishing thing isn't that each generation produces only a handful of genuine stars, but that we even get that many.

#20 3:51am Apr 30th 2012 via YoruFukurou

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(I believe the medium that most resembles the experience of memory is still photography. Films most like the domain of dreams.)

#21 3:56am Apr 30th 2012 via Twitter for iPhone

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NEH grant awarded to a project that applies facial recognition software to #ArtHistory: ucrtoday.ucr.edu/5453

#22 3:58am Apr 30th 2012 via web

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“[T]hese bumps & scars – these moments of subtle poetry – are what we as human beings fall in love with.” blog.brendandawes.com/my-session-des…

#23 3:58am Apr 30th 2012 via Tweet Button

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I almost didn't win today. Then I made the girls each a bow. Take that Sunday.

#24 3:58am Apr 30th 2012 via Tweetbot for iOS

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Documentary films, funnily enough, mostly don't remind me of memories at all.

#25 4:01am Apr 30th 2012 via Twitter for iPhone

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