“Side by Side,” a documentary directed by Christopher Kenneally and produced by Justin Szlasa and Keanu Reeves, will be released to theaters tomorrow. It premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival and was also shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film takes a tour of the past and future of filmmaking, and tracks the losses and gains of Hollywood’s move to digital cinema. By doing this, the documentary asks dozens of film-makers, including “legends” such as James Cameron, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Soderbergh about working in an industry that is changing rapidly in the digital age. The main goal of the movie was to explore the spectrum of opinion in the industry, at a time when both film and digital are still used to shoot.
The popular film aggregator and forum website “Rotten Tomatoes” has already given the film a “certified fresh” 95% of positive reviews, amongst almost 60 critics. As an obvious lover of films, I am very excited for this film and I hope to see it, and see how filmmakers feel about our changing movie industry, and see what direction Keanu Reeves takes it in.
Interview: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/14/keanu-reeves-future-of-cinema
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