Last week, I read a David Lynch interview in which he (gasp) declares film stock a relic of the past and that he is now and forever shooting on digital. Considering it’s David fucking Lynch, I’d say that’s way past an endorsement — that is the proverbial last nail in Kodak’s coffin. After all, aren’t the David-Lynch-fanboy-film-school-students (I used to be one) who are leading the resistance against changing times?
Today, I get butterflies in my stomach after reading a transcript of a press conference with Tommy Lee Jones asking Susan Sarandon about her small part in the Wachowski Brothers’ next film, Speed Racer. She reveals that those crazy kids are shooting the film in high-def, but as a composite so that the entire frame will be in focus — like a cartoon.
I’ve only recently become interested in HDR/composite photography but I have yet to produce anything worth while. The idea of shooting an entire feature film like this but also with an infinite depth of field blows my mind. The Wachowski’s have always been good at that. I can already smell some technical achievement awards.