Elizabethan Drama (Shakespeare) | Classical Drama (The Greeks) |
Panoramic: Many Places/Elastic Time | Unified: One Place/Real-time |
Action: Onstage: Fights/Battles | Action: Always Off-Stage (Described) |
Character: Monologue (break 4th Wall) Confident | Character: Dialogue w/Chorus |
Diction: Varies (Nobility vs. Commoner) "Common Man" | Diction: High (Noble) Upper-Classes |
I recently went to see a 70mm screening of Spartacus --for two reasons--I’d never seen it shown in a theater--in any film format--and since it was also photographed in 70mm, I couldn’t pass up the chance. The version they showed was in fact a 1991 print--the Robert Harris restoration. At this point, I could tell you that seeing this movie projected filmically vs. digitally made all the difference, made it the best experience I could have had. I would be lying, though. The fact is that I would have had no problem seeing Spartacus in a digital venue--in fact, I only just missed a chance to see a Fathom Events presentation of it at a chain cinema, a month earlier. So seeing Spartacus on film as opposed to off of a hard drive and through a Sony 4K DLP system was more a matter of convenience than choice. I have no problem with digital projection. Mainly because, as most spectators, whether they grew up with film, as I did, or not, would probably agree, digital cinema is perfect--no
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