"I will miss walking on to a photochemical film set. It has a magic to me. When the director says: “Action”, and the film is rolling, it feels like something is at stake. It feels important and intense. In a way, death is present in the rolling of that film – we live, right now – and the director says: “Cut”. And that moment in time is captured on film, really."
— Keanu Reeves, ladies and gentlemen, speaking about the unique qualities of working in celluloid in The Guardian. There are other great thoughts and reflections in the article, but Reeves really nails something essential about film vs. digital here. The digital film revolution disrupts much more than just the nuts and bolts of film production—it changes what’s captured.
