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2 Responses to “David Lynch on the iPhone”

1. Added by Graham English on January 6th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   But define “experience.” I may not experience a movie the way the director intends it to be experienced, but I still experience it. And you’re telling me that I need to see Deuce Bigalow on the big screen?

   I think media makers to need to learn how to let go. The public wants to remix it. Even if it’s on an iPhone.

2. Added by admin on January 6th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

   To be clear I’m all for content on personal media players. I just think it needs to be appropriate content!

   and hell no, one should never need to see Deuce Bigalow on the big screen, or any screen frankly.

   cinema started on the big screen, and just as cinematic style had to adapt for the television screen, so now does it have to for the even smaller web video/PMP screen. New conventions are already arising, and I’m stoked that this media is already getting it’s own kind of legitimate style.

   But at the same time, I think a lot of people are forgetting the power of the actual theater experience. To me it’s like the difference between seeing a band live, and seeing/hearing one recorded. There’s an energy to the experience from the performers and crowd that you really only get by going there.

   I totally think a packed theater can have the same effect. A live crowd, a gigantic screen that’s far larger than life, and an environment exclusively dedicated to that type of viewing experience brings something to ‘cinema’ that you just can’t get on a hand held device, or even in a home theater. (and i fuckin’ love mine!)

   Now, what I’d like to see happen, just as its starting to in the video games world, is have media content crafted appropriately for each kind of device. Just as there will be a complex version of SPORE for your computer and a simpler and different version for your phone, I’d love to see someone create a movie and then release all kinds of extras and additional short stories or scenes for PMP’s.

   but yeah, I think there’s definitely some subtle energy stuff you get from viewing a movie on the big screen with the right crowd. and i just hate to see that die. i’ve seen star wars over 50 times, but my favorite was still the one time i saw it in the theater.

   My hope is that instead of ALL media being collapsed into small screen short attention span friendly content, we’ll also recognize the importance of the longer big screen experience.

   You’ll never see terrence mallick on an iPhone!

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