Investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital. Where we are now, how we got here and what ... (Full plot summary below)
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Investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital. Where we are now, how we got here and what the future may bring.
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| Birmingham PostGraham YoungSide By Side is a riveting, under-the-hood distillation of 100 years of Hollywood experimentation, innovation and expensive bravery. |
| The AristocratAdam RossThis exhaustive documentary is one of the best films ever made about the filmmaking process. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottFor a film geek this movie is absolute heaven, a dream symposium in which directors, cinematographers, editors and a few actors gather to opine on the details of their craft. It is worth a year of film school and at least 1,000 hours of DVD bonus commentary. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineMust-see documentary teeming with commentary largely from digital-savvy top industry players follows theatrical film's journey from celluloid origins to late 20th-century digital innovations through to the triumphant digital changeover in progress. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversNo true movie junkie is going to want to miss Side by Side. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonFascinating combination of the technical and the aesthetic. The best exhibition to date of the digital revolution in filmmaking. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfPossibly only of value to true cinephiles, but it's a vital education on the highs and lows of film vs. digital as the medium moves into an exciting new direction of creative access and picture clarity. |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangIt sounds pretty dull as a logline, but stacked with gossipy, informal anecdotes and opinions from many of the most respected directors, cinematographers, editors, execs, VFX artists and digital wizards in the industry, it proves instead to be highly entertaining and informative, and by its close has presented a thoroughly diverting overview of the debate. |
| VarietyLeslie FelperinAlthough laid out with such clarity that any layperson could catch the gist of what's being discussed, Side by Side is not afraid to get nitty-gritty about more technical matters. |
| Boston PhoenixBetsy ShermanA must-see for AV geeks and cinephiles - even die-hard celluloid fans. |
