Mark Mangini I’m disheartened that many Academy voters will decide who the contenders for this year’s awards are by viewing (and listening) from a streaming service or platform.
I am not a cinema purist, nor am I advocating a return to “only in a cinema” — this is just an examination of the ways we judge films and how we can make the most informed decisions.The compromises made to watch a film on televisions, laptops and tablets result in reduced fidelity to image and sound that make some disciplines difficult to judge adequately — judgments that rely on technical as well as artistic fidelity.
They rob sound (my field) of its fullest impact and some of the attributes that differentiate good work from great work. Will we be able to.
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