Depth Charge

A “desktop pictures goldmine” Dave discovered on Criterion’s website: The Atmospheres of Solaris The pictures capture some of the most breathtaking, abstract moments in Andrei Tarkovsky’s classic film.

38 mins. of Carl Sagan’s voice floating over a slowly morphing sea of synthesis. Lose yourself in the ambient music of Cærus, while hearing the story of one of mankind’s most sobering discoveries: our not-so-special place in the universe. http://soundcloud.com/caerus/carl-sagan-ch3

As digital projection becomes the norm and the major studios move closer to completely phasing out 35mm distribution, art houses and repertory cinemas face the difficult task of making the costly switchover to digital.  The standards stipulated by the Digital Cinema Initiatives require an upgrade to systems that can cost between $50,000 to $100,000 per [...]

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