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"Decasia": The Beauty of Film Decay

Posted by michael on from the ad-te-omnis-caro-veniet dept.

tregoweth writes "The New York Times has a story about 'Decasia,' a film created entirely from deteriorating nitrate film footage. Ya can't beat analog for interesting disintegration."

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  1. Ha.... at least its still viewable. by purduephotog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because if it was my digital VCR tapes from 8 years ago, the only thing they are good for is imitating sparklers when tossed in a fire.

    Analog fails gracefully, digital fails catastrophically.

  2. Digital too by Dolly_Llama · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ya can't beat analog for interesting disintegr098Asjoijoasnlks^K^K^K^Kank109Fj

    NO CARRIER

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    Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan

  3. deteriorating analog footage by nakaduct · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... created entirely from deteriorating nitrate film footage. Ya can't beat analog for interesting disintegration."

    Of course, that's not to say you can't make a film entirely from deteriorating digital footage.

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  4. All they offer is a VHS copy by Quazi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know it would defeat the whole point of the video, but I'd like it in DVD format. You don't want your own copy of this film to end up like all the ones it's portraying, do you?

  5. What about AOTC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ya can't beat analog for interesting disintegration.

    Oh, I don't know. This year's all-digitial Attack of the Clones provided for an interesting example of the distintegration of George Lucas' writing, directing and overall creativity...

  6. Hey cool! by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The latest NIN video is out!

  7. So the question is.. by tezzery · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will someone be looking at crappy bad quality divx cam rips in 100 years appreciating them artistically?

  8. Re:But what about the copyright holders?! by kfg · · Score: 5, Informative

    I suppose it "benefits" them by continuing to allow them to rest peacefully in their graves.

    If you are about the average age for a Slashdot reader I may well be older than your parents. Much of the material used had already passed into the public domain before *my* parents were born.

    The film is *old.* There are no copyright holders.

    KFG

  9. Decomposing nitrates by psyconaut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gives a whole new meaning to "the premiere went off with a real bang!" ;)

    -psy