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Rodriguez uses Linux to Edge out ILM
An anonymous reader writes "A Linux device helped legendary independent filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and others) win the race with ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) to create the first movie ever to use a digital format supporting full-bandwidth RGB. Rodriguez's Sin City, which opens April 1, was shot in Dual Link, or "4:4:4" format, and transferred between tapes and hard drives using SpectSoft's Linux-based RaveHD DDR (digital disk recorder)."
I hear George Lucas uses Outlook Express. Or rather, he has his assistant use it, and read the messages to him. He doesn't even know how to check his email.
Jeez, can't a person speak his mind, even if he has bad grammer and not be persecuted... It's "Jesus", or "Gee Whiz", not Jeez. Jeez isn't a word.
Robert Rodriguez has come a long way since his days of stand-up comedy and his roles as the spanish immigrant in Cheech and Chong.
Actually you are just seeing the Red channel. He's releasing it in three parts, part two will be the Blue channel and part three will be the Yellow channel. He wanted to be the first person in history to release the separations separately. There's talk of a full color version for the DVD. Tarentino is pissed off because he didn't think of it first.