The End Of Paper Money?
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Cashless Society
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· Score: 1, Interesting
No Way...I can't see an easy way to hide this stuff completely as you can with cash. There's always going to be a need for totally anonymous, never expires, never gets damaged cash.
Ditto the fridge magnets...and my son really likes to play with the platters. After a day or two with a three year old, it'll take a scanning electron microscope and a lot of time to pick up and reassemble the pieces of the coating to get any of my useless data.
>>>I'm not convinced that 100% digital is convincing anyone yet. It'll make pretty pictures, sure, but good stories are still needed, too>
This is the essential point of this discussion...100% digital places far too much on the plate of the actors. Without the set to provide the proper feel, even the best of actors will not do nearly as well as they could with the set. I'm no actor, but I do know that surroundings set a mood and provide necessary, or at least helpful,feedback to everyone, whether acting or just living. It's just not natural to interact with objects and/or people who aren't actually there...we call that delusional and delusional people aren't often capable of channeling their delusions to fit a script. I understand Scorsese's point to be that a digitally created atmosphere does nothing to set the mood for the actors, who must feel it in order to help convey it realistically to the audience.
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No Way...I can't see an easy way to hide this stuff completely as you can with cash. There's always going to be a need for totally anonymous, never expires, never gets damaged cash.
Ditto the fridge magnets...and my son really likes to play with the platters. After a day or two with a three year old, it'll take a scanning electron microscope and a lot of time to pick up and reassemble the pieces of the coating to get any of my useless data.
>>>I'm not convinced that 100% digital is convincing anyone yet. It'll make pretty pictures, sure, but good stories are still needed, too>
This is the essential point of this discussion...100% digital places far too much on the plate of the actors. Without the set to provide the proper feel, even the best of actors will not do nearly as well as they could with the set. I'm no actor, but I do know that surroundings set a mood and provide necessary, or at least helpful,feedback to everyone, whether acting or just living. It's just not natural to interact with objects and/or people who aren't actually there...we call that delusional and delusional people aren't often capable of channeling their delusions to fit a script.
I understand Scorsese's point to be that a digitally created atmosphere does nothing to set the mood for the actors, who must feel it in order to help convey it realistically to the audience.