Michael Wiese wrote: "I think you're onto something.  I've always felt that
if you picked the right
subject, one where the stylistic qualities of Hi-8mm matched your subject,
you could get away with Hi-8 for a feature.  (I transferred 1" video to 35mm
dolby surround for a feature on The Beach Boys in 1986.  We premiered it in
The Director's Guild Theater in Los Angeles for over 600 press and not a
single person wrote "Hey, that's not a film, that's video!!" which was my
greatest fear."
 
You gotta be kidding, or lying:-)