It's clear now that anything ever produced on film can potentially find it's

way to other mediums of audition.  The access to movies on videotape or in

some laser form has helped spread the culture of the movies.  What has

changed is how people have the moviegoing experience.  There's nothing like

watching a recent print of "The Searchers" or "Belle du Jour", harkening back

to a time when filmmakers weren't concerned about video safe.  However, it's

always been cumbersome to study on a projector.  Random access is much better

for purposes of deconstruction.  What you don't get is the specific mood and

thoughts that come from the being in a large room with a single bulb

projecting the shadow image over your head onto a screen.  It's a different

fundamentally experience than having a thousand light shooting out at you.

 I've heard of studies comparing alpha wave behavior.   When watching a

projected movie they most resemble those of dreaming, while when watching

television, even if it's a movie,  your alphawaves most resemble those of

hypnosis.  It's arguable that the only way a student can really get the

intended sense of a film, particularly one made before video, if it is

projected.

 

Mark Netter

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