Is cinema dead?

30 November 2008 | 22:09 - By Stefano Boscutti

The whir of the sprockets, the cone of light passing through frames of celluloid to produce an illusion of continuous movement . . .

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The reverent hush, the smell of popcorn - all of this tends to be evoked, by critics of a certain age and temperament, in nostalgic or even elegiac tones. What will happen, in the age of iPod, DVR, VOD, YouTube and BitTorrent, to the experience of moviegoing, to say nothing of the art of cinema?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/magazine/23wwln-lede-t.html

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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