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I enjoyed Session 9 more than The Others. While Session 9 isn't as tightly constructed, it benefits from the novelty of its setting. It's hard to forget, when you're watching The Others, that the setting is a classic location for a ghost story. Session 9 has a setting unlike any I've seen before, and the place itself gave me the creeps. Perhaps because I found the setting so interesting to explore (from the safety of a movie theater!), the film never felt slow to me.
I concur with Jason's observations about the quality of the hi-def digital photography. The color, clarity and detail are astonishing, which is even more remarkable if (as I suspect) the 2.35:1 framing was created by cropping a 1.78:1 image. I know there are a lot of technical arguments about film vs. digital, but as far as I'm concerned, Session 9 answers all the objections. This format delivers the goods.
M.
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