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11-21-2005, 02:08 AM
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Soderbergh's "Bubble" in January
This is something that's been talked about pretty widely, recently: Soderbergh releasing low-budget films simultaneously in theaters, pay-per-view and DVD.
The first in this series (I think it's something like a five-film contract) is called Bubble and it comes out on January 31st.
Some people call this the end of the movie theater and the start of a revolution. I'm more in the boat of this being the death of what cinema means and the first major battle won on the side of movies as mass-consumption product.
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11-21-2005, 08:44 AM
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I'll pick up the DVD.  |
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01-23-2006, 05:54 PM
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No cover art on the bits. Any reason? Is this still due in January?
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01-23-2006, 06:13 PM
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Amazon has the cover.
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01-23-2006, 08:32 PM
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It is on DVD next week, in theatres this Friday (although not many theatres).
I think this whole theatrical/DVD thing is getting a bit overblown. Even my local news did a story. Yet, BUBBLE, a 73 minute, shot on video, with no name actors Steven Soderbergh experiment, never would have played local theatres, most likely. So, anyone who wants to see it would have to wait for video in the first place.
Ebert and Roeper both called the film "a masterpiece" so I will be looking forward to seeing it, on DVD.
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01-23-2006, 09:54 PM
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Just set my Tivo to record it on HDNet Movies Friday night. I'm a big Soderbergh fan, so I'm really looking forward to it.
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01-23-2006, 11:21 PM
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Yet, BUBBLE, a 73 minute, shot on video, with no name actors Steven Soderbergh experiment, never would have played local theatres, most likely.
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If your local theaters are owned by Landmark, it sure as heck would, since Mark Cuban is doing the whole vertical integration thing with this. Even if Bubble wouldn't have played near you, Soderbergh is on a five-picture deal with HDNet/Magnolia/2929/Landmark, and I'll bet at least one of those pictures is higher-profile than Bubble.
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01-24-2006, 09:25 AM
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I saw Bubble last year, and the acting (by local non-actors) is amazing -- it is hard to believe that you aren't watching a documentary. The downside is that the story isn't all the interesting, and the dialog is banal (as it turns out -- by design: all of it is improvised. During the post screening Q&A Sodderbergh said that the one thing that instantly ruins performances by non-actors is having them memorize lines).
If you enjoyed Full Frontal and his version of Solaris by all means check Bubble out. If you are expecting a conventional Hollywood film -- don't.
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01-24-2006, 11:11 AM
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Why doesn't Sodderberg make films I want to see anymore?
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01-24-2006, 11:34 AM
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If your local theaters are owned by Landmark, it sure as heck would
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There are none in my area.
From reading about the theatrical release though, they will be all digital projections of the film in theatres. I guess all Landmark theatres would be equipped with it. That would be better than a DVD.
I was afraid it would be the whole, rather unwatchable at times digital to film transfer.
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