The LA Weekly has published a cover story, "The Death of Film," on the way Hollywood studios are pressuring the exhibition industry to transition from film to digital. The article explores important and related issues, such as print shipping costs, the availability of titles, dwindling art house and repertory resources, the projection trade, lab services and archival/preservation concerns.
The article includes quotes from UCLA Film & Television Archive Director Jan-Christopher Horak and Senior Film Preservationist Ross Lipman, and spotlights our film and television vaults at the UC Southern Regional Library Facility and our nitrate vaults in Santa Clarita. It's an overview of issues that infrequently register in the popular press but affect many of us in the cinephile and archival communities.
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