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Cinema Futures

Cinema Futures

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Analog celluloid strips are disappearing. Is film dying, or just changing? Are the world's film archives on the brink of a dark age? Renowned filmmakers, museum curators, historians, and engineers help dramatize the future of film and the cinema in the age of digital moving pictures.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

126 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

02 September 2016

Country

Austria

Cast

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Self

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan

Self

Tacita Dean

Tacita Dean

Self

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Self

David Bordwell

David Bordwell

Self

Tom Gunning

Tom Gunning

Self

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