Side by Side

2012

Action / Documentary

34
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 66 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 13825 13.8K

movie business interview cinematographer filmmaking documentary filmmaking movie industry

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Plot summary

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Director

Christopher Kenneally Photo
Christopher Kenneally

Top cast

Keanu Reeves Photo
Keanu Reeves as Himself - Host
John Malkovich Photo
John Malkovich as Himself
Martin Scorsese Photo
Martin Scorsese as Himself
Danny Boyle Photo
Danny Boyle as Himself
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
844.02 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
29.97 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 2
1.58 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
29.97 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 19

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JohnDeSando

Film or digital? You decide.

"People love great stories. They love to get into a world and have an experience. And how they get it—it doesn't really matter." David LynchWhich do you prefer: photochemical or digital projection for your movies? If you're geeky enough, you really care; if not, like me, you want a great story and characters with a crisp image that complements the theme, regardless of whether or not it's film. As for 3D, I can live without it.Christopher Kenneally's interesting Side by Side documentary presents filmmakers like George Lucas who claim celluloid is dead and those like Christophe Nolan who vow not yet to trade his "oil paints for crayons." The film does a credible job presenting both sides with a slight edge to a future of all digital and a pessimistic take on film as an eventual curiosity.Among the talking heads are avatars of photography and direction with an occasional producer and actress to get closer to us viewers, who are never questioned even though we are the ultimate arbiters. But the experts have valid and provocative points: the film advocates tout its warmth and color possibilities while the digital dudes trumpet the ease, low cost, and creative infinity. The film does an entertaining job of presenting the sides.Both sides agree archiving remains a pressing and often neglected issue. Although Martin Scorsese is at the forefront of saving film, no one else has yet taken the case of digital preservation with his passion. The documentary doesn't take enough time on this issue especially since I thought something like my external hard drive would already be in the mix. Not. Apparently even digital imaging can break down in storage.Oh, well, I'm with Lynch: Give me a super story and beautiful image and let the geeks and gods work out the details.
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Reviewed by tabuno 8 / 10

Keanu and the Movie Revolution

5 October 2014. As a documentary, Keanu brings a fresh style with his presence and perhaps access to some of the major directors and cinematographers of our time discussing the revolutionary changes from film to digital movie making. The editing, timing, and level of interest that this documentary brings to the big screen is appealing and informative. Keanu offers up some illuminating questions, bringing forth some openly authentic answers from some of the key players of our movie industry. This documentary is both historical and contemporaneous. It raises important questions regarding this big shift in how movies are made and the medium used. This is a fine documentary worthy in its own right as a film.

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