In the '60's or '70's, former child actor Paul Peterson sold what rights he had to The Donna Reed Show--any residuals he had coming--because it was black & white and NOBODY watched black & white TV anymore. Poor fool.
And now I'm sitting here watching a 2003 standard definition video movie called Scumrock, available on Fandor. Filmed on Hi8.
I don't know. It's not bad. In this age of wide screen high definition video, the 4 x 5 aspect ratio makes it more cinematic somehow. Having a different aspect ratio than the TV is the important thing.
The movie is something about punk rockers who call it "scumrock" instead of punk rock, and one of them is talking about making a movie on 16mm. They seem like terrible people. But who am I to judge.
Just as the Fisher Price PXL 2000 has a following among artists and hipsters, standard definition analog video has its place. This movie is an inspiration.
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