Film has suddenly lost its charm, it's all-digital now: Bachchan
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has voiced his concern over the medium of film losing its importance in the digital world.
The 75-year-old actor, who met renowned filmmaker Christopher Nolan recently in Mumbai to discuss film preservation and restoration, said the cause deserves serious consideration and it is important that people from the film industry across the globe come together to save the medium.
Original format
It's necessary to bring back celluloid film format, says Bachchan
Nolan is in India on a three-day trip along with visual artist Tacita Dean to promote the cause of film preservation and restoration.
"The word film has suddenly lost its charm. It does not seem to be any need to shoot films on film. It's all digital now," Bachchan said.
He said it's necessary to bring back the film's original format "celluloid film".
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"It was known as the 'film industry', they were known as 'film stars'," Bachchan wrote on his blog.
"So, in the complete absence of that medium and that product, it would be quite in order to call ourselves 'robotic genes' or words of similar sound, 'digi act' or 'digi digi'. It would be an issue that would need consideration," Bachchan added.
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In the coming time, digital format will retire too: Bachchan
"It (film) had greater aesthetic value, and its preservation, an essential for posterity of having an original. Digital is a derivative of original film print. Film is the original, digital format is not and in time to come, this format may retire too," Bachchan stated.