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Feb. 14th, 2008 12:49 pmPolaroid to stop manufacturing instant film
I've never had that intense connection to film that a lot of my artier friends have, and I pretty much welcomed the digital takeover without looking back. (Well, okay, I feel twinges; especially when looking at faded-out color prints from the late '70s.) But you know, when I was a kid and someone would whip out one of those whirring beasts, watching that picture slowly emerge from the murk felt like real, live, irrefutable magic.
I wonder if it seemed like magic to kids who are 8 years old today? Did the digital takeover make that go away, or was there something inherently amazing about that bizarre, right in plain sight alchemy? Better ask quick, I guess.
I've never had that intense connection to film that a lot of my artier friends have, and I pretty much welcomed the digital takeover without looking back. (Well, okay, I feel twinges; especially when looking at faded-out color prints from the late '70s.) But you know, when I was a kid and someone would whip out one of those whirring beasts, watching that picture slowly emerge from the murk felt like real, live, irrefutable magic.
I wonder if it seemed like magic to kids who are 8 years old today? Did the digital takeover make that go away, or was there something inherently amazing about that bizarre, right in plain sight alchemy? Better ask quick, I guess.
