u/GeneralGenerico

When PlayTime was first released to cinemas, It had a runtime of 155 minutes including an intermission and exit music but due to poor reception, Jacques Tati decided to cut the film into around 120 minutes which is eventually the version we got now on home video. So what happened to the other 35 minutes? It wasn't even a workprint and other Jacques Tati films have their original versions released on home video like with Jour De Fete and Monsieur Hulot's Holiday yet there didn't seem to be any attempts at trying to restore the original. Even the original restoration is based on the 120 minute versions.

So what happened with the 155 minute version of PlayTime? I assumed it would be pretty sought since PlayTime is pretty famous but I rarely hear people talk about wanting to see it. I can't really find any information on searches for the 35 minutes online.

I'm surprised that there isn't really an app for recording time played on a game on PS3 and I really wanna know how long I've been playing a game for. I heard that some games will have the time played logged onto their save files but not all. And there is a bot that says it will track down time played but it's on PSN so I am not sure if it will work on non-PSN games.

So is there a homebrew app where you can log the amount of time you played a game?

So I live in Sydney which means that unfortunately I do not have an IMAX 70mm within range. The closest IMAX 70mm cinema is in Melbourne and with The Odyssey being shot entirely on IMAX cameras, I have been contemplating on whether or not I should make the trip to Melbourne just to watch The Odyssey and I am still doing that but I want to know my options if I decide to not go through with it.

While Sydney doesn't have IMAX 70mm, It does have a 1.43 IMAX Screen and there are cinemas that project regular 5/70mm film and my question is, If I couldn't go to IMAX 70mm, Which cinema would I go to? The IMAX or the 70mm? I am honestly conflicted on this because

1. Christopher Nolan directs with IMAX in mind and even if my IMAX cinema is digital, It would still be close to how Christopher would want people to experience his films. On a 1.43 screen.

2. He is also a huge champion of analog film and avoids using digital as much as he possibly can to the point where he doesn't even use Digital Intermediates aside from certain CGI shots. Films are colourgraded in a lab and even striking prints is done photochemically so watching it on 5/70mm would still be pretty close to how he wants audiences to experience The Odyssey even if it isn't IMAX ratio.

So I want to hear from people who have seen previous Christopher Nolan films. Which format would be better for watching his films if it isn't IMAX 70mm?

I'm sure that most of you guys are aware that when it comes to tokusatsu, It is often the writers who get the most credit for a series being either good or bad and while some of you guys know that it's mostly not the case. I wanted to know WHY writers get the most of the criticism in the first place anyways.

I know that people love their "auteur theory" and like to credit certain shows or films to a single person but the thing is, It's generally ascribe to the people who do have high creative authority on a show. Like Vince Gilligan for Breaking Bad since he is the creator or Christopher Nolan who is pretty hands on with every aspect of production.

With tokusatsu, that's not really the case. 90% of tokusatsu productions are often highly corporate and often have to heavily conform to the demands of the executives. The head producers of a show probably have the highest creative control in a production, But even then, they just can't make a tokusatsu show anything they want and they have to make sure that everything satisfies executives and if the head producers don't really have that much control, the writers and directors probably have even LESS control of the production of a tokusatsu. Even a writer like Toshiki Inoue is limited to what he can do (the eating scenes come into mind). It's very rare for a someone to have high creative control over a tokusatsu production like in the case of Hideaki Anno with the Shin series or Keita Amemiya with GARO.

So what makes a writer different? Why do people care so much about them at all if they don't even hold that much creative control? Not even anime and other Japanese media communities care about writers as much as the tokusatsu community does.

Often when an animated movie or TV series is adapted into live-action, there is plenty of backlash and while there are some successful live-action adaptations like One Piece, I think most people tend to agree that the animation is much better. Now for the most part, I do agree that most animations shouldn't be adapted for live-action because some parts just won't translate well. I personally can not imagine how an animated movie like Redline can be adapted into live-action because it's just so maximalist in a way only animation can do without making it look goofy as hell.

But I have never heard anyone talk about the inverse about live-action movies or TV series being adapted into animation because it doesn't really happen that often. But lets say that there are plans to adapt live-action movies into animation, Which one is most likely to not translate very well as animation?

Edit: I am not talking about the business side of things. I am talking about live-action films that would be completely different and likely inferior experiences if it were animated.