The Great Kodak Super 8 Comeback

November, 2016

THE GREAT KODAK SUPER 8 COMEBACKTECHDirector J. J. Abrams doesn’t shoot digital. Neither do Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan, for that matter. Film, they say, feels warmer, its grainy artifacts somehow more artistic. Film is also a major pain in the ass. It’s unforgiving and time-consuming. These are loves and lessons many filmmakers learned as pimply-faced teenagers shooting ultra-low-budget backyard versions of Stand By Me on their dads’ Super 8 video cameras. Now Kodak is soupingup its...