Hollywood Confronts the Digital Revolution --McIlroy

Digital intermediates, the article explains, "allows movie makers to reap the benefits of digital technology without using digital cameras, which are still resisted by many makers of big-budget movies."

As was the case for printers and prepress shops a decade ago, Hollywood's problem starts with digital video itself. Hollywood has the same paranoia we used to have about digital photography—it can't possibly be as good as film! The article points out that "not only are directors and cinematographers used to working with film and, in some cases, reluctant to give it up, but the technology for distributing and projecting films digitally is still being developed. Movie distributors and exhibitors haven't yet finalized technology standards. . ."