"I started working in DV for my Web site, and I fell in love with the medium. It's unbelievable, the freedom and the incredible different possibilities it affords, in shooting and in post-production."
"For me, there's no way back to film. I'm done with it," Lynch says. "I love abstraction. Film is a beautiful medium, but it's very slow and you don't get a chance to try a lot of different things. With DV, you get those chances. And in post-production, if you can think it, you can do it."
Shocking that he would say he will never go back to film. He's one of the most respected directors in Hollywood and has produce some really cool offbeat films.
Regardless if anyone has failed with DV doesnt mean it doesnt have a future, The technology keeps getting better and better. Its within 5 years from resembling the quality of 35mm (from what I've seen and read about, its a matter of getting DV up to 8 to 12 million pixelation. Last I heard it was still running around 2 million)
Its like digital cameras. the 10 pixelation digi cams are said to be as near perfect as 35mm film. When technology can save that much data and run at 24p per second, you have the same quality as 35mm motion picture. when it hits the professional market in the next 5 years it will almost surely replace expensive film. I dont remember if it was Kodak or Fuji, but a few years back one of these companies said they were gonna stop making 35mm still film and focus on manufacturing digital cameras. Its too expensive to process film and there will be so little market for it that the companies will either be forced to charge 10x what they do now just to make a profit or shut it down completly. I know Digital will never replace the aged look of film or the imperfections of it that is part of its beauty, but its still about profit and there will be little profits film when there is a change over.