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Netflix acquires rights to Kodachrome: a movie about the final days of the iconic film

16 Sep
Photo courtesy Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Netflix has acquired the rights to Kodachrome, an upcoming Jason Sudeikis movie about the last days of the Kodachrome film era. The news was first reported by Deadline, who is claiming that Netflix paid $ 4 million for the rights and plans a widespread theatrical release that could cover theaters in major regions around the world—including the US, UK, Canada, and Japan.

Kodachrome the movie revolves around a father and son on a road trip to get to one of Kodak’s photo processing labs before it closes down forever. The screenplay was inspired by a New York Times article about the last lab in the world that was processing the now-iconic film stock; in the movie, the characters are racing against time to try and get four rolls developed before it’s too late.

True to the film’s theme, Kodachrome was shot on film, not digital, and features the acting talents of Jason Sudeikis, Ed Harris, and Elizabeth Olsen. Here’s hoping it comes to a theatre near you… and pays proper tribute to the analog legend.

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Kodak’s first issue of new ‘limited edition’ Kodachrome magazine now on sale in the US

02 Jun

Late last year Kodak announced that it would produce Kodachrome (sorry, not that Kodachrome), a magazine dedicated to art, culture and all things analog. Today, it has become available for sale to US residents on the company’s website.

The limited run first edition costs $ 20, weighs in at 80 pages and includes features on actress/director Chloë Sevigny, filmmaker Isaac Julien and illustrator Tad Carpenter. The magazine was created by Stranger Collective, a UK-based content agency.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Hopes of Kodachrome relaunch put on ice

27 Jan
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Hold your horses, all you would-be Egglestons: Kodachrome probably isn’t about to make a comeback. In all the excitement about the re-launch of Ektachrome, the Chief Marketing Officer of Eastman Kodak said that the company was going to look into bringing back the iconic filmstock.

The problem was, it was the wrong Kodak. Now, in an interview with TIME.com, a senior representative from Kodak Alaris, the UK-based company that owns the Kodak stills film division, says it’s unlikely, given the need for specialist processing.

Dennis Olbrich, president of the imaging, paper, photo chemicals and film division at Kodak Alaris is quoted as saying ‘I would love for it to be Kodachrome, obviously. But it’s a very difficult proposition to get that whole infrastructure back in place.’

He did stress that the company was still interested in re-launching older filmstocks, though. ‘We’re already starting to evaluate what other films we could bring back and whether it would make sense to do it,’ he said.

Kodak Alaris acquired the stills film division as part of a settlement with Kodak’s UK pension scheme, during its restructuring under the US’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process. US-based Eastman Kodak manufactures the film on the UK company’s behalf and still sells cine film and filmstocks for the movie industry.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Kodak CMO says the company is ‘looking into’ reviving Kodachrome

11 Jan
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During CES 2017, Kodak announced it would revive the film stock it discontinued in 2012, Ektachrome. The announcement was well received, and was itself the result of an uptick in professional film sales, something that has also spurred Kodak toward another possible revival: Kodachrome. Eastman Kodak’s President of Consumer Film division and Chief Marketing Office Steve Overman confirmed as much during a recent The Kodakery podcast.

The Kodakery team spoke with Overman from the Kodak booth during CES, and near the end of the discussion they mentioned the Ektachrome revival. That topic snowballed into a confirmation from Overman that Kodak is likewise looking into bringing Kodachrome back, but plans to do so haven’t been finalized at this time.

Overman works for US-based Eastman Kodak but it seems likely the company would follow the pattern seen with its recent Ektachrome announcement, and work with UK-based company Kodak Alaris to release a stills version of the film to photographic markets.

It took less effort and time to bring Ektachrome film back, Overman explained, which is why it was given precedence. He went on to say, though, that ‘people love Kodak’s heritage products and I feel, personally, that we have a responsibility to deliver on that love.’ 

Via: PetaPixel

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Steve McCurry’s ‘Last Roll of Kodachrome’ photos are now live on his blog

09 Feb

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Award-winning photographer Steve McCurry has published the photos taken with the last roll of Kodakchrome to come off the production line on his WordPress blog. McCurry has shot more than 800,000 photos including his iconic ‘Afghan Girl’ portrait, with the film. In a National Geographic article in 2009 McCurry equated ‘losing the medium to losing a dear friend.’ Click through for the link the gallery.

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