Christie Loves Samsung UltraHD
Last night, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER & SAMSUNG with THE CINEMA SOCIETY Hosted a Screening of A24’s “The Spectular Now” which included some of Hollywood’s fashion and style elite.
Christie Brinkley attended the festivities donning a beautiful floral print jumper and posed for us exclusively in front of the Samsung Ultra HD TV (photo credit: Steven A Henry / Patrick McMullan).
Additional guests and notables who joined the evening included: Christie Brinkley, Zosia Mamet, Melissa George, Aida Turturro, Giada De Laurentiis, Bob Colacello, Sandra Brant, Dylan Lauren, Lauren Bush Lauren, Ashley Bush, Pierce Bush, Sharon Bush, B-52’s Fred Schneider, Anh Duong, Richard Phillips, Olivia Chantecaille, Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss, Lisa Perry, Daniel Benedict, Sean Macpherson & Rachelle Hruska, Whitney Fairchild, David Wain & Zandy Hartig.
With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, THE SPECTACULAR NOW (directed by James Ponsoldt) creates a vivid, three- dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. This is the tale of Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he unexpectedly falls in love with “the good girl” Aimee Finecky (Shailene Woodley). What starts as an unlikely romance, becomes a sharp-eyed, straight-up snapshot of the heady confusion and haunting passion of youth – one that doesn’t look for tidy truths. The film was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber (500) DAYS OF SUMMER and also features wonderful supporting turns from Brie Larson, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
The problem is that 4k/Ultra HD is to big for current distribution. Although Broadcast service providers have been shooting and testing with the format it will take some time to really take off. Also screen cost would need to drop below current 3D tv prices as the optimal screen size for 4K is going to be 60″/70″. Now factor in the 3X hight of those screens for optimal viewing distance most of us do not have living rooms that would take that screen size. Now enter 8K and the cost of the extension to the house.