‘Gulabo Sitabo’, ‘Choked’, ‘Artemis Fowl’... movies are lining up for direct-to-streaming releases. A future where we watch movies exclusively at home is frighteningly feasible Technically, the quality of a film at home can now equal or exceed the quality at a multiplex," the legendary editor Walter Murch (known for The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now and The Conversation) declared in a recent column in The Guardian.
Indeed, Ultra High Definition television sets and speakers often ensure a more consistent cinematic experience than our neighbourhood multiplex.There lies whimsical colour balance, butchered audio levels and—thanks to our puritanical censors—not a curse-word or cigarette left alone.