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Author Topic: List of post-2000 NON-DI films Julian Antos Film Handler Posts: 76 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Nov 2009 posted 06-03-2014 12:33 PM                     Hi all, Trying to create a list of films made after O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU that were finished without a DI. Trying to limit this to films where DI would be considered a "normal" workflow (so no Bollywood or experimental films). If a film used DI for some effects shots but not the whole film, that counts too. Here's what we've come up with so far, corrections and additions welcome!: 2001 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AI (Steven Spielberg, 2001) unconfirmed THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION* (Woody Allen, 2001) MOULIN ROUGE (Baz Luhrmann, 2001) unconfirmed TROUBLE EVERY DAY (Claire Denis, 2001) 2002 FRIDAY NIGHT (Claire Denis, 2002) HOLLYWOOD ENDING (Woody Allen, 2002) INSOMNIA (Christopher Nolan, 2002) LAUREL CANYON (Lisa Cholodenko, 2002) MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg, 2002) unconfirmed PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002) 2003 ANYTHING ELSE (Woody Allen, 2003) MYSTIC RIVER (Clint Eastwood, 2003) 2004 INTRUDER, THE (Claire Denis, 2004) MELINDA AND MELINDA (Woody Allen, 2004) MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood, 2004) unconfirmed 2005 BATMAN BEGINS (Christopher Nolan, 2005)IMAX Prints went through DMR for 35mm scenes BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Ang Lee, 2005) Release prints on Fuji stock MATCH POINT (Woody Allen, 2005) 2006 SCOOP (Woody Allen, 2006) 2007 CASSANDRA'S DREAM (Woody Allen, 2007) THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) 2008 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen, 2008) 2009 DARK KNIGHT, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2008) IMAX Prints went through DMR fr 35mm scenes WHATEVER WORKS (Woody Allen, 2009) 2010 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (Woody Allen, 2010) 2012 DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2012) IMAX Prints went through DMR for 35mm scenes MASTER, THE (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012) 70mm prints and some 35mm prints did not use a DI 2014 TRANSCENDENCE (Wally Pfister, 2014)  |  IP: Logged Connor Wilson Expert Film Handler Posts: 190 From: Sterling, VA, USA Registered: Jan 2011 posted 06-03-2014 08:01 PM                     I consider MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, 2005) to be another addition as it was edited on a Moviola. I don't think Spielberg ever opted for a digital intermediate until INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008). I may have heard the 35mm prints of DJANGO UNCHAINED (Quentin Tarantino, 2012) didn't use a DI, but the DCP version did. I like the gain of resolution a movie shot on celluloid has when ignoring the DI process, yet sacrificing the wondrous tech of digital coloring. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES looked fantastic in 15/70, as well as 35mm, but the 35mm scenes looked better on the 35mm prints. While the IMAX scenes on a 15/70 print are yet to be surpassed in clarity, they shrunk down nicely on the 35mm print. It possibly has to be the best 35mm print I ever saw, especially coming from the digital age. THE MASTER in 70mm was the best looking movie I saw in that format, although it was partially shot in 35mm. But that is not saying a lot since the only other 70mm movie I saw was 2001 A Space Odyssey, which still was outstanding, but some of the elements have degraded.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-29-2014 03:33 AM                        hi julian, this is a topic close to my heart but i rarely come here anymore since digital topics started overtaking film ones. it's a difficult question since credits will never state that a di was not used, only that one was, so one has to make judgments by eye which can be hard to do when the projection is not very good. if i get a chance i'll pore through my notes for some additions to your list (which vastly understates the non-di films since 2000). for now i'll mention kenneth lonergan's margaret (2005/2008/2011: difficult post-production) which i consider to be possibly the last film masterpiece. why exclude bollywood though? di's have steamrolled through india just as in the u.s.  |  IP: Logged Shawn M. Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Arlington, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2012 posted 07-31-2014 07:51 PM                    Some I recall: The Fast & the Furious (2001) Hannibal (2001) Pearl Harbor (2001) Swordfish (2001) Blood Work (2002) Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood (2002) Red Dragon (2002) 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) Matchstick Men (2003) X-Men 2 (2003) Birth (2004) I Heart Huckabees (2004) Hidalgo (2004) Jersey Girl (2004) Team America (2004) Wimbledon (2004) Dark Water (2005) Must Love Dogs (2005) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) War of the Worlds (2005) The Prestige (2006) American Gangster (2007) Breach (2007) License to Wed (2007) Margot at the Wedding (2007) Over Her Dead Body (2008) Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) The Greatest (2009) Inception (2010) You're right about AI, Minority Report and Million Dollar Baby. Spielberg's first DI was The Terminal (2004), and he skipped it on his next two movies. Eastwood's first was on Flags of Our Fathers (2006).  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 07-05-2019 01:44 PM                 It has been 1799 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Shawn M. Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Arlington, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2012 posted 07-05-2019 01:44 PM                    Almost five years later, here's some more. Mostly mainstream US films. Tons are missing, of course, especially from the earliest years, because it did take time for DIs to really take off: 2001 Ali Along Came a Spider Angel Eyes Antitrust Auto Focus Baby Boy Bandits Behind Enemy Lines Black Hawk Down Blow Bubble Boy Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Caveman's Valentine Charlotte Gray Crazy/Beautiful Enemy at the Gates Focus Frailty From Hell Gosford Park Hardball Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Heist I Am Sam In the Bedroom Jeepers Creepers Joy Ride Jurassic Park III Kate & Leopold K-PAX Lantana Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Life as a House The Majestic The Man From Elysian Fields The Man Who Wasn't There The Mummy Returns O Ocean's Eleven Original Sin Osmosis Jones Planet of the Apes The Pledge The Royal Tenenbaums Rush Hour 2 The Score The Tailor of Panama Town & Country Training Day Zoolander 2002 About Schmidt Adaptation Antwone Fisher Big Fat Liar The Bourne Identity Catch Me If You Can Changing Lanes Chicago The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Death to Smoochy Deuces Wild Die Another Day - the scenes set in Cuba and North Korea went through a DI Dragonfly D-Tox / Eye See You Empire Enough Equilibrium Evelyn Far From Heaven Gangs of New York Garage Days Gerry Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Hours Impostor John Q. Life or Something Like It Men in Black II The Mothman Prophecies Mr. Deeds My Big Fat Greek Wedding Narc One Hour Photo Phone Booth Possession Queen of the Damned The Ring Road to Perdition Rollerball The Rookie The Scorpion King Secretary Signs Simone Solaris Star Trek: Nemesis - effects scenes went through a DI Swimfan Talk to Her / Hable con ella The Time Machine Trapped The Truth About Charlie Tuck Everlasting Two Weeks Notice Undisputed Unfaithful White Oleander Windtalkers 2003 21 Grams - a few scenes went through a DI All the Real Girls Basic Beyond Borders City of Ghosts Confidence Dreamcatcher Duplex Elephant Final Destination 2 Freaky Friday Hollywood Homicide House of 1000 Corpses How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Hulk Jeepers Creepers 2 The Last Samurai - two scenes went through a DI Lost in Translation The Matrix Reloaded - the freeway chase went through a DI Northfork Paycheck Runaway Jury Shattered Glass Stuck on You Tears of the Sun Veronica Guerin 2004 13 Going on 30 The Big Bounce Closer Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Eurotrip The Girl Next Door Godsend Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Kinsey Laws of Attraction Mean Girls The Merchant of Venice Napoleon Dynamite National Treasure - I believe some parts, like the "legend" opening, went through a DI The Notebook Saw Sideways The Stepford Wives Vanity Fair The Whole Ten Yards 2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Beauty Shop Broken Flowers Hostel Last Days Man of the House The New World - some of the movie (very little AFAIK) went through a DI The Pacifier Romance & Cigarettes Slow Burn Sophie Scholl: The Final Days / Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage The Wedding Date 2006 Akeelah and the Bee Ask the Dust Just My Luck Lady in the Water The Last Kiss Little Miss Sunshine The Lives of Others / Das Leben der Anderen The Night Listener School for Scoundrels 2007 Death Defying Acts Joshua Lars and the Real Girl Rails & Ties Son of Rambow Viva Year of the Dog 2008 Ballast The Promotion 2009 Case 39 Dogtooth / Kynodontas Funny People I Am Love / Io sono l'amore 2011 Marécages / Wetlands 2014 Interstellar 2015 Son of Saul / Saul fia 2016 The Love Witch 2017 Dunkirk Phantom Thread 2018 Petra 2020 Tenet (no doubt)  |  IP: Logged

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