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22 better-looking movies

A movie projector flashes 24 images across the screen each second to create the illusion of motion — kind of like a flipbook. The directors James Cameron and Peter Jackson propose kicking that number to 48 or even 60 frames per second. It’ll change the way we experience movies: colors will appear brighter, images sharper, motion smoother. Steven Poster, president of the International Cinematographers Guild, says the effect can be “almost holographic in quality.” Proponents say it’s what 3-D was supposed to feel like — a kind of immersive reality. Still, the image quality takes some getting used to. At an industry conference where Jackson previewed scenes featuring higher-frame-rate hobbits, critics complained that the hyperclarity made the scenes look like live television rather than cinema. It will doubtless take some getting used to. “When sound came out, a lot of people said this will last about three years,” says cinema-studies professor Tom Gunning of the University of Chicago. “Instead it became totally dominant and wiped silent film off the map.” Addie Morfoot

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/03/magazine/innovations-issue.html