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Article Search Advanced Search Thread Comes Out of Button By Carolyn Giardina Nov 25, 2008, 13:56 An aborted screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week has raised concerns within the film community over digital projection. On Thursday night at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles, Paramount held the first major industry showing of Button, David Fincher's widely anticipated drama that is expected to be one of the season's big awards contenders. But about 25 minutes into the film, the image froze, the film stopped and the house lights went up. Claudio Miranda, the film's director of photography, announced that there was a problem and rushed to the projection booth, where a 2K digital-cinema system was being used to screen the film. Forty-five minutes later, after a few false starts, Miranda returned to say that the show would not be going on that night. There was a problem with the digital server -- which had been rented for the screening -- that resulted in the absence of the color red from the projected image, giving the film a washed-out look. The screening was rescheduled for Saturday on the Paramount lot, where, with Fincher and Miranda in attendance, the projection went off without a hitch. The Thursday screening, though, was not an isolated incident. There have been other snafus at recent digital screenings of Che and Quantum of Solace. Click www.hollywoodreporter.com for the whole story. Email this article  Printer friendly page