Digital Broadcast (2006) User Reviews

Different, clever and very informative

[catejones30 · 10/10 · 7 January 2009]

It's unlike any other documentaries I have seen before.

It is a Warholesque piece playing on colors, sound and interactivity to illustrate what a Digital Broadcast is.

By mixing a display of single color and radio broadcasts the film is mocking the 'Digital' and 'High Definition' craze that the media and IT world is trying to sell us.

Apart from its unusual presentation that not many people will understand, as a documentary it is an in-depth portrait of a man -Paul Gambaccini- that epitomizes Pop culture.

It has never been done before.

I have read it somewhere that the documentary was initially done in 1999 and was intended for a CD-ROM project; well it does have a CD-ROM feel about it.

It's extremely clever.

This is no ordinary documentary.

[janeforyou · 8/10 · 19 February 2009]

Paul Gambaccini is perhaps one of the most iconic broadcasters in Britain.

Paul is in fact American.

He started his career as a writer for the Rolling Stones magazine.

It is the first time Paul agreed to take part in a feature-documentary.

This is no ordinary documentary.

It has a an interesting concept maybe a bit confusing at times, revolving around the different colors of the spectrum.

I'm not sure if I understood the concept very well.

The concept is some kind of distraction, as a result we tend to focus more of the sound and what he has to say.

Being mainly known for being a radio broadcaster and DJ it does seem appropriate.