
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In the 1970s and early 1980s, it was VHS vs Betamax. But in the 2000s, with companies keen to build on the success of DVD, a fresh movie format war sparked. In one corner? It was Blu-ray. In the other? HD DVD. The latter was best positioned to emerge victorious - but it all came to a head over a few days at the start of 2008.
Dan Gilroy had built up a career as a Hollywood screenwriter, but only moved to directing in his 50s. His low budget project Nightcrawler broke many of the conventions of feature films - and it'd involve shooting in a lot of place, in not very much time...
Stories of both are told in this episode.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Simon Brew4.9
9090 ratings
In the 1970s and early 1980s, it was VHS vs Betamax. But in the 2000s, with companies keen to build on the success of DVD, a fresh movie format war sparked. In one corner? It was Blu-ray. In the other? HD DVD. The latter was best positioned to emerge victorious - but it all came to a head over a few days at the start of 2008.
Dan Gilroy had built up a career as a Hollywood screenwriter, but only moved to directing in his 50s. His low budget project Nightcrawler broke many of the conventions of feature films - and it'd involve shooting in a lot of place, in not very much time...
Stories of both are told in this episode.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

541 Listeners

1,243 Listeners

366 Listeners

161 Listeners

56 Listeners

2,440 Listeners

186 Listeners

113 Listeners

224 Listeners

3,317 Listeners

209 Listeners

30 Listeners

329 Listeners

909 Listeners

13 Listeners