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Nobody's saying 'to hell with the acting' etc.
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Sorry I guess I misinterpreted the phrase
"Okay, great, the actors can perform well etc etc - but this is cinema, not theatre.". and I have read another post around here (I've tried to pull it up but to no avail) where a director said something to the effect of don't bother with pro actors, and then listed a Brevis35 as an essential part of his kit. So he certainly valued shallow DoF above acting.
I also know that a lot of big name professional filmmakers have used DV (Mike Figgis, Alex Cox, Lars Von Trier, Steven Soderberg, Danny Boyle, plenty of others) at one point or another and I'm not aware of any of them using a 35mm adaptor.
BTW in the next few years I predict a rash of badly shot "student" films using 35mm adaptors that'll trash shallow DOF's reputation for making films look cinematic:
"A 35mm adaptor man? what are you doing, I don't want this to look like some student film!" :-)