The HD DVD disc format (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

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

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1:02.5	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
1:04.7	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
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1:09.9	I literally had to fly in from outer space.
1:12.8	Come with me.
1:14.9	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
1:18.2	And movies.
1:19.4	Movies that had stories.
1:21.1	That the story just sucks a man.
1:23.5	This is just the beginning.
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