Michelle Kung covered Side by Side for The Wall Street Journal in a piece entitled “Keanu Reeves Schools Audiences in Digital Filmmaking”. She sounded somewhat surprised and started off with:
Neo, the lead character of “The Matrix,” may know kung fu, but his portrayer, Keanu Reeves, knows digital filmmaking.
She covered some of the major points of the film. In her closing comment she offered up the following along with a comment from Mr. Reeves on his choice of going digital for Man of Tai Chi:
In spite of his newfound knowledge, however, Reeves says he still relied on his gut instinct when deciding to shoot “Man of Tai Chi,” his just-wrapped directorial debut, digitally on an ARRI studio camera earlier this year. “In the end, it just offered a really great look that I liked,” he said.
All in all a good read. The entire article is here.