I saw Slumdog Millionaire tonight. Fantastic film about a slum kid from Mumbai who somehow winds up on "How to Be a Millionaire." It's also somehow a comedy, a travelogue, a social expose, a gangster movie, among other things.

Mumbai has a population of 19 million people (!) and the movie was shot on tiny, narrow streets teeming with people. The film crew didn't want to go in with big movie cameras. The movie was shot on Silicon Imaging SI-2K, which is a digital camera that is a lens head that connects to a computer DVR hookup. The cameramen would carry the lens in their hands while ethernet cables ran up their sleeve to a backback that held the DVR. This allowed them to blend in the crowds. The cinematography is awesome. It doesn't look like film, but it's a very good looking movie.

The Red One has gotten tons of hype, but it seems it's also not to easy to work with. As of yet, I don't think it's been used in a major film.

Slumdog will be a major arthouse hit all over the world. It will probably be nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. The way the story is told, is very well done. Part of the film is in Hindi, and it has the coolest subtitles I've seen. They use the subtitles as part of the visual look of the film.