That can't be true. That might be trying to spin it with qualifiers, but I've seen a number of films shot in HD. The first film shot in HD was this one (look in the trivia section ). Kathleen Turner qualifies as a major actress.
I believe it was shot with the Ikegami "HD Cinema" camera on Sony's HDVS (1" tape) system back in 1987! There was plenty of analog HD in the years before DTV.
Anyway, a year ago I attended an HD film festival. Yep, there was loads of wretched looking stuff (as well as amateur acting) but there was at least one very good looking film. I talked to the cinematographer, and she told me that most of the bad looking HD is shot and lit by TV people. They had started with TV people and it looked like video. They replaced that crew with film people and produced HD that looked like film.
I believe it was shot with the Ikegami "HD Cinema" camera on Sony's HDVS (1" tape) system back in 1987! There was plenty of analog HD in the years before DTV.
Anyway, a year ago I attended an HD film festival. Yep, there was loads of wretched looking stuff (as well as amateur acting) but there was at least one very good looking film. I talked to the cinematographer, and she told me that most of the bad looking HD is shot and lit by TV people. They had started with TV people and it looked like video. They replaced that crew with film people and produced HD that looked like film.