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Can someone explain this to me?


This is excerpted from the wikipedia article on the making of the movie Fight Club.

high-contrast print stocks were chosen to create a "stepped-on" look on the print with a dirty patina.


I have lately gotten interested in the cinematography of that movie but that passage, which enumerates on how the film's 'look' was achieved in post-production, makes no sense to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club#Cinematography

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