Silly question but what does 70mm format do different than digital?
Did you go to the last Indiana Jones movie? I liked it but not as well as top gun Maverick. Better than Crystal Skull though IMO.
Nolan's Oppenheimer
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Silly question but what does 70mm format do different than digital?
Did you go to the last Indiana Jones movie? I liked it but not as well as top gun Maverick. Better than Crystal Skull though IMO.
This movie, when it comes out on the 21st has an exclusive window to showing it in all IMAX theaters for 3 weeks..
70mm film captures a wider aspect ratio than most digital projection formats, allowing for more of the image to be visible on the screen. This wider aspect ratio is especially noticeable in 'epic' movies that feature large landscapes or action sequences. Nolan specifically filmed this in 70mm not digital so the 70mm format is his way of saying 'this is how it really should be seen'. If that makes sense.
Just saw a 78 years ago today trailer. I wonder why they didn't originally plan to release it this weekend.
Still haven't seen Oppenheimer obviously and don't want it to drown under the depths of such high expectations, but Nolan is quickly turning into the second coming of Kubrick.
Makes one or maybe two films in a genre...
KUBRICK
Spartacus (historical epic)
Dr. Strangelove (military thriller/black comedy)
2001: A Space Odyssey (science/speculative fiction)
A Clockwork Orange (crime drama)
The Shining (psychological horror)
Full Metal Jacket (war film)
NOLAN
Batman Begins (superhero origin story)
The Prestige (psychological thriller)
The Dark Knight (superhero, but almost more of an urban crime epic like Heat or Dirty Harry)
Inception (scifi/action)
Interstellar (science/speculative fiction, which more than a little influence from 2001)
Dunkirk (war epic)
Oppenheimer (we'll have to see exactly, but I'd imagine biopic/war epic)
...where those one or two films are two of the greatest in the history of that genre.
I feel bad I won't get to watch Oppenheimer until August 5.
Makes one or maybe two films in a genre...
KUBRICK
Spartacus (historical epic)
Dr. Strangelove (military thriller/black comedy)
2001: A Space Odyssey (science/speculative fiction)
A Clockwork Orange (crime drama)
The Shining (psychological horror)
Full Metal Jacket (war film)
NOLAN
Batman Begins (superhero origin story)
The Prestige (psychological thriller)
The Dark Knight (superhero, but almost more of an urban crime epic like Heat or Dirty Harry)
Inception (scifi/action)
Interstellar (science/speculative fiction, which more than a little influence from 2001)
Dunkirk (war epic)
Oppenheimer (we'll have to see exactly, but I'd imagine biopic/war epic)
...where those one or two films are two of the greatest in the history of that genre.
I feel bad I won't get to watch Oppenheimer until August 5.
The Prestige is massively underrated.Still haven't seen Oppenheimer obviously and don't want it to drown under the depths of such high expectations, but Nolan is quickly turning into the second coming of Kubrick.
Makes one or maybe two films in a genre...
KUBRICK
Spartacus (historical epic)
Dr. Strangelove (military thriller/black comedy)
2001: A Space Odyssey (science/speculative fiction)
A Clockwork Orange (crime drama)
The Shining (psychological horror)
Full Metal Jacket (war film)
NOLAN
Batman Begins (superhero origin story)
The Prestige (psychological thriller)
The Dark Knight (superhero, but almost more of an urban crime epic like Heat or Dirty Harry)
Inception (scifi/action)
Interstellar (science/speculative fiction, which more than a little influence from 2001)
Dunkirk (war epic)
Oppenheimer (we'll have to see exactly, but I'd imagine biopic/war epic)
...where those one or two films are two of the greatest in the history of that genre.
I feel bad I won't get to watch Oppenheimer until August 5.
Nolan's films tend to hit MUCH harder the second time around.
I admit I was lukewarm on Inception and Dunkirk and The Prestige and Interstellar the first time.
They ran me over like a ******* freight train the second viewing. All-timers for me.
I'd pay an absurd amount of money to see Interstellar in a theater.
Saw it in IMAX in the theaters, it was amazing. Also insanely loud at points. When Matt Damon accidentally blows the airlock the entire theater basically jumped an entire seat to the right due to the blast sound coming solely from the left.
I saw it at the Science Center's IMAX dome, the docking sequence made me regret that decision
If you've never seen Memento I'd encourage you to check it out. Nolan is the only director I will actively make plans for to go see his films in a theaterStill haven't seen Oppenheimer obviously and don't want it to drown under the depths of such high expectations, but Nolan is quickly turning into the second coming of Kubrick.
Makes one or maybe two films in a genre...
KUBRICK
Spartacus (historical epic)
Dr. Strangelove (military thriller/black comedy)
2001: A Space Odyssey (science/speculative fiction)
A Clockwork Orange (crime drama)
The Shining (psychological horror)
Full Metal Jacket (war film)
NOLAN
Batman Begins (superhero origin story)
The Prestige (psychological thriller)
The Dark Knight (superhero, but almost more of an urban crime epic like Heat or Dirty Harry)
Inception (scifi/action)
Interstellar (science/speculative fiction, which more than a little influence from 2001)
Dunkirk (war epic)
Oppenheimer (we'll have to see exactly, but I'd imagine biopic/war epic)
...where those one or two films are two of the greatest in the history of that genre.
I feel bad I won't get to watch Oppenheimer until August 5.
I'd love to see Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm again.
I do miss the old Cooper theater in St. Louis Park. Dat BIG ass screen they had. Not a fan of the mini theater rooms these days.
I saw it once at home. It was marred by the fact I watched it with my wife, who spent the whole second half complaining that she didn't know what was going on and "this is stupid" after she spent the first half looking at her phone. She has... problems with films that don't have the predictable three-act structure where you can pick it up and put it down whenever you want and subconsciously know where you are in the story nonetheless or don't have some sort of singing princess just looking for love as the main protagonist.
I should give it another try sometime.
I went to Lawrence of Arabia in a theater a year or two ago.
Incredible. Even if not on some IMAX mega-screen.
Still the greatest film ever made.
