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[–] atempuser23 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If you can see the film print in the opening week. Christopher Nolan makes his movies in an analog way. So it is a film process all the way though except for VFX. This is one of the only opportunities to see film that was not digitally modified. Only one place in the world can make these imax 70mm film prints and they are all basically hand made. EDIT: link changed to piped link. https://piped.video/watch?v=xa1xJIgLzFk

2k digital projection is typically used in smaller theaters where the screen size is not large enough for anyone to actually see a difference.

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[–] gothicdecadence 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm going to see it in 70mm on the 28th and I'm sooo fucking excited! I got center seats near the back too, it's gonna be epic. I wish there were more 70mm IMAX theaters so more people could experience it but I understand why there aren't lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Serious question, does it actually make that much of a difference? It's it worth me driving 300 minutes to see?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm no old-school cinephile, but I've listened to enough of them to understand that if you're really into the nitty gritty details and love soaking in every corner of a filmed image, there is no substitute for a large print screening. But YMMV.

[–] atempuser23 2 points 1 year ago

If you are a film student. Yes. For most folks 5 hours is a lot of driving. Film is the way that Christopher Nolan intended but the digital versions exist just so that most people can experience it. Don't feel like you missed out if it's just too much driving. The story is what is key. Not the projection technology.

[–] gothicdecadence 1 points 1 year ago

I've never actually seen anything in 70mm IMAX, so idk! But I love the vibe of analog film and the way it looks, so to experience Nolan in the way he intended it at essentially 16k resolution is likely going to be incredible. Five hours is quite a lot though, especially to then watch a three hour movie. Maybe if you made a weekend out of it and stayed at a hotel or camped somewhere? I'm lucky that the closest one to me is only a 45 minute drive

[–] atempuser23 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasn't able to get tickets to see the film version, so I'm going to see it in Dolby Vision. If any movie should take advantage of HDR it should be one about nukes.

[–] gothicdecadence 1 points 1 year ago

Ooh that'll probably be really good too!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is one of the only opportunities to see film that was not digitally modified.

Nolan's films have 0 CGI or digital special effects?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Less than you'd think.

[–] atempuser23 1 points 1 year ago

They do have scenes that are VFX but all non-vfx shots are not scanned and digitally manipulated. The digital sections are recorder to film then cut into the film footage. So for the scenes that don't have VFX you get to see what the film process looks like.