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From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007
posted November 29, 2014 11:22 AM
When each movie cinema makes the conversion to digital they refer to it as an "upgrade". The few higher end multiplexes in my area that have maintained a 35MM projector in at least one of their theatres and are now bragging about showing the film "Interstellar" on real 35MM. Looks like there are enough people out there who still prefer the real thing and I'm not talking about Coca-Cola. By the way, Sundance Cinemas in Houston is showing it in both digital and 35MM. They go on to say no discounts apply to the 35MM screening; discounts are available for the digital screenings.
posted November 29, 2014 11:41 AM
Actual prints are screened on these shores in a few cinemas. I know the owner of the theatre who showed the only 70mm print of the film in France, he also happens to be the president of the federation of theater owners (the french equivalent to NATO in the US). He told me that, despite the publicity, screening actual film prints of the feature wasn't attracting more people. Members of the general audience just don't care.
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
posted November 30, 2014 09:41 AM
Jean-Marc is right, the general cinema-going public probably never have shown any interest in the process of how a film gets onto their cinema screen.
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 30, 2014 03:18 PM
It's like that in a great many things: everybody wants their flight to land safely and on time, but how many really care how a jet engine works?
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007
posted November 30, 2014 04:36 PM
I'm just glad they, the cinema, understands marketing value by telling the general public that they are screening it in 35MM. There must be some hope for the general public.
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From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 30, 2014 10:42 PM
I did 3 70mm setups for Interstellar using extra equipment of mine. There are pics posted on the main Film-Tech Forum discussion pages...
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From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted December 02, 2014 11:03 PM
Yes we are definitely a dying breed. I keep telling my friends we have to go see Interstellar at the 70mm Imax here in NYC. Only one of my friends understood the importance of 70mm! The rest said, "But its so expensive that theatre! We can see it near my house for less. Its the same film". I said "Yes..but its not the same Experience!" I tried to explain the difference but I'll just show them! Maybe I'll convert another?
posted December 06, 2014 01:04 PM
Interstellar in 5/70 or 15/70 and amazing sound (try 100+dB sub-bass, the rocket launch really sounds like one) is absolutely an experience that can't be replicated in the living room. I fear that on a TV it won't be the same movie.
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From: Gold Coast Australia
Registered: May 2012
posted December 22, 2014 06:37 AM
I caught 'Interstellar' in Imax in Sydney at the weekend. I was so taken in by the scale of the experience that during the tidal wave sequence, I genuinely started to feel a bit sea sick!