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Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on May 18, 2012, 01:47 PM:

Here is technical specs from imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/technical

Here is a short article:

http://cigsandredvines.blogspot.de/2012/05/exclusive-65mm-filmstrip-reveals-first.html

It is being shot with the same camera as 2001 by Stanley Kubrick. To watch a 70mm production on the screen is a real treat. The most recent one I've seen is Lawrence of Arabia. And before that was West Side Story and I felt I was right there on the streets of New York. Awesome!

A much different experience than the dull digital projection. I wish everything was shot 65mm and projected 70mm.

Posted by David Michael Leugers (Member # 166) on May 18, 2012, 08:58 PM:

Amen Larry! I can well remember all the "road show" 70mm screenings I saw as a kid. Even then I knew to expect something special. True 70mm prints taken from 65mm negatives are incredible. I will definitely spend the money to see this film when it comes out (great director and star) if I can see it projected on a 70mm film projector. This is what the industry needs for important films, not digital 3D...

Posted by Allan Broadfield (Member # 2298) on May 20, 2012, 03:41 AM:

Good for nostalgic reasons to know that a new film is being shot on 65mm neg., but can't help wondering why. Can't find much detail about the story, something about a scientology type con? Chances are that it'll be shown in 35mm in most cinemas and the rest digitally. Advances in grain structure are such that many films are digitally blown up from 16mm and even the experts can't tell the difference, and shooting on 35mm produces excellent results. Yes, I remember the blockbusters of yesteryear, too. I'm sure the producers would have valid artistic reasons for reviving the large format, but the whole thing hangs on a slender thread - is it a good story? We seem to be hearing a lot about technology these days, when the film turns out to be a dud. Many animators sacked due to poor audience figures of a supposedly sure thing recently.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on May 20, 2012, 08:07 AM:

Larry

I'm with you on West Side Story. I felt like I was in the film so much I came out with bruesis from the fight scenes!

Plus 2001 A Space Odyssey was unbelievable. And Lawrence Of Arabia made my throat dry!

Never to experience that again with digital.

Pat [Wink]

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