8mm Forum: Upgrading back to 35MM

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Posted by Guy Taylor, Jr. (Member # 786) on 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 by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on 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.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on 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.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on 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?

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on November 30, 2014, 04:16 PM:

I do [Big Grin]

Posted by Guy Taylor, Jr. (Member # 786) on 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.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 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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Posted by Alan Rik (Member # 73) on 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 by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on 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.

Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on 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!

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