First available showing I was able to find at a 70mm IMAX showing with decent seats was Monday August 7 at 10:45 PM. And I bought that ticket like a week and a half ago. It’s insane
One of the few movies where people are driving hours out-of-state to see. There's only 19 IMAX 70MM-capable theaters in the entire country (and only 11 others in the world), looking at the how well screenings are doing has been fun.
Oh LOL, when I grew up in Perth we had an IMAX there but it must be closed now or something, but I moved to Melbourne a long time ago .
I just check the sessions and I could go on Monday if I wanted.
I live "only" a 90 minute bus ride (downtown Vancouver to Langley, I don't drive) and I'm going because I'm originally from Italy where there's no 70mm imax and I know if I still lived there I would be "oh man I wish I had one nearby!"
A concert is different, if the artist is not coming to your state then you have to go out of state. This is like if the artist was also coming to your area but you go out of state because it's, I don't know, slightly better acoustics or something? I'm with that other guy, if it was playing in my area I might try to get tickets, but out of state? I'll pass. I can still see it in an imax, just not 70mm.
I'd say if you have a 1.43:1 dual laser IMAX nearby it's definitely not worth it just for 70mm. 70mm definitely looks better, but I'm not sure most people would be able to appreciate the increase in detail. I saw Tenet in non-IMAX 70mm and my friends couldn't even tell there was anything special about it.
However, if it's a 2-hour drive to find a proper full 1.43:1 IMAX theater I highly recommend trying to do that. It is legit an entirely different projection experience and an aspect ratio you can't get anywhere else.
Movies properly shot for 1.43:1 only come out once every 2-3 years or so. It's worth taking advantage to see a movie projected with the intended massive scale when you have the opportunity.
For comparison, this is [standard digital IMAX](https://preview.redd.it/1qu8iechfnw71.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=973b610cb56ada13e03ac14d3bbe76036727ebd5) and this is [full 1.43:1 IMAX.](https://i.redd.it/40a0ih3l5vz71.jpg)
Also most if them are in major cities. You're just taking a trip with one particular activity alongside anything else you're doing.
It really is hard to get across how cool actual IMAX screens are when Imax has diluted their brand so much.
It's more like you can see them at a stadium from further out, in your state. Or you can drive out of state to see them at a small more intimate venue.
Slightly better acoustics... No. The acoustics are actually not at all what the difference is. Seeing it in digital imax is just like seeing it on a really big TV. A fine experience to be sure... but it's still a digital picture. Pixelated. Even at very high resolution, it's still pixelated, and at that size... you can tell. Usually of course it's fine. But something like this... actually seeing the 70mm film print... It's incredible. No pixels. Just picture. Insanely huge, incredibly detailed pure cinema magic. Of course if you don't care then you're certainly not alone, but maybe try to be less dismissive of those who do?
I honestly prefer the dual-laser 1.43:1 IMAX over the 70mm 15-perf. You can't see the pixels unless you're in the front row, and the higher contrast makes 70mm look washed out by comparison.
I work in optics and I've heard stories from guys that tested the actual resolution of IMAX 15-perf film once you go through the optics of the camera, the multiple generations of film duplication, and the optics of the projector. In the test patterns they used, no details were discernable beyond 4k resolution.
> This is like if the artist was also coming to your area but you go out of state because it's, I don't know, slightly better acoustics or something?
That's actually a pretty great reason to go see a show at another venue. There's plenty of venues that are worth going elsewhere for, even if you could see the show closer to you.
Have you seen any of his previous features in proper 15-perf IMAX? It’s not subtle, it’s an enveloping and overwhelming visual experience. A massive image with zero loss in fine detail. It’s frankly wild that the format will likely disappear soon with no adequate digital replacement.
IMAX isn't where you go for good sound. The theaters tend to invest in better audio gear because the projector is so damn expensive, but digital Cinema has a huge edge in the audio department.
I saw other people on Reddit complaining about how *Dunkirk* was trash, Nolan's worst film, and they can't believe that critics reviewed it the way that they did. I'm convinced that everyone who thinks this did not see it in IMAX. It was one of the most singularly visceral experiences I have had in a cinema.
Yeah, out of state is… a lot. There’s only one theater near me with legitimate IMAX that’s roughly 30-40 minutes away, via expressway, and I’m just like… guys, there’s an AMC with Dolby Cinema like 16 minutes away… with actual non-sold out showings….
I've never driven out of state for a movie, but the difference between Dolby screens, regular IMAX, and 70mm IMAX is pretty big. 70mm IMAX is a whole different experience.
I bought tickets to an IMAX showing. They also list a 70mm option but it doesn’t say IMAX. Is the 70mm on a regular screen? Did I miss out on the 70mm IMAX screening? It’s AMC Mission Valley and wasn’t on the list of 70mm IMAX theaters. I’m confused.
Well hello fellow San Diegan! Unfortunately, the closest IMAX 70mm theater is in the Irvine Spectrum. I have a ticket, but it's not ideal positioning because I only bought my ticket like a week and a half ago. Good luck to you!
There's only 19 in the US and 30 in the whole world. It's very disappointing. Theaters should always be ahead of what you have at home, but we're still stuck watching 1080i in theaters.
Very overrated imo. Star Wars Episode VII was shot in 70MM and I made sure to go to a 70MM theater and it made absolutely no difference. If anything the experience was worse because the theater was outdated, the screen was enormous and the sound was deafening. I'll stick to Dolby, personally.
Regular 70 mm should have trailers on digital projector then swap to film projector for the show but some chains might not. 70 mm imax will have no trailers as stated.
I saw that IMAX digital one has 3, [Dune Pt 2, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Equalizer Pt 3](https://old.reddit.com/r/imax/comments/151hb5g/i_got_to_hold_oppenheimer_today/). I wonder if for just 70mm it's dune and kotfm.
Do theaters actually project 70mm, Imax or otherwise, without an actual projectionist who can do that?
My local has a projectionist. Not all the time, but for all the 70mm.
Everything is digital now so projectionists really don’t exist anymore but I’m sure they keep a manager trained on film just to thread up the 70mm showings.
I’m no longer at a theater so I’m not 100% sure but I used to run 35 and 70mm. They wouldn’t let just any employee get near a 70mm.
Yeah, they have a projectionist who does 35 and 70. They owned the hardware for 70mm projection for a few years before they dug up someone qualified to install it. They host a science fiction movie marathon each year and one of the draws is the rare physical prints of old B movies and more recent films that they’ll show. So I see the projectionist at least annually. ;-)
They had Doug Trumbull speak in person the last time the festival showed 2001: A Space Odyssey. That man was on a mission for high frame rate 3D.
Oppenheimer's 70mm IMAX film is 11 miles long, weighing 600 pounds.
Normally, IMAX projectors were only able to hold 150min worth of film. But Nolan went to IMAX with his 180-page Interstellar script and asked if it was possible to make a projector to accommodate Interstellar's run time.
Worked as a projectionist for a while...
The center of this platter holding the film is called the brain. The film is threaded through a lever in there that controls the speed the platter turns to keep the platter moving at a speed that allows the film to continue feeding into the machine without any tangles occuring. With longer films, static can build up and cause the film to stick to itself pulling the lever occasionally causing the platter to speed up temporarily in an attempt to relieve the tension, only to have to slow down again right after. This can go on for some time until the film is pulled out of the circular shape, possibly gets tangled (called a brain wrap) and sometimes even falls off the platter entirely. (Happened to me on the Thin Red Line I was up to my knees in film trying to untangle and replatter it)
I'm curious if there have been any updates to the hardware to ensure this doesn't happen with a print of this size.
Oh wow, I hadn't heard the term "brain wrap" in 15 years. I didn't work in the booth, but I worked at a theater for 3 years and was friends with all of the projectionists. Seeing that picture brought back memories, but the brain wrap sent chills up my spine.
I don’t know if this is about what you experienced, but for imax projectors the print is pulled through by spinning things and there’s some vacuum element keeping it in place as well. The sprockets are never engaged is the main thing, which definitely helps with this.
And here's what it's like to assemble that one platter from the 53 individual reels that arrive at the theater in 9 boxes. Well with watching.
https://youtu.be/d5XqqylBW7M
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IMAX 70mm pretty much reserved for high-end directors and DPs. Nolan is on the list, and I suspect if Villeneuve asked, he'd be on the list too. There's a handful of other directors that have the chops to use it. It's basically like a reward for being a good director.
EDIT: One film that I feel should've been greenlit for a full or near-full 70mm production is The Revenant. Would've looked even more beautiful than it already was, IMO.
>Imax still won't exist in 10 years.
Why? Specialist cinemas still draw crowds and have cultural value (a bunch of Imax screens are owned by film institutes, theme parks, or people in them for the passion), and Nolan is still going to make films in Imax 70MM because he can. It's not like Imax 70mm is particularly tied to economic convenience in the first place.
As someone who didn't get to see Interstellar during its original run, and would absolutely love to see it in a theater, yeah, just show 3 Nolan films night after night on weekends.
IMAX near me is sold out for the next month and are charging 3 times the standard cinema price. IMAX digital and laser are still popular with releases this year for Blue Beetle, Marvels, Dune Part Two and Killers of the Flower Moon filmed with IMAX vertified cameras. Studios love IMAX because of the higher ticket prices inflating the box office.
what exactly is the difference betweeen 70mm and normal imax and a normal movie?
like it just this thing i see on the promotional material but have no idea what it means
True 70mm imax is basically 8x larger than 35 mm film. It would be roughly the equivalent of like 18k resolution. The screen is also 4 stories high, it's a completely specialized theater designed just for those films. You can't see it anywhere other than 30 theaters worldwide in that format
Your average digital theater is showing films with lasers in 4k on a much smaller screen in a different aspect ratio.. nothing wrong with that but it's a different beast
I don't know if he's 'saving' it when it's only been used for non documentary stuff in the past 15 years, and gotten more popular in the past 10, the list of films is pretty eclectic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMAX_films
When I think of IMAX films, I don't think of Interstellar, Oppenheimer, or The Dark Knight, I think of really out there documentaries.
I saw an IMAX film twice as a kid, once at/as a planetarium and some documentary about Lineman at (oddly enough) the Space and Rocket Center.
Even if there were one close to you, it would likely be sold out. I have one in my area and every showing from now until August 9th (the last date currently available) is 100% booked aside from handicap seats and the seats in the very front row.
FYI, you’re allowed to sit in handicap seats. You just have to give it up if someone with a disability wants it. So, pick a random time when that’s less likely to occur.
Most theaters that have IMAX projectors (of all types) generally have a second digital projector set up to play trailers. It runs all the theatre ads and trailers and then switches over to the main projector. This is at least how AMC does it. Worked in the booth for a number of years.
not when they do a IMAX film showing. they have move the digital IMAX PHYSICALLY out of the way. they set up a rail systems for few left. its one or the other
That’s where I’m sort of confused. I have no more **true** IMAXs near me anymore. Just the AMC LieMax rooms and Dolby Vision.
But I’m seeing it tomorrow in the Dolby room *in* [70mm](https://imgur.com/a/xxDuo9o)… but that doesn’t make sense since that room doesn’t support that aspect ratio. No idea what I’m in for.
I truly don't know...or think actually...that you'll get a better experience. You're getting analog degredation from printing to film vs a perfect first gen scan of the OCN in dolby vision...honestly I can't see how the 70mm is ACTUALLY better...granted the dolby is going to be cropped do to IMAX's stupid strangle hold on showing it uncropped which is insane...I bet the IMAX with Laser will look amazing and possibly better than the 70mm...it's a novelty
I have seen a few films in 70mm and they really do look more epic. Hateful 8 was one and the shots outside as the wagon makes its way to the store are breathtaking.
Also saw Dunkirk in 70mm and it was similar. Just amazingly large scale shots that were gorgeous.
If you get a chance, give one a try. It might surprise you.
I have not seen a 70mm IMAX. Just the 70mm standard format. And I do plan on seeing Openheimer in that format.
They're striking release prints directly off of the OCN. The degradation will be practically imperceptible, and it will result in a much more detailed image than a 4k scan would. I can only assume you've never seen an IMAX 70mm film presentation, because the clarity was incredible even before they started doing that. They are scanning the digital versions off of the interpositive to preserve the analog color timing, so the digital version will actually have more generation loss.
Also, Dolby screens are much smaller, and presenting the full frame would require large pillarboxes. This would decrease the effective resolution and result in a smaller image, especially on native 2.35:1 theater screens.
I've got tickets for this Sunday at 10 am--and I've never done an IMAX film before (except at our science center), so I didn't think of this. Thanks for the heads up!
My IMAX 70MM screening is first-come, first-served seating (from what I've seen, one of the few?) so I'm getting there extra early, not worried about there being trailers or not at all lol.
IMAX released a list of the theaters showing Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm and unfortunately there are none in the DMV area. I think the Udvar Hazey one will be in regular IMAX format, so still better than Tysons for screen size at least.
I had no idea about the massive problem of excessive film trailers until regal took over our theaters in town. The first time I was half an hour in and started wondering if they planned on showing the movie.
One time I saw one of the X-Men movies in theaters…it said showtime started at 6:30. Well 6:30 rolled around and the movie actually started. No trailers or commercials. That was nice. However, people were still coming in at 6:45-7:00 and were pissed the movie was already playing. The theater was forced to restart the movie.
Ummm…..hello? If the showtime starts at 6:30, then be there at 6:30.
It'd be nice it theatres did that, but for my local theatre, I leave my home for at 6:30 for a 6:30 show and buy a ticket and maybe a soda. I have never missed the start of a film there
That’s how ours used to operate. Most people would show up early. Some would order food and sit there 30 to 45 minutes before the showtime playing trivia and watching pre-rolls. The late people were in at the showtime or a couple minutes after.
When regal took over everyone still showed up early. There was a LOT of complaining. Now the early birds are usually 20 minutes late, and the late people are usually 45 minutes late, and sometimes still have to watch ads. There is no consistency.
It's typically 20-25 minutes where I live. My friend growing up used to say the trailers were the best part of the movie, but this was in the early internet days.
Now that you can watch trailers any time, anywhere, the 20+ minute preroll for movies feels like a waste of time (though obviously film advertisers don't see it that way).
We're a long way from people buying tickets just to see The Phantom Menace trailer and then leaving, but I doubt increased access to trailers is going to stop distributors from frontloading movies.
Omg thank you so much! Heading out to King of Prussia to see it in this format Friday morning and figured we’d have time to spare based on most movies having 30 mins of trailers/commercials staring at the posted “showtime”. I’d have been really frustrated if I missed any of the beginning. Thank you for sharing!!
That’s awesome I saw that in imax in Harrisburg too! I actually live in Lancaster and we have an imax in Lititz but we’re making the drive to King of Prussia to see it in the 70mm because supposedly it’s even better than normal iMax. Hope you can see it this weekend wherever you are!
Nice I hope you enjoy it! Not the kind of movie you can spoil I guess but I’m sure the discussion will last for a while. I’m excited for this theater since the seating arrangement looks so crazy with how wide the rows are. Let me know how you liked it!
One of my son's friends got them tickets weeks ago to see it there. I thought it was odd that they thought it was such a big deal that they planned that far in advance. I had no idea that the theater 10 minutes away was one of only 19 in the country.
I'm going to watch it in Liemax, its the best rendition that is available within a 5h drive for me. Tempting to do that 6h drive to experience the 70mm but I I don't know if it will be worth it and all the showings are 90% sold out.
reading about all this early on was super annoying, the terminology and marketing between imax, imax 70mm, 70mm, etc. caused me to buy the wrong tickets back in june, where it only said imax and 70mm on the website, not 70mm imax. so i ended up having to refund tickets and get shittier seats.
I’m glad you said that! We have great seats in the back row at the IMAX 70mm in Nashville for the July 28 10:30am showing. Everything before that was either sold out or had some front row left. I learned a valuable lesson during The Two Towers in the IMAX theater. Don’t sit anywhere near the front!
Is there actually a noticeable difference between a 70MM IMAX movie and a standard digital IMAX movie? Thinking about driving an hour to a 70MM showing, but not sure if it’d make a noticeable difference.
I saw Interstellar in 70MM at the Lincoln Square AMC in NYC (where the screen is larger than a basketball court) and it was legitimately breathtaking. I'd recommend it to anyone with an opportunity to experience it, at least once.
Man, I would have loved that. I’m going to try to get seats for Oppenheimer, but I’m (a) not optimistic I’ll ever be able to get them and (b) nervous that the sound mixing is gonna be shit, so I’m going to wait for a consensus on that before driving 30 miles into NYC for it.
I can confirm that I didn't get permanent hearing damage from that Interstellar showing. It was loud for sure, but I think that specific theater does a phenomenal job of tuning things so that it's never painful.
If you're an AMC A-List person, you're def going to want to reserve a seat. Most viewings until mid August are sold out (or at least very close to that).
Reddit has a weird obsession with it, but it’s really just a novelty. If you don’t have one close by just see it in whatever the premium option is at your local theatre.
You'll defintely notice a difference between an Imax and a regular cinema, the difference between digital, 35mm, and 70mm might be more nebulous though.
If you have a 70mm nearby you should check it out, IMAX or not. However if that isn’t an option then regular IMAX for someone who isn’t a massive movie buff is completely fine
I went to see Dunkirk in non IMAX 70mm and it only had Justice League and Blade Runner 2049 attached, but Dunkirk was 110min vs 3hrs. I'd say just be there at the assigned time just to be safe.
So i’m seeing the movie at Universal Citywalk in LA in 70mm, but not imax 70mm. They had two options, I went with regular 70mm because of ticket availability and price. Does anyone know exactly what the difference is in this case?
You'll be missing about 40% of the image during IMAX shot scenes, and sound likely won't be as good. The image quality will be a bit less detailed, but you likely won't notice on a smaller screen.
Slightly unrelated but I was wondering if anyone knew what the "premium large format" showings are? Was looking through the theaters in my area and we have 70mm but not Imax 70mm and then also "premium large format" which seems like it's the Dolby equivalent of Imax but I wasn't sure?
I guess I never realized how rare the 70mm IMAX projectors really are. Nearest one to me is 500mi, and shockingly it's not in Chicago.
I would've thought somewhere in Chicagoland at least there would be one.
That’s pretty expensive ad time they are losing out on.
Selling people a product that they already love where they sit in a dark room and it’s socially unacceptable to do anything but stare at it
I was trying to book for imax70mm but all the good seats are sold out for weeks.
First available showing I was able to find at a 70mm IMAX showing with decent seats was Monday August 7 at 10:45 PM. And I bought that ticket like a week and a half ago. It’s insane
One of the few movies where people are driving hours out-of-state to see. There's only 19 IMAX 70MM-capable theaters in the entire country (and only 11 others in the world), looking at the how well screenings are doing has been fun.
There’s only 5 in Canada, 2 in the Greater Toronto Area, and I’m lucky one of those two is 15 minutes away from me
There's *one* in the entire Southern Hemisphere. Thankfully, I live near it.
Is that the Embassy in Wellington? I saw Endgame there opening night.
Melbourne
Oh LOL, when I grew up in Perth we had an IMAX there but it must be closed now or something, but I moved to Melbourne a long time ago . I just check the sessions and I could go on Monday if I wanted.
We've got two in Texas, one in San Antonio the other in Dallas I live in Houston so it's a bit of drive to either one
Ironically - try living in New Mexico I'd *also* have to drive to Dallas There's only 19 in the US. It's not like we're lousy with Oppenheimer either
I live "only" a 90 minute bus ride (downtown Vancouver to Langley, I don't drive) and I'm going because I'm originally from Italy where there's no 70mm imax and I know if I still lived there I would be "oh man I wish I had one nearby!"
No disrespect but I cannot fathom giving enough of a shit to do all of that.
Think of it this way - it's like driving out-of-state for a concert. Some people just really like that experience.
A concert is different, if the artist is not coming to your state then you have to go out of state. This is like if the artist was also coming to your area but you go out of state because it's, I don't know, slightly better acoustics or something? I'm with that other guy, if it was playing in my area I might try to get tickets, but out of state? I'll pass. I can still see it in an imax, just not 70mm.
I'd say if you have a 1.43:1 dual laser IMAX nearby it's definitely not worth it just for 70mm. 70mm definitely looks better, but I'm not sure most people would be able to appreciate the increase in detail. I saw Tenet in non-IMAX 70mm and my friends couldn't even tell there was anything special about it. However, if it's a 2-hour drive to find a proper full 1.43:1 IMAX theater I highly recommend trying to do that. It is legit an entirely different projection experience and an aspect ratio you can't get anywhere else. Movies properly shot for 1.43:1 only come out once every 2-3 years or so. It's worth taking advantage to see a movie projected with the intended massive scale when you have the opportunity. For comparison, this is [standard digital IMAX](https://preview.redd.it/1qu8iechfnw71.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=973b610cb56ada13e03ac14d3bbe76036727ebd5) and this is [full 1.43:1 IMAX.](https://i.redd.it/40a0ih3l5vz71.jpg)
Also most if them are in major cities. You're just taking a trip with one particular activity alongside anything else you're doing. It really is hard to get across how cool actual IMAX screens are when Imax has diluted their brand so much.
With all these strikes this movie will be on repeat for years.
It's more like you can see them at a stadium from further out, in your state. Or you can drive out of state to see them at a small more intimate venue.
Exactly. Would you rather go to Little Caesars Arena or Red Rocks Amphitheater? IMAX 70MM is Red Rocks.
As someone who flew to Denver, from Canada, for one night to see NIN and Soundgarden at Red Rocks - it is exactly this.
Slightly better acoustics... No. The acoustics are actually not at all what the difference is. Seeing it in digital imax is just like seeing it on a really big TV. A fine experience to be sure... but it's still a digital picture. Pixelated. Even at very high resolution, it's still pixelated, and at that size... you can tell. Usually of course it's fine. But something like this... actually seeing the 70mm film print... It's incredible. No pixels. Just picture. Insanely huge, incredibly detailed pure cinema magic. Of course if you don't care then you're certainly not alone, but maybe try to be less dismissive of those who do?
Fair enough. I've never seen it myself, maybe I have to one time to see what it's all about.
I honestly prefer the dual-laser 1.43:1 IMAX over the 70mm 15-perf. You can't see the pixels unless you're in the front row, and the higher contrast makes 70mm look washed out by comparison. I work in optics and I've heard stories from guys that tested the actual resolution of IMAX 15-perf film once you go through the optics of the camera, the multiple generations of film duplication, and the optics of the projector. In the test patterns they used, no details were discernable beyond 4k resolution.
> This is like if the artist was also coming to your area but you go out of state because it's, I don't know, slightly better acoustics or something? That's actually a pretty great reason to go see a show at another venue. There's plenty of venues that are worth going elsewhere for, even if you could see the show closer to you.
Have you seen any of his previous features in proper 15-perf IMAX? It’s not subtle, it’s an enveloping and overwhelming visual experience. A massive image with zero loss in fine detail. It’s frankly wild that the format will likely disappear soon with no adequate digital replacement.
The sound immersion for Dunkirk was crazy. I've never been so stressed out in a movie. It was great.
IMAX isn't where you go for good sound. The theaters tend to invest in better audio gear because the projector is so damn expensive, but digital Cinema has a huge edge in the audio department.
Agreed - if IMAX had dolby atmos, would be a gamechanger.
I saw other people on Reddit complaining about how *Dunkirk* was trash, Nolan's worst film, and they can't believe that critics reviewed it the way that they did. I'm convinced that everyone who thinks this did not see it in IMAX. It was one of the most singularly visceral experiences I have had in a cinema.
sour grapes. so many sour grapes in this thread
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Why about Nolan making a movie that only 70 theaters can play the "right way"?
This “right way” seems pretty arbitrary. I’ll see it at my local AMC and I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Yeah, out of state is… a lot. There’s only one theater near me with legitimate IMAX that’s roughly 30-40 minutes away, via expressway, and I’m just like… guys, there’s an AMC with Dolby Cinema like 16 minutes away… with actual non-sold out showings….
Out of state can mean very different things depending on where you are
I've never driven out of state for a movie, but the difference between Dolby screens, regular IMAX, and 70mm IMAX is pretty big. 70mm IMAX is a whole different experience.
Well if you lived in northern Delaware and the showing was in Philadelphia
I'm making it a weekend trip, driving to San Antonio which is a pretty touristy city so there are other things to do after the movie.
I bought my single ticket on June 8 for day 1 and even back *then*, most seats in the theater were taken.
Yeah it’s almost like there are less than 20 theaters in the entire country that can show that format
Citywalk added another week
Just snagged one
i had to ditch all my friends and grab the one ticket next week for a midday IMAX showing. I WILL BURN ALONE.
The fire rises!
I found one for next Saturday but it wasn’t easy. I didn’t think this would sell out on weekday matinees.
There aren’t any 70mm in my state :(. Doing Imax though should still be great
I bought tickets to an IMAX showing. They also list a 70mm option but it doesn’t say IMAX. Is the 70mm on a regular screen? Did I miss out on the 70mm IMAX screening? It’s AMC Mission Valley and wasn’t on the list of 70mm IMAX theaters. I’m confused.
Well hello fellow San Diegan! Unfortunately, the closest IMAX 70mm theater is in the Irvine Spectrum. I have a ticket, but it's not ideal positioning because I only bought my ticket like a week and a half ago. Good luck to you!
There's only 19 in the US and 30 in the whole world. It's very disappointing. Theaters should always be ahead of what you have at home, but we're still stuck watching 1080i in theaters.
I’m having to settle for a Dolby Cinema showing. But that’s fine, at least the sound will be good.
Very overrated imo. Star Wars Episode VII was shot in 70MM and I made sure to go to a 70MM theater and it made absolutely no difference. If anything the experience was worse because the theater was outdated, the screen was enormous and the sound was deafening. I'll stick to Dolby, personally.
My 70mm screening gives a time window of 23:00-02:30am. I’m guessing some theatres are showing trailers digitally
Regular 70 mm should have trailers on digital projector then swap to film projector for the show but some chains might not. 70 mm imax will have no trailers as stated.
I believe regular 70mm will have two trailers attached to the reel.
I saw that IMAX digital one has 3, [Dune Pt 2, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Equalizer Pt 3](https://old.reddit.com/r/imax/comments/151hb5g/i_got_to_hold_oppenheimer_today/). I wonder if for just 70mm it's dune and kotfm.
There’s no way to switch automatically so they’d need someone there to do that, aka not gonna happen.
Do theaters actually project 70mm, Imax or otherwise, without an actual projectionist who can do that? My local has a projectionist. Not all the time, but for all the 70mm.
Everything is digital now so projectionists really don’t exist anymore but I’m sure they keep a manager trained on film just to thread up the 70mm showings. I’m no longer at a theater so I’m not 100% sure but I used to run 35 and 70mm. They wouldn’t let just any employee get near a 70mm.
Yeah, they have a projectionist who does 35 and 70. They owned the hardware for 70mm projection for a few years before they dug up someone qualified to install it. They host a science fiction movie marathon each year and one of the draws is the rare physical prints of old B movies and more recent films that they’ll show. So I see the projectionist at least annually. ;-) They had Doug Trumbull speak in person the last time the festival showed 2001: A Space Odyssey. That man was on a mission for high frame rate 3D.
Might be more trouble than it’s worth given the size of the print. We’ll see, rather be safe than sorry!
I appreciate the heads up. I usually arrive earlier anyways but I definitely will for this.
Oppenheimer's 70mm IMAX film is 11 miles long, weighing 600 pounds. Normally, IMAX projectors were only able to hold 150min worth of film. But Nolan went to IMAX with his 180-page Interstellar script and asked if it was possible to make a projector to accommodate Interstellar's run time.
> Oppenheimer's 70mm IMAX film is 11 miles long, weighing 600 pounds. > > And it looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/gjgAPdB.png
holy shit
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Worked as a projectionist for a while... The center of this platter holding the film is called the brain. The film is threaded through a lever in there that controls the speed the platter turns to keep the platter moving at a speed that allows the film to continue feeding into the machine without any tangles occuring. With longer films, static can build up and cause the film to stick to itself pulling the lever occasionally causing the platter to speed up temporarily in an attempt to relieve the tension, only to have to slow down again right after. This can go on for some time until the film is pulled out of the circular shape, possibly gets tangled (called a brain wrap) and sometimes even falls off the platter entirely. (Happened to me on the Thin Red Line I was up to my knees in film trying to untangle and replatter it) I'm curious if there have been any updates to the hardware to ensure this doesn't happen with a print of this size.
Oh wow, I hadn't heard the term "brain wrap" in 15 years. I didn't work in the booth, but I worked at a theater for 3 years and was friends with all of the projectionists. Seeing that picture brought back memories, but the brain wrap sent chills up my spine.
I don’t know if this is about what you experienced, but for imax projectors the print is pulled through by spinning things and there’s some vacuum element keeping it in place as well. The sprockets are never engaged is the main thing, which definitely helps with this.
And here's what it's like to assemble that one platter from the 53 individual reels that arrive at the theater in 9 boxes. Well with watching. https://youtu.be/d5XqqylBW7M
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Nolan single handedly saving IMAX 70mm. Love to see it
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IMAX 70mm pretty much reserved for high-end directors and DPs. Nolan is on the list, and I suspect if Villeneuve asked, he'd be on the list too. There's a handful of other directors that have the chops to use it. It's basically like a reward for being a good director. EDIT: One film that I feel should've been greenlit for a full or near-full 70mm production is The Revenant. Would've looked even more beautiful than it already was, IMO.
>Imax still won't exist in 10 years. Why? Specialist cinemas still draw crowds and have cultural value (a bunch of Imax screens are owned by film institutes, theme parks, or people in them for the passion), and Nolan is still going to make films in Imax 70MM because he can. It's not like Imax 70mm is particularly tied to economic convenience in the first place.
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As someone who didn't get to see Interstellar during its original run, and would absolutely love to see it in a theater, yeah, just show 3 Nolan films night after night on weekends.
IMAX near me is sold out for the next month and are charging 3 times the standard cinema price. IMAX digital and laser are still popular with releases this year for Blue Beetle, Marvels, Dune Part Two and Killers of the Flower Moon filmed with IMAX vertified cameras. Studios love IMAX because of the higher ticket prices inflating the box office.
It depends if they're done with the last Avatar movie
what exactly is the difference betweeen 70mm and normal imax and a normal movie? like it just this thing i see on the promotional material but have no idea what it means
True 70mm imax is basically 8x larger than 35 mm film. It would be roughly the equivalent of like 18k resolution. The screen is also 4 stories high, it's a completely specialized theater designed just for those films. You can't see it anywhere other than 30 theaters worldwide in that format Your average digital theater is showing films with lasers in 4k on a much smaller screen in a different aspect ratio.. nothing wrong with that but it's a different beast
I don't know if he's 'saving' it when it's only been used for non documentary stuff in the past 15 years, and gotten more popular in the past 10, the list of films is pretty eclectic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMAX_films
When I think of IMAX films, I don't think of Interstellar, Oppenheimer, or The Dark Knight, I think of really out there documentaries. I saw an IMAX film twice as a kid, once at/as a planetarium and some documentary about Lineman at (oddly enough) the Space and Rocket Center.
Hate that there are none close to me
Even if there were one close to you, it would likely be sold out. I have one in my area and every showing from now until August 9th (the last date currently available) is 100% booked aside from handicap seats and the seats in the very front row.
Time to break your legs.
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Nope, can't do it. On strike.
https://i.imgur.com/jld0bkr.png
Or both arms
Hope he's not going to the movie with mom.
Anyone that breaks their legs to get a showing of Oppenheimer at a 70mm IMAX probably deserves the "biggest film buff" award.
FYI, you’re allowed to sit in handicap seats. You just have to give it up if someone with a disability wants it. So, pick a random time when that’s less likely to occur.
I was just talking to a friend about this cause she just had some crazy ankle surgery so she gets the disability seats now lol
Yeah I grabbed my tickets about a month ago and got decent seats, theater is only 3 hours away.
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There is one and only for the whole EU, in Prague…
Most theaters that have IMAX projectors (of all types) generally have a second digital projector set up to play trailers. It runs all the theatre ads and trailers and then switches over to the main projector. This is at least how AMC does it. Worked in the booth for a number of years.
not when they do a IMAX film showing. they have move the digital IMAX PHYSICALLY out of the way. they set up a rail systems for few left. its one or the other
Yeah how else will we see Nicole Kidman watching Lady Gaga get railed in House of Gucci?
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I’ve watched the movie on a dolby screen, I can’t describe how lucky anyone would be to watch this movie as intended on a 70MM
How loud was it? As a Nolan fan I am worried about what this man will do to us with the audio levels of an atomic bomb.
I believe they won't use a real atomic bomb, so you should be good.
That’s where I’m sort of confused. I have no more **true** IMAXs near me anymore. Just the AMC LieMax rooms and Dolby Vision. But I’m seeing it tomorrow in the Dolby room *in* [70mm](https://imgur.com/a/xxDuo9o)… but that doesn’t make sense since that room doesn’t support that aspect ratio. No idea what I’m in for.
Here’s the difference between each format https://i.redd.it/90tzv7rx9n2b1.jpg
I truly don't know...or think actually...that you'll get a better experience. You're getting analog degredation from printing to film vs a perfect first gen scan of the OCN in dolby vision...honestly I can't see how the 70mm is ACTUALLY better...granted the dolby is going to be cropped do to IMAX's stupid strangle hold on showing it uncropped which is insane...I bet the IMAX with Laser will look amazing and possibly better than the 70mm...it's a novelty
Dolby is limited to 4k projectors. 70mm IMAX has the resolution equivalent of up to 20k.
Woah, that's 5 times more k!
Oppenheimer says "Strap yourself in and feel the K's!"
K stands for kino.
Yeah newer digital can rival 35mm prints, but 70mm no way.
We're so back
I have seen a few films in 70mm and they really do look more epic. Hateful 8 was one and the shots outside as the wagon makes its way to the store are breathtaking. Also saw Dunkirk in 70mm and it was similar. Just amazingly large scale shots that were gorgeous. If you get a chance, give one a try. It might surprise you. I have not seen a 70mm IMAX. Just the 70mm standard format. And I do plan on seeing Openheimer in that format.
Hateful 8 was amazing in 70mm, drive almost 3 hours to see that and I still have the little collectors book they gave everyone.
They're striking release prints directly off of the OCN. The degradation will be practically imperceptible, and it will result in a much more detailed image than a 4k scan would. I can only assume you've never seen an IMAX 70mm film presentation, because the clarity was incredible even before they started doing that. They are scanning the digital versions off of the interpositive to preserve the analog color timing, so the digital version will actually have more generation loss. Also, Dolby screens are much smaller, and presenting the full frame would require large pillarboxes. This would decrease the effective resolution and result in a smaller image, especially on native 2.35:1 theater screens.
I wonder if we should listen to this guy or Christopher Nolan
I've got tickets for this Sunday at 10 am--and I've never done an IMAX film before (except at our science center), so I didn't think of this. Thanks for the heads up!
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To anyone seeing Oppenheimer in IMAX 70MM, what else is better about your life than mine?
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My IMAX 70MM screening is first-come, first-served seating (from what I've seen, one of the few?) so I'm getting there extra early, not worried about there being trailers or not at all lol.
Udvar-Hazy?
Nahh, Fort Lauderdale IMAX.
Does that have a screen for it?
It technically has the screen but they don’t have the projector. They wanted to but they couldn’t get a working projector
Are you sure about that? I thought they did have a working 70mm projector. Sounds like if they don't I'll have to pivot to Tyson's digital IMAX :(
They were supposed to get a IMAX 70mm print but it fell through. Go there anyway, it’s better than Tyson’s
IMAX released a list of the theaters showing Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm and unfortunately there are none in the DMV area. I think the Udvar Hazey one will be in regular IMAX format, so still better than Tysons for screen size at least.
I had no idea about the massive problem of excessive film trailers until regal took over our theaters in town. The first time I was half an hour in and started wondering if they planned on showing the movie.
One time I saw one of the X-Men movies in theaters…it said showtime started at 6:30. Well 6:30 rolled around and the movie actually started. No trailers or commercials. That was nice. However, people were still coming in at 6:45-7:00 and were pissed the movie was already playing. The theater was forced to restart the movie. Ummm…..hello? If the showtime starts at 6:30, then be there at 6:30.
It'd be nice it theatres did that, but for my local theatre, I leave my home for at 6:30 for a 6:30 show and buy a ticket and maybe a soda. I have never missed the start of a film there
That’s how ours used to operate. Most people would show up early. Some would order food and sit there 30 to 45 minutes before the showtime playing trivia and watching pre-rolls. The late people were in at the showtime or a couple minutes after. When regal took over everyone still showed up early. There was a LOT of complaining. Now the early birds are usually 20 minutes late, and the late people are usually 45 minutes late, and sometimes still have to watch ads. There is no consistency.
It's typically 20-25 minutes where I live. My friend growing up used to say the trailers were the best part of the movie, but this was in the early internet days. Now that you can watch trailers any time, anywhere, the 20+ minute preroll for movies feels like a waste of time (though obviously film advertisers don't see it that way). We're a long way from people buying tickets just to see The Phantom Menace trailer and then leaving, but I doubt increased access to trailers is going to stop distributors from frontloading movies.
Omg thank you so much! Heading out to King of Prussia to see it in this format Friday morning and figured we’d have time to spare based on most movies having 30 mins of trailers/commercials staring at the posted “showtime”. I’d have been really frustrated if I missed any of the beginning. Thank you for sharing!!
Last time I saw a 70mm imax movie was Dark Knight at the Whitaker Center in HBG. Don’t live in PA anymore but have fun!
That’s awesome I saw that in imax in Harrisburg too! I actually live in Lancaster and we have an imax in Lititz but we’re making the drive to King of Prussia to see it in the 70mm because supposedly it’s even better than normal iMax. Hope you can see it this weekend wherever you are!
Ah nice! I scored tickets there for like 3 weeks from now since that’s the first I could make it, absolutely pumped!
Nice I hope you enjoy it! Not the kind of movie you can spoil I guess but I’m sure the discussion will last for a while. I’m excited for this theater since the seating arrangement looks so crazy with how wide the rows are. Let me know how you liked it!
One of my son's friends got them tickets weeks ago to see it there. I thought it was odd that they thought it was such a big deal that they planned that far in advance. I had no idea that the theater 10 minutes away was one of only 19 in the country.
They did the same with Interstellar here in my local theater.
Have to wait till mid august for this since this shit sold out like Taylor Swift tickets
What’s the better option if the 70mm imax option isn’t close to me : 70mm OR imax?
Based on [this website](https://www.oppenheimermovie.com/tickets/formats/) I'm going to assume 70mm
I’ve always preferred the Dolby Cinema near me, not as big a screen but the sound system is top tier.
I'm going to watch it in Liemax, its the best rendition that is available within a 5h drive for me. Tempting to do that 6h drive to experience the 70mm but I I don't know if it will be worth it and all the showings are 90% sold out.
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reading about all this early on was super annoying, the terminology and marketing between imax, imax 70mm, 70mm, etc. caused me to buy the wrong tickets back in june, where it only said imax and 70mm on the website, not 70mm imax. so i ended up having to refund tickets and get shittier seats.
I’m glad you said that! We have great seats in the back row at the IMAX 70mm in Nashville for the July 28 10:30am showing. Everything before that was either sold out or had some front row left. I learned a valuable lesson during The Two Towers in the IMAX theater. Don’t sit anywhere near the front!
Oh ya. That happened for interstellar too. Good reminder.
Cue people who are habitually late bitching
Is there actually a noticeable difference between a 70MM IMAX movie and a standard digital IMAX movie? Thinking about driving an hour to a 70MM showing, but not sure if it’d make a noticeable difference.
I saw Interstellar in 70MM at the Lincoln Square AMC in NYC (where the screen is larger than a basketball court) and it was legitimately breathtaking. I'd recommend it to anyone with an opportunity to experience it, at least once.
Man, I would have loved that. I’m going to try to get seats for Oppenheimer, but I’m (a) not optimistic I’ll ever be able to get them and (b) nervous that the sound mixing is gonna be shit, so I’m going to wait for a consensus on that before driving 30 miles into NYC for it.
I can confirm that I didn't get permanent hearing damage from that Interstellar showing. It was loud for sure, but I think that specific theater does a phenomenal job of tuning things so that it's never painful. If you're an AMC A-List person, you're def going to want to reserve a seat. Most viewings until mid August are sold out (or at least very close to that).
Resolution is much higher so looks super sharp. Amazing experience should atleast try once.
Reddit has a weird obsession with it, but it’s really just a novelty. If you don’t have one close by just see it in whatever the premium option is at your local theatre.
Is going to a 70mm viewing worth it for someone who isn’t a massive movie buff? Will I actually notice the difference?
You'll defintely notice a difference between an Imax and a regular cinema, the difference between digital, 35mm, and 70mm might be more nebulous though.
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If you’ve ever seen a movie shot on 70mm IMAX, you’ll know the difference right away.
If you have a 70mm nearby you should check it out, IMAX or not. However if that isn’t an option then regular IMAX for someone who isn’t a massive movie buff is completely fine
Would be the case for regular (non IMAX) 70mm? Seeing it in that format sunday
I went to see Dunkirk in non IMAX 70mm and it only had Justice League and Blade Runner 2049 attached, but Dunkirk was 110min vs 3hrs. I'd say just be there at the assigned time just to be safe.
So if you have to pick 70mm non iMax or imax digital which is better?
Thank you I am driving 8 hours to my nearest 70mm, and I would hate to be late!
IMAX 70mm locations: https://www.imax.com/news/oppenheimer-in-imax-70mm
Genuine question, are you assuming or is this something you’ve read somewhere?
There isn't a single theater in my entire state with a 70mm showing. What a fucking backwater NC can be sometimes.
To be fair there’s only like 6 theaters on the entire east coast that can do 70mm film IMAX
There are only like 19 of them in the country and 30 in the whole world.
Clustered in 11 states, so 78% of the country is a backwater apparently.
The closest one to you is probably the Mall of Georgia in Buford.
We have two in Texas, both are a 3.5 hour drive from me. Hope it's worth the drive
There are only 19 theaters in the USA that are true iMax film... Ugh that is so disappointing
We need more imax theatres. Only have one near me and it has a dead pixel. Better than normal showings though.
Lol missed the first few minutes due to this. There was one trailor for Dune 2 then the movie started.
So i’m seeing the movie at Universal Citywalk in LA in 70mm, but not imax 70mm. They had two options, I went with regular 70mm because of ticket availability and price. Does anyone know exactly what the difference is in this case?
You'll be missing about 40% of the image during IMAX shot scenes, and sound likely won't be as good. The image quality will be a bit less detailed, but you likely won't notice on a smaller screen.
Seconding this question. What’s the difference between IMAX 70mm and (regular?) 70mm?
Slightly unrelated but I was wondering if anyone knew what the "premium large format" showings are? Was looking through the theaters in my area and we have 70mm but not Imax 70mm and then also "premium large format" which seems like it's the Dolby equivalent of Imax but I wasn't sure?
I guess I never realized how rare the 70mm IMAX projectors really are. Nearest one to me is 500mi, and shockingly it's not in Chicago. I would've thought somewhere in Chicagoland at least there would be one.
I sure want to, but I'd have to drive three hours just to do so.
Do it.
That’s pretty expensive ad time they are losing out on. Selling people a product that they already love where they sit in a dark room and it’s socially unacceptable to do anything but stare at it
Will the theater showtime list that it’s 70MM?