Thanks for that -we worked very hard to make the Dome Birthday screenings look and sound great on the full Cinerama screen. The complements we got at intermission and after the show last night about the image and sound quality, not to mention the old fashioned roadshow showmanship, were heart...
As a film lover, I have worked, edited, shot, restored and projected 35mm film since 1966, and I prefer digital over film these days for the same reasons that Mike S. states above.
I recently worked with the people at Turner Classic Movies to create a promo for the 55th anniversary of the Dome celebration screenings. It starts playing nationwide today on Turner Classic's Movie News for October.
Dave
Please see three downloadable links for ArcLight’s Cinerama standalone...
Special guests for Oct 21st showing of How "The West Was Won" will be Todd Fisher, Debbie Reynold's son, who was often on the set with his Mom. He is planning to bring some home movies the family shot during the filming. Also actor Stanley Livingston (who played George Peppard's son) will be...
"Grand Prix" Super Panavision 70 aspect ratio test at the Dome, that's me in the center.
Screen side masking is set for 81 feet wide (not the 89 feet-full width) so not quite as wide as fitting the Ultra Panvision 70 image or the Cinerama ratio, which we will do for "Mad, Mad World, Battle of...
Yes at some point 3-panel will return to the Dome, we realized recently we had some maintenance to do on the old system.
Also we needed 2 more Cinerama trained projectionists to do West or TIC again at a future date.