I believe it will be. Per Mr. Pennington, I don’t believe the distortion came from his comments, but rather from responses. It gets confusing.
Why is there a need for 70mm?
This issue strikes me as an analog of the "I hope it comes out on vinyl" one.
Exactly. Give me a 4K DCP on a suitably large screen with a proper sound system and I'm a happy camper. I did travel 8 hours to see Dunkirk in 15/70 IMAX, but that wasn't the whole purpose of the trip, and that was finished photochemically. I have no desire to see a digital restoration on 70mm.
There is a positive aspect of a 70mm print for the studio, which is that in order to create the print, a 65mm negative must be recorded out. And that negative is a superb physical asset.
Thank you! Ticket purchased
Nice venue, but their 70mm projection is at a severe down angle (at least it was for 2001 a few years ago) if this is in the main auditorium.
Explain this please.
Wow. Never noticed that. Kudos.
This thread was started in 2006 almost 18 years ago.
This is correct. Having been a projectionist in a few places with a large down-angle, keeping focus even across the entire image was sometimes a problem in addition to the geometry. Now, in this case, The Searchers is 1.85 flat so the distortion may not be as noticeable as it was with 2001, especially if they have their side masking working correctly.
For those who may not be aware, many theaters dating back to before the cinema era, had projection booths literally grafted to the side of the building - an entire structure, basically stuck on.
