r/imax

I've been checking daily. I see some Akira listings on Fandango and other sites. They aren't fully live, but they're rolling them out.

Just an FYI

For those who didn’t have the chance to see the Odyssey in GT Laser IMAX, the trailer that’s online was shown before my screening but utilized the imax footage. Not sure if the special footage shown on the 70mm IMAX was the same but here’s what I noticed.

Dune Part 2 was shot entirely in IMAX, with Denis and Fraser switching between the two aspect ratios- 1.90 for the majority of the movie, and 1.43 for set pieces and establishing shots. It was a very impactful presentation on a 1.43 screen with most of the screen being utilized the whole time, and made the jump to 1.43 less jarring.

Based on the trailer shown before Odyssey, it looks like Denis has fallen back to the choices made for Part 1, switching between scope for most of the movie and 1.43 being the exclusive choice for IMAX shots we saw. 71 minutes of 1.43 footage is still a lot more than Part 1 utilized but it was odd to see him fall back after doing such a great job using IMAX’s dueling formats in the last movie.

The switch to film cameras to utilize the Keighleigh camera for the IMAX sequences may be to blame here but my only hope is that the jump to 1.43 is less jarring here than it was seeing Part 1, where the screen would sometimes only be 1.43 for a few seconds before snapping back to scope. He wanted to make this the one he actually shot on film instead of using a Film-Out after all.

Per IMAX Press release ,

In select IMAX with Laser and IMAX 70mm Film locations, these sequences will be presented in the full 1.43:1 Expanded Aspect Ratio.

So , Idk about Dolby tho , because this film , with these colors and gorgeous shots from Linus Sandgren , Dolby Vision will be king , it will be legendary and will be talked about for years .. I mean remember how John Wick 4 looked in Dolby ?

Dolby should at lease still have the transition to 1.90 tho ... But ... Idk , not sure . Tbf , after Odyssey , maybe the " exclusive " aspect ratio wont be strictly for IMAX anymore , only 1.43 , Denis will find a way becus Dolby is his ( second ) favorite format too

Secondly , Im actually thinking of watching this film on a BIG Scope theater tho , a tremendously good sound theater ( Lotte Superplex ) ... bcus most of movie will be in 2.20 most of the time ... So mathematically ... It couuld screen bigger images than IMAX most of the time ... Yes you'll lose out on the ratio transition and the wow factor tho but ...

For The Odyssey: The cut 15/65mm original negative was the hero format, and the 5/70mm and 35mm exhibition formats were derived from it photochemically through contact and optical printing. The digital intermediate needed for digital cinema and home video was sourced from the 15/65mm timed contact interpositive.

For Dun3, I searched the lab workflow and found nothing published, no FotoKem credit, no statement on whether the 70mm prints come off a full DI film-out or a photochemical conform with the digital desert material filmed out and cut in. Villeneuve has talked about capture only.

The reasoning that makes a full DI likely is Villeneuve's VFX volume, which is nothing like Nolan's, plus native digital desert footage that has to reach celluloid somehow.

Thus I went with IMAX with Laser rather than the 70mm showing. I am obsessed with authorial intent, and thus would rather see it in the medium it was worked on by the most people, which in this case was probably the DI. Knowing Nolan's process, the inverse was true of The Odsys

Earlier this year I saw Oppenheimer for the first time at a 1.43:1 laser IMAX and found the cuts from the standard aspect ratio to 1.43:1 a bit jarring. I recently bought the Oppenheimer 4k disc and I even find the shifts from standard to 1.78:1(to fill the tv) a bit distracting. I love the film but I think Nolan might have over utilized IMAX? Or maybe it was on Jennifer Lame for doing so many cuts back to previous scenes just to show it. Anyone else feel this way?

People like Nolan and Villeneuve are packing those theaters to the brink. I've seen 4am screenings that were fully sold out. I cannot, despite trying the second tickets are available, manage to get tickets to upcoming films like Dune 3 (AMC's website is crashing right now). The demand is so high on those movies, I genuinely don't understand why the distributors and theatres doesn't embrace the fact there are films that are so tied to the format, they deserve a much longer window, or at least regular intervals where they can be watched. I personally don't care if it's available on disc or streaming, I'll forever pay for the privilege of watching some of those filmmakers' catalogue on a giant IMAX screen.

I really think they ought to have more regular screenings of those classics, past their release windows: Interstellar, Dune etc. We keep adding new ones that many people would love to revisit on IMAX - often a lot more than recent releases (looking at you, Minions).

I know Nolan's obsession with 70mm makes it harder, needing huge prints and a projectionists, but surely this could be a way to generate a more constant revenue stream, and at the very least they could scan those movies to digital and use a double digital projector instead for the catalogue?

Dune P3 is on the horizon with a new cinematographer and i wondered if 70mm IMAX will be worth it this time for picture quality.

I watched Part 2 in 70mm and the picture was special, albeit a little overexposed and muddy at times.

Im wondering if the we actually get the quality benefit of 70mm this time around since they are actually shooting a lot on film this time.

Or will the Analog/digital lead to the same scanning procedure and limiting the 70mm format.

Tried my best to go as deep as possible technically with this video, and how IMAX 70mm compared with IMAX digital, CoLa. Thanks to BFI IMAX for agreeing to do this

In case anyone else spent money traveling to Atlanta to see Odyssey, their projector was down again 8/18 for the 730AM showing. Saw a post on here a few days ago about issues. Maybe don’t choose ATL as the destination for 70mm IMAX.

I live in northern ohio, and the last time I saw something in 70mm IMAX was interstellar when I was a teenager back in 2014. A group of my friends (3 of us) are trying to get to see dune 3, but I'm worried about availability.

I'm debating taking tomorrow off of work in order to be home with the websites open and ready on my Internet rather than works. I'm looking at Grand rapids, Indianapolis, and Toronto.

Do you guys have any advice to try and beat these scalpers to it, or am I fighting a losing battle?

34 theatres confirmed so far (sorry citizens of San Antonio, TX)!

Not related at all to the Dune 3 ticket stuff that's taking up everyone's attention, but I'm curious about this because I've just never seen it

During a recent 70mm/IMAX showing of The Odyssey, the group I went with saw folks sitting in the back and bring out those foldable mesh lawn chairs to sit with.

I'm assuming they just had companion/handicap seats and brought their own. Is this a widely known thing people do for the in-demand showings? Does AMC ever kick folks out over it? The showing was fairly later in the night so I dunno if that played a factor, but it just piqued my interest cause I'd never seen it.