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Christopher Nolan's New Film Dunkirk is Being Projected on 70mm Film in 125 Theaters

posted by martyb on Friday July 07 2017, @03:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the 35mm/70mm/IMAX/Digital...-they've-got-it-covered dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Director Christopher Nolan has made no secret of his preference for film over digital capture and projection, but his latest project Dunkirk is going to represent something of a high-water mark. According to Variety, the World War II drama will be projected on 70mm film in 125 theaters, topping the 100 theaters that showed Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight back in 2015. That makes it the widest 70mm release in 25 years.

The film, which chronicles the evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, France, represents Nolan's most ambitious use of film formats to date. While he's utilized IMAX film cameras for sequences in films like The Dark Knight and Interstellar, with Dunkirk Nolan shot the entire film on a combination of IMAX 65mm and traditional 65mm film. The latter format has seen a bit of a mini-renaissance lately, with Paul Thomas Anderson also using it for The Master.

[...] Which format is the one, true Dunkirk? Nolan is known for relentlessly checking the quality of his films across the different distribution mediums, but in this case we're talking about a film that was shot natively on two different 65mm formats. The ultimate expression of Nolan's vision is no doubt the IMAX 70mm, with the traditional 70mm presentation running right behind.

Source: The Verge

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @03:11PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @03:11PM (#536134)

    Aren't these like Super Hero movies? Do you really need to see another one?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @03:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @03:22PM (#536136)

    There's a difference. The special effects in WW2 movies are less cool because there were no flying exosuits and magic hammers.

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 07 2017, @05:35PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday July 07 2017, @05:35PM (#536191)

    Historically, this is more like Titanic than Saving Private Ryan.
    Not sure how many silly love stories he'll put in to gloss over the fact that overwhelmed young men flee or die, and the Nazis win...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @08:25PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @08:25PM (#536256)

    Unlike superheroes, WW2 actually happened, dipshit.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @11:25PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @11:25PM (#536310)

      Try again.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @11:46PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @11:46PM (#536318)

        OK:

        Unlike superheroes, WW2 actually happened, dipshit.

        Yup, still true.