toucana Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Director Christopher Nolan shot his new biopic ‘Oppenheimer’ (2023) in 70mm Imax format, and the new film has been given a rare theatrical release in that format (the first since ‘Tenet’ in 2020). The Imax format film roll for this new 3 hour film is about 11 miles long, and weighs some 600lbs. The Imax engineers not only had to design a new enlarged platter system to carry this amount of film: they have also issued a software emulator for the long defunct PalmPilot m130 hand-held PDA - because back in the day in 2002 this was the platform for the custom PDA app most often used by Imax projectionists as their ideal tool to control the long-play Imax Quick Turn Reel Units. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/imax-emulates-palmpilot-software-to-power-oppenheimers-70-mm-release/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Loading an iMax film is mental... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toucana Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 There is an Omniversum Dome Theatre version of the Imax which uses a gigantic hemispherical screen. The start-up on those machines is even more terrifying, because once you have laced the film, the entire projection head is then lifted up on a massive platform jack system to the projection porthole position located some 6 metres above the floor of the projection room. There is a good YT video showing one of these rigs being set up at the IMax Dome Theatre in San Jose CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gENOhw1Q3vM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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