If you ask for a film buff, there is nothing better than the 70mm IMAX film. So, the latest film by Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”, which was partially shot on IMAX film cameras and which has been broadcast in Imax 70 mm, has been all the buzz since its early Easter weekend, when it brought in the world, exceeding expectations.
The “sinners” present a original refreshing Land that is part of Jim Crow part on two brothers who open a juke joint, part of Thriller Vampire. Featuring the collaborator to frequently cooge Michael B. Jordan and the newcomer Miles Caton, the film received a cinemascore – the First of all For a horror film – and 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
For many moviegoers, the fervor on the film that weighs the genre is equaled by the excitement for the technical achievements of coogling, which follows the traces of the best winner of Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”. (While the “Joker: Folie à Du Deux” by Todd Phillips and “Dune: Part” by Denis Villeneuve were also recently shown in Imax 70 mm, they were turned towards Imax numerically.) Before the release of “sinners”, coogulate, coogle, coogle encouraged audience To see the film in its planned format, on IMAX 70 mm screens in a 1.43: 1.
But the mandate is more difficult to meet that it cannot seem that “sinners” is projects in Imax 70 mm in only eight theaters in the United States and 10 theaters in the world: Harkins Arizona Mills 18 & IMAX at Temple; Regal Irvine Spectrum and Imax in Irvine; AMC universal cinema in Citywalk Hollywood & Imax in Los Angeles; AMC METREON 16 & IMAX in San Francisco; CarNAtion Imax Theater in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Imax theater in the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis; AMC Lincoln Square 13 and IMAX in New York; Cinemark Dallas & Imax in Dallas; Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan & Imax In Ontario, Canada; And British film institute IMAX in London.
The average per screen for 70mm IMAX locations (excluding London) was about $ 91,000 over the weekend, according to Jason Allen, advertising manager at Imax.
As for what makes IMAX 70 mm so special, the cinematographic camera is generally considered to be the highest resolution cinematographic camera ever developed. The captured negative IMAX has a resolution of 12x18k, according to the director of quality of the IMAX, David Keighley. In comparison, the highest resolution of the television or medium cinema screen is 4K.
The visual is “absolutely pointed from one edge to another on a 90 -foot screen,” said Bill Counter, a theater historian and retired projectionist. “An extraordinary quantity of details is captured.” In other words: “It's bigger, it's clearer, it's better.”
A 70 mm IMAX projector.
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Adding to the media threshing, although this is not the first film to use mixed appearance ratios, “Sinners” is the first film to be shot on the film Imax (1.43: 1) and the Ultra-Panavision 70 (2.76: 1). The director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman director of photography to shoot in Imax Film. Ultra Panavision 70 had a resurgence with the release of “The Hateful Eight” by Quentin Tarantino in 2015. Before that, the format had not been used for Almost 50 years.
“Sinners” puts coogexing in the same company as renowned filmmakers Nolan, Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, who have the weight and expertise to shoot the film, said Keighley.
“We are delighted because he is a young filmmaker and he did an incredible job with that,” said Keighley. “He is not only a director of history, he is a person secured by technology and believes that these two things lead people together in theaters.”
Keighley said that “sinners” is one of the most positive films on which he worked. And in Dallas, Cinemark added projections at the IMAX race of two weeks of the film at 10 am to respond to the request for an audience, said the retired technician and projectionist of the IMAX, Patrick Caldwell.
The relatively limited 70mm release of “sinners'” – “Oppenheimer” was presented in IMAX 70 mm in 30 theaters worldwide – made a commercial decision, said Keighley.
Caldwell said it more frank: “` `Oppenheimer 'made them move forward, but let's face it, Ryan Coogler is not Christopher Nolan. Mr. Coogler does not have recognition of the name to require 30 theaters with each print costing more than $ 50,000.
On the other hand, the limited opportunities to see the film in its planned format “make it an event and people know that they will buy more luxury experience and they will get the whole image,” said Counter.
“Well, how rare is that if you are a film film?” asked Caldwell. “People travel thousands of kilometers to see this.”
Times spoke with moviegoers who did exactly that:
Sean Smrtka, 46
Where do you live? Apart from Cleveland
What theater do you have watch In? IMAX theater in the Indianapolis State Museum in Indianapolis
Why did you make the trip? The main thought is that we have only three Imax real screens which are accessible from a distance – Indianapolis, Grand Rapids and Toronto. I did not understand anything a few years ago when “Oppenheimer” was released. I caught a ticket in Indianapolis, I entered like: “Wow ok, the gigantic screen”, and it just blown me away how big it was compared to the Imax that I know at home. I was completely immersed in it. For 10 years in December, I returned to see “Interstellar”.
People think: “Oh, it's just bigger or there is more of his”, but the aspect relationship actually goes from one scene to another and it really has an impact on your vision experience. I took my father to see “sinners” to Indianapolis last Thursday. I obtained perfect seats. He entered, he looks around him like: “Where's the screen?” I say to myself: “All this wall is the screen.” The film opened its doors in a 1.43: 1. He is just sitting there, looking around, you can say that his mind was blown away. To hear him talking about it thereafter has definitely made the five -hour journey worth it.
David Janove, 36
Where do you live? Chicago
What theater do you have watch In? Imax theater in the Indiana State Museum
Why did you make the trip? I lived in Los Angeles and the County of Orange for 17 years and we are really spoiled there. There are several Imax theaters – The kind of imax It is able to show the real film, not the laser screening. Chicago had one in Navy Pier, but he closed its doors during Covid and Chicago does not even have a laser projection.
So when a film was shot, as “Sinners” was and as Christopher Nolan does, I want to see him in 70 mm Imax, and Indianapolis was the closest. I obtained a plane ticket of $ 166 just for the day – it was (Tuesday) – I flew at 7 a.m. My Uber driver was even like: “You are heading for the airport, don't you need luggage?” I said to myself: “I don't need luggage today.” It is a short flight – only 35 minutes – and relatively cheap. When I landed, I took an Uber to downtown Indianapolis, I had lunch, I saw “sinners”, then I literally recovered a Lyft at the airport and was back in Chicago at 4 p.m., it's a bit crazy. I still can't believe I did it.
I spoke with my girlfriend and my friends about this trip and they said to themselves: “Is it worth it?” And I said to myself: “Yes, it's worth it because they only publish a 70 mm IMAX film once a year.” When I saw this YouTube video of Ryan Coogler speaking of different aspect ratiosI said to myself: “This guy talks to me.” … I'm glad he and Christopher Nolan put their weight behind 70 mm Imax. I am not a purist, but I want these incredible formats to survive.
Anudeep Metuku, 23
Where do you live? Sacramento
What theater do you have watch In? AMC METREON 16 & IMAX in San Francisco
Why did you make the trip? As soon as the tickets were put online, I made sure to obtain two tickets (for) on April 19, but as I approached the day, I came across information via Reddit saying that Ryan Coogler had been at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland on Thursday and that he could be at Metreon on Friday. So I was considering this Friday afternoon if I had to make the trip. It was a kind of bet, but my younger brother, who is also interested in Imax, encouraged me. I refreshed the page until I got a very good seat and put two hours directly in San Francisco after work.
Living the film in this format was fantastic, especially knowing that Metison Imax was “at home” to coogerate. I had seen videos but I had never been in an auditorium with a director like that. The energy in the room – everyone was really excited when he entered. He mentioned when he presented the film, pointing to the audience, that he was sitting in the same seat as for “Sinners” at the Metreon when he watched “The Dark Knight” in 2008 (the first time he wanted to shoot (on Imax in a long film and not a documentary) and after he knew he wanted to shoot (on Imax Film). I was also able to see “The Dark Knight” in 2008. Hyderabad, India, and my father took me, me and my little brother, in an Imax theater called Prasads.
Brendan Cauvel, 27
Where are you from? Washington, DC
What theater do you have watch In? AMC Lincoln Square 13 and Imax in New York
Why did you make the trip? In high school and college, I knew there was this biggest format to see the films, but being Midwest, I did not really have the means. So, “Oppenheimer” was the first I lived and I did it for “Dune 2” last year. It was obvious for “sinners”.
I have friends to come with me; We did a road trip of three people and we did not even stay at night. We left DC at 5 a.m., arrived at 9 a.m., saw the film at 1 p.m., returned to 4 am and returned home. It was a full day of 10 hours. We all loved it. I will see him now for the third time in a week.
What is really special in “sinners” – (with) everything, on the side of successful horror, the way they marketed it as a genre film, the whole film Nerd Stuff was somehow the cherry on the top.
It is a skill that Ryan Coogler has in general, his ability as a black filmmaker to weave in black stories in films like “Creed” and a Marvel film with “Black Panther”, and to make this angle digestible for people who are not used to going to films that have social comments. His ability to do this, and now this technical expertise, digestible in a kind of horror is really impressive and special. You don't need to understand these kinds of things to take advantage of it, but for people who understand it, these technical elements add value.
