| IN70MM.COM NEWS 2010 | Some ruminations after "The Reel Thing XXV" By Rick Mitchell Fotokem presented a split screen 70mm demo of R2A of "The Sound of Music" with a 4k DCP version and I have to admit that the results struck me as being equal. | "2001" and Trumbull in London By Mark Lyndon Trumbull showed us a tantalisingly brief excerpt of his new "2001" documentary and revealed that Warner was preparing a final cut of "2001" | 70mm prints from 35mm 1.85 photography By Rick Mitchell In 1967, when MGM Laboratories made the first 70mm blow-up from 35mm non anamorphic (spherical) photography, it did so to the full projected 2.2:1 width of the 70mm frame. | Remembering Dimitri Tiomkin By Jeffrey Dane Dimitri Tiomkin ended up in Hollywood, where he ultimately spent his entire professional life composing music for movies | "Windjammer" @ the Dome By Dave Strohmaier The 1958 roadshow production "Windjammer", will screen at the Cinerama Dome, September 5th, 2010 | A Magical Evening By Thomas Hauerslev Friday the 13th was a lucky day for 350 people who saw Sidney Pollack's blockbuster "Out of Africa" in 70mm and practical picnic clothes | 3 strip shoot in the Melbourne Hills By Bruce McNaughton Before the shoot I ran a few feet through the camera to check the overlap points between panels and the consistency of exposure across the three 35MM matching lenses. | "2001" A Concert Article By Jim Barg From the beginning notes of Ligeti's Atmospheres to the closing performance of the Blue Danube, their performance made familiar notes come alive and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. | Seattle's Cinerama Theatre is getting technical upgrade Seattle Cinerama Theatre is getting a 21st Century technical upgrade with state-of-the-art digital sound and pictures along with a refurbishment of the classic, mid-century, wide-screen theater | 70mm Festival in Oslo 2010 By Oliver Klohs This was the first time I visited the Cinemateket 70mm festival and I have to say that the level of commitment to a very high technical standard was very impressive for me. | Blade Runner: The Original 70mm Engagements By Mike Coate The film opened in nearly 1,300 cinemas, eleven of which showed it in the 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo | Apocalypse Now: The Original 70mm Engagements By Mike Coate The film was shown on a reserved-performance, guaranteed-seat basis and presented in 70-millimeter and Six-Track Dolby Stereo, which showcased a then-new quintaphonic split-surround audio mix. | Todd-AO & Cinerama in Ireland By Brian Guckian “Breath-taking Todd-AO” debuted in Ireland on 26th December 1958 at the Adelphi Cinema, Dublin with "South Pacific" and "The Miracle of Todd-AO". At the time the cinema was one of the biggest in the city, with over 2000 seats. | | |
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| | | IN70MM.COM NEWS 2010 | The Lost Dominion 70mm Film Festival By Paul Gordon The Lost Dominion Screening Collective is proud to present the first annual 70mm Film Festival at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Sept. 24-26th 2010, Museum of Civilization, Quebec. | 6. Todd-AO 70mm-Festival 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany By Thomas Hauerslev For three days in October Filmtheater Schauburg celebrates the world of LARGE FORMAT film, by offering a series of epic films in 70mm - the HD of film formats. A variety of old 70mm films with a GALA performance on Saturday evening. Some films are in their original versions and some, "70mm Vintage Classics", are dubbed into German. |
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| | 10 YEARS AGO - 2000 | Cinema: 70mm DTS at the Dome, London, England To Split or not to Split Todd-AO at “Sea” The Technirama Story Philips Cinema |
| | 15 YEARS AGO - 1995 | The 70mm Promotion Tour #2 Freddy Young about 70mm John Steven Lasher's Kinopanorama Todd-AO: How it all Began, part #1 Film: "Tour Eiffel" |
| Fred Waller's 1950 Diary By Thomas Hauerslev Fred Waller's 1950 desk calendar. A fascinating account about who is visiting Cinerama and Vitarama. | "Inception" in 65mm By Steve Weintraub We went to the next best thing which was 65mm. So we have the highest quality image of any film that’s being made. | Meeting Abel, Baker, and Charlie: The 2010 Bradford Widescreen Weekend By Jim Barg It was a trip that I had been planning in my mind forever, but I got lost from Forster Square to the Midland Hotel. |
| | COMING TO IN70MM.COM | Cinema Circulaire 360 - Arromanches 360 By Thomas Hauerslev Waking the sleeping Giant (Road Show Version) By 65/70mm Workshop Napoleon and Polyvision By Mark Trompeteler Widescreen pre-history By Mark Trumpeteler 70mm films in Yugoslavia By Marin Zorica The Early Days of Showscan By Richard Greenhalgh Gerhard Fromm - Highlight from a Career in the Movies By Thomas Hauerslev A Visit to ARRI In München By Thomas Hauerslev |
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| | WINDOW OF THE WORLD | There are more things in life than just widescreen! By Wolfram Hannemann I was waiting for the auditorium to open and Francois asked what I was waiting for, which I explained. “But this is not even widescreen!”! - he said in disbelief | Cinerama Test Shots By Lowell Thomas We are starting off with this 35mm picture so you may the better judge of what you are now to see and her. We call it - C I N E R A M A | 3-strip in Barcelona, Spain By Ramon Lamarca I was browsing through newspapers listings yesterday and I was amazed and the huge amount of blow-ups they had in Spain | Mr. Orion Jardim de Faria - A visit to a Brazilian 70mm film Pioneer By Paulo Roberto P. Elias It took me less than five minutes to realize that I sat face to face with a man totally involved with the film business, not by profit but by passion. | Large Format in Brazil / 70mm In Rio Paulo Roberto P. Elias, Rio It was 1965. With great fanfare, the Cinema Vitória, opened its first 70mm screening, with the Super Panavision print of “My Fair Lady”. | Soviet Circular Panorama By Grigorij Shandorovich During the trip across the USA, Chruschev has visited Circarama and has been admired by it. On arrival home, the secretary general has desired "to catch up and overtake" America and for three (3!) month we has been constructed Circular panorama! | 10 new RAMAs added Funorama, Canauxrama, Explorama, Bowl-O-Rama, Kinorama, Naturama, Imageorama, Illeanarama, Perforama, and Rama butter | Ultra Panavision 70, Early lenses By Tak Miyagishima These earlier lenses were all engraved as having a power of 1.33X but were never used having that power. We started designing these lenses with the power of 1.33X and had to alter the power but didn’t change the engraving. | Wide Visit With Willem By Thomas Hauerslev We have often talked about his Cinerama files and finally, at our latest meeting in June 2009, we decided to meet in Rotterdam to find some rare and unique Cinerama material, suitable for our new mutual Cinerama page found here on this web site. | The M.C.S.-70 Process and European Cinema of the 1960s By Christian Appelt It was a happy chance, that brought together, the MCS company and an inventor and film technician of special genius, the Norwegian Jan Jacobsen |
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