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| Written by: Thomas Hauerslev | Date: 27.08.2025 |
 "Splice Here: A projected Odyssey" is scheduled as 7OMM Warm-Up to the 18th Todd-AO Festival 2025 in Karlsruhe, Germany. If you like projected films in 70mm and Cinerama, "Splice Here: A projected Odyssey" is for YOU!. The film is described as a "Cineramic" roller-coaster ride through the rise, fall and rebirth of projected film. See it on the biggest screen
"Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" is a love letter to film - told through the eyes of documentarian and projectionist, Rob Murphy who begins a childhood quest to find out what ever happened to cinema’s legendary (now long extinct) wide screen film process, Cinerama. Starting in Australia then expanding geographically and thematically, Rob infiltrates a projectionists underground, meeting the great champions of projected film and lesser known characters behind the scenes. We discover how the digital revolution has not just changed the way we now see movies but is becoming a very real threat to how we will remember them | More in 70mm reading: "Splice Here" releasing in U.K! "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" 2023 update The end is in sight… CAN YOU HELP! "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" 2022 update "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" 2020 Update "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey", Crowd Funding Campaign A day with Doug Trumbull The HATEFUL 8 @ the SUN theatre in70mm.com News Peripheral Vision, Scopes, Dimensions and Panoramas in70mm.com's Library Presented on the big screen in 7OMM 7OMM and Cinema Across the World Now showing in 70mm in a theatre near you! 70mm Retro - Festivals and Screenings |
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 The late great Douglas Trumbull is featured in "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" and call it "A magnificent homage to film!". Picture: Rob MurphyRob Murphy / Producer / Director / Writer / Editor - short bio: Rob Murphy is an Australian film maker known for Directing / Editing the celebrated feature documentary 'Voyage of the Southern Sun' (2017) and Editing the equally acclaimed feature doc, 'Defiant Lives' (2017). Over a thirty year career Rob has cut dramatic feature films, 'See Jack Run' (1991), 'The Alive Tribe' (1997) & 'The Real Thing' (2002) as well as Directing and Editing corporate, broadcast TV, music video, short films and pilots. Rob is also senior projectionist at the Sun theatre in Yarraville where (in 2015) he led the team that found, restored and installed the 70mm projector needed for the Ultra Panavision roadshow release of Quentin Tarantino's, 'The Hateful Eight'. Ros Walker / Producer / Short bio: Ros Walker!s producing and line-producing credits include the feature documentaries Not Quite Hollywood, narrated by Quentin Tarantino, and Jabbed - Love, Fear and Vaccines as well as feature film Peaches, kid!s comedy TV series You!re Skitting Me and TV documentary Portrait, featuring Nicole Kidman, Barbara Hershey and John Malkovich. Ros is currently producing a high-end Scandi Noir doco. Ros!"industry roles include Manager of Film Victoria, Lecturer in Producing at the VCA School of Film and TV and Director, Screen Production at the Film and Television Institute in Western Australia. | |
 "The Mission" in 70mm. Picture: Rob MurphyJoanne Donahoe Beckwith / Cinematographer / Producer: The breadth and variety of productions Joanne has worked on makes it difficult to pigeon hole her. From Feature Films, Comedy Series to Documentary each job comes with its own set of parameters and fundamentally comes down to telling stories. Her reputation as an innovative and resourceful Cinematographer is evident in her work. Joanne’s initial breakout as a cinematographer was on TV commercials and Short Films. It was during this time that she took on the role as ‘Camera and Lighting’ on the first series of the ground breaking ABC comedy Frontline. This has led to a long collaboration with Working Dog Productions. Subsequent series for Working Dog have included the award winning series A River Somewhere & UTOPIA. Joanne’s credits further include Molly: The Real Thing, It's a Date, Librarians, Very Small Business, OUTLAND. Documentary series First Contact, the acclaimed web series Little Acorns, Other Peoples Problems, The Obesity Myth, Filthy Rich & Homeless. She is excited by the current changes taking place in the industry and hopes to continue to be part of change and innovation in story telling. • Go to "Splice Here" releasing in U.K! 2024 Update • Go to "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" 2023 update • Go to "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" 2022 update • Go to "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey" 2020 Update | |
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