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Doesn’t matter. Nolan’s vision specifically accounts for film. He’s been very vocal that the most accurate way to view the movie as he envisioned it is via 70m

Doesn’t matter. Nolan’s vision specifically accounts for film. He’s been very vocal that the most accurate way to view the movie as he envisioned it is via 70mm IMAX. “For Nolan, the “best possible experience” to view “Oppenheimer” in theaters is the IMAX 70mm film presentations.” [0] I think I’ll watch it as the director intended it to be watched. [0] https://apnews.com/article/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-0f8c1fdc4a358decee6105cac91a90ae https://apnews.com/article/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-0f8...

manuelmoreale 3y ago
I respect the man but it sucks that his vision is only available to a small % of the population. I’d have to fly to a different country to get access to an IMAX 70mm
- johnwalkr 3y ago
  Yeah, that's what I have to do unfortunately (of course doing/seeing other things to the trip too).
- tshaddox 3y ago
  To be fair, in most cases only cinema enthusiasts really need to concern themselves with what the director's ideal presentation is. The overwhelming majority of people probably couldn't even recount to you which movies they've seen in which formats. For someone (like yourself) who is aware of and interested in the differences in presentational formats, it does suck that formats like IMAX 1570 have very few locations around the world (heck, that's even true of IMAX GT). But it wouldn't be any better for you if those formats just didn't exist at all! Perhaps one could argue that, because the IMAX GT exists, Christopher Nolan is making filmmaking decisions that compromise how the film will end up looking on more traditional (e.g. 2.39:1) presentational formats. Or in other words, one might argue "Oppenheimer would look better on 2.39:1 if Nolan had shot it specifically for 2.39:1." But I tend to think that Nolan probably realizes that the vast majority of people won't see it in IMAX, and I doubt the compromises are significant.
Timon3 3y ago
As correct as this should be, I'm careful with Nolan's recommendations. If you view his movies as he intends you literally don't understand the dialogue.

manuelmoreale 3y ago

I respect the man but it sucks that his vision is only available to a small % of the population. I’d have to fly to a different country to get access to an IMAX 70mm

johnwalkr 3y ago
Yeah, that's what I have to do unfortunately (of course doing/seeing other things to the trip too).
tshaddox 3y ago
To be fair, in most cases only cinema enthusiasts really need to concern themselves with what the director's ideal presentation is. The overwhelming majority of people probably couldn't even recount to you which movies they've seen in which formats. For someone (like yourself) who is aware of and interested in the differences in presentational formats, it does suck that formats like IMAX 1570 have very few locations around the world (heck, that's even true of IMAX GT). But it wouldn't be any better for you if those formats just didn't exist at all! Perhaps one could argue that, because the IMAX GT exists, Christopher Nolan is making filmmaking decisions that compromise how the film will end up looking on more traditional (e.g. 2.39:1) presentational formats. Or in other words, one might argue "Oppenheimer would look better on 2.39:1 if Nolan had shot it specifically for 2.39:1." But I tend to think that Nolan probably realizes that the vast majority of people won't see it in IMAX, and I doubt the compromises are significant.

Timon3 3y ago

As correct as this should be, I'm careful with Nolan's recommendations. If you view his movies as he intends you literally don't understand the dialogue.