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Why does a biopic need "the highest quality imaging format ever devised"?
by mkl 3y ago
Why does a biopic need "the highest quality imaging format ever devised"?
- riffraff 3y agoChristopher Nolan likes it.
- gambiting 3y agoWhy does anything need anything. It's a film, a piece of art - if they want to record it in 80K resolution for the fun of it, the question should be - why not?
- failuser 3y agoTo feel like you are actually witnessing the first nuke test.
- mkl 3y agoThat may be the best answer (it was a serious question). The explosion in the film is layered small-scale petrol explosions [1], but more visible detail may help sell it as bigger. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/how-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-atomic-bomb-trinity-test-no-cgi-2023-7?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-christopher-nolan-oppenh...
- atoav 3y agoIt doesn't. And humanity doesn't need a biopic. There is a saying by German film maker Alexander Kluge: He who wants to express something has to in turn impress something. And having the resolution of 70mm film certainly helps with the impeession part. Whether artistic expression is actually needed is a different more philosophic question. I'd say yes, but I studied art, so I am biased.
- tehnub 3y agoImmersiveness. Maybe it's intriguing to look at the human face in extreme detail?
- pessimizer 3y agoThe higher the numbers, the better the thing.
- pests 3y agoWanna go golfing?