The beautiful world of 70mm Panavision, Newshour – BBC World Service
The cinema projectionists screening Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight”. Source: The beautiful world of 70mm Panavision, Newshour – BBC World Service
Return of 70mm film sends cinema bosses scrambling for old projectors
When it was announced last year that Quentin Tarantino’s new film, The Hateful Eight, would screen exclusively for the first week on 70mm film, digital-based cinemas around the world scrambled to find working 70mm projectors. Most failed. Source: Return of … Continued
The Hateful Eight – Cinemas with the 7OMM Roadshow Version
The first Ultra Panavision 70 feature film release in almost 50 years Source: The Hateful Eight – Cinemas with the 7OMM Roadshow Version [Editors Note: With all this talk about the Hateful Eight and the 70mm Roadshow I thought … Continued
The Hateful Eight: not showing near you at three key UK cinema chains | Film | The Guardian
Cineworld, Picturehouse and Curzon cinemas won’t be showing Quentin Tarantino’s much-anticipated western The Hateful Eight after failing to come to an agreement with the film’s distributor. Source: The Hateful Eight: not showing near you at three key UK cinema chains … Continued
How the ‘roadshow’ of ‘Hateful Eight’ rejuvenates old technique – philly-archives
Among the many pieces of Star Wars-related history to resurface in the last few weeks was a photo of crowds cramming the sidewalk outside the Sameric theater on Chestnut Street, waiting to see Return of the Jedi in what the … Continued
Ultra Panavision 70: A Long Dead Format Revived by Quentin Tarantino | The Bridge
The invention of affordable digital film making along with the convenience of digital projection has made the use of 35mm film nearly obsolete. For dedicated cinephiles, however, film has found a niche market among specialty movie houses such as The … Continued