There’s a very real danger in watering down the theatrical experience,” warned Christopher Nolan about the death of film in 2015. “With the confusing proliferation of digital technology,” the cinephile’s cinephile continues, “there isn’t any stable digital archiving medium.” One can half-imagine this self-anointed savior of celluloid emerging from his lair each night in a cape and cowl, committing acts of cinematic vigilantism. But with the rollout of his newest project, Dunkirk, he may not have to.
Source: Christopher Nolan’s 70mm screenings: format folly or cinema’s Dunkirk spirit? | Film | The Guardian