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Topic: Star Wars Ep2 in 70mm ?
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Jonathan Smiles
Film Handler
Posts: 11
From: Devon UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 08-10-2001 11:34 AM
There has been some discussion on rec.arts.movies.tech about Ep2 having some 70mm release prints.Well in my past dealings with Lucasfilm prior to Ep1, Fox wanted 70mm for the prestige and added value, but Lucasfim wanted digital projection to be hyped for Ep1 instead. As we know there are a lot of 70mm capable theatres around the world and some of the multiplexes in the UK at least, have designed their biggest room to take a 70mm projector if they needed to (easier to find a DP75, Victoria 8 etc than pay for a DLP video projector). How many of you out there are: 1, 70mm ready 2, Also have DTS 3, Have the DTS 70mm reader 4, Want Ep2 on 70mm 5, How would you rate (out of 10) the condition of your 70mm lens? Blowing up 1920x1080 24p to 70mm, will I have seen Super8mm blown up to IMAX so there are limits – at least they ditched HD-CAM and are recording straight to hard disc, now if they had shot in 65mm.
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John Pytlak
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Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-10-2001 02:33 PM
Rory Burke said: "i still think they should make all star wars in 70mm dolby mag......God, those were the days!"Remember, those "Star Wars" episodes were shot on 35mm film. I agree they looked great on a huge 70mm screen. But nothing tops well done 65mm origination like "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Sound of Music" or "Patton" to show the "Splendor of 70mm": Splendor of 70mm (Part 1) Splendor of 70mm (Part 2) Todd-AO Ultra Panavision Lawrence of Arabia ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Eastman Kodak Company Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419 Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Jonathan Smiles
Film Handler
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From: Devon UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 08-13-2001 10:02 AM
Just to point out that DLP (Digital Light Processing) refers to the Texas Instruments (TI) digital projector "engine", a movie would not be blown up from DLP, but from 1920x1080 digital source.Last time I talked to TI the projector chips where only up to 1280x1080 res but may be 1920x1080 now. As for the hype of digital projection, can't agree more, digital does not mean quality in same way analogue does not mean inferior. No back to my questions - how many theatres are 70mm DTS ready and have 70mm lenses in good condition?
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