What exactly is 70mm print and why does anyone care?
There has been a bit of controversy lately over the release of Tarantino's Hateful Eight movie. As I understand it, the movie was scheduled to play in a particular theater in Los Angeles that plays 70mm format. Disney chose to push/force/coerce/convince/whatever this theater into showing The Force Awakens instead.This has caused a rather large uproar from both Tarantino, as well as many of his fans.I will be honest, before I read this story I had never heard the term "70mm" before in my life; I only last week learned that there is a theater in my area that screens 70mm prints. Now I'm wondering what the big deal is, how these are any different from the versions shown at my usual theater, and why this format seems to have suddenly, out of nowhere (at least from my perspective) become a big deal.
70mm print is usually IMAX format. And we should care because that's the highest resolution you can get on an image and have it projected/shown. True IMAX has such vivid detail and color that you can't quite get with digital. Its getting there but IMAX format just shows you more on screen. The screens are bigger to view them poperfully. And IMAX format tends to be accompanied by the best sound possible.
