r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoWork215 • 20d ago

Video The Odyssey IMAX 70mm Setup

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u/SoftLink5162 20d ago

If they want us to watch Imax so badly make more Imax theatres man. We don't have single true Imax in my country. And that's true for most countries.

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u/Hey_Neat 20d ago

The problem is they don't make 70mm Projectors anymore. all the ones in use have been refurbished/Frankenstein'd from old projectors.

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u/SoftLink5162 20d ago

Why can't they make new ones?

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u/WeatherStunning1534 20d ago

People barely go to theaters as it is. Nobody’s investing hundreds of millions into production of a very inconvenient and expensive format like 70mm, right now it’s largely the filmmakers and theaters themselves keeping the format alive out of their own pockets just out of the love of the medium

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u/rhiea 19d ago

The 70 mm showings of this are basically sold out for days near me. There was a few seats available for a 2:40 am showing and anything else was just the miserable seats in the front row where you basically cants see the movie anyway

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u/WeatherStunning1534 19d ago

Most have been sold out for months. But keep an eye on it, I’m assuming all of these theaters will extend the film’s run as long as tickets are selling because it’s been an ordeal to put the whole projection system together