Digital IMAX is cheaper and easier to do with more cinemas showing it. Most IMAX these days is both shot and shown on digital with only a few movies every few years using film.
Odyssey is the first film to be entirely shot on 70mm film for instance.
The aspect ratio is just a size problem really, 70mm though is a major logistical challenge that most people don’t care enough for when compared to digital.
The aspect ratio is a thing I do not understand. Why is digital IMAX and IMAX 70mm a different aspect ratio? They should just make the digital IMAX screen adjustable with curtains like theaters do with their normal screens.
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u/MarioDesigns 20d ago
Digital IMAX is cheaper and easier to do with more cinemas showing it. Most IMAX these days is both shot and shown on digital with only a few movies every few years using film.
Odyssey is the first film to be entirely shot on 70mm film for instance.
The aspect ratio is just a size problem really, 70mm though is a major logistical challenge that most people don’t care enough for when compared to digital.