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    https://www.theguardian.com/film…

    ..Christopher Nolan is a champion of 1570, the highest-resolution film format that exists – and Melbourne is showing the only copy in the southern hemisphere..

    ..With a running time of three hours, the 1570 Oppenheimer reel weighs 260kg. The copy in Morrison’s care is the only one in the southern hemisphere, and one of only 30 in the world...

    ...The platters that hold and feed the large-format film reels through the Imax projectors had to be widened to 1.85 metres to accommodate the sheer heft of the work. The technology accompanied the film on its journey, arriving in Australia on 53 individual reels. It was Morrison’s projectionist, David Booty, who spent two days “building” the film – sorting the reels, splicing them together and winding them on to the platters...

    ...Pre-sales for Oppenheimer in all Imax formats in Melbourne have surpassed the venue’s previous record achieved by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, with more than 21,000 tickets sold for Nolan’s film....

    • Wish I could catch this in IMAX, the closest one is like 6 hours away. Still looking forward to it, though!elahon
    • check out this site, great IMAX resource
      https://www.in70mm.c…
      futurefood
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    • Balls, the closest theater that can play it is in fucking Canada. Me a few months ago "eh, I'll renew my passport when I need it".garbage
    • lol Australia loves that southern hemisphere boast. Easy when you're up against Vanuatu and a few penguins : )MrT

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