Nov. 5 will be a great day for U.S. fans of the gestalt thinker and entertainer Christopher Nolan.
His movie, "Interstellar", is releasing in the United States on that day. And, if one is able to watch the movie as the director would have wanted the audience to, it would be a great tribute.
Nolan is a great advocator of celluloid in the digital age and passionately supports preserving older film projection methods and pushing the boundaries of film-making technology. "David Lean dragged 65-millimeter cameras into the desert [for "Lawrence of Arabia"] and I don't know why we shouldn't have similar aspirations," he told the New York Times in a recent interview.
"Interstellar" was shot on 35mm stock and on 70mm in the IMAX (Image Maximum) format to magnify the cinematic experience, Quartz reports. However, as cinemas around the world have started replacing the outdated 35mm projection with digital alternatives, the film will be released in six formats, including 35mm, IMAX and 70mm on IMAX.
"When you have planets and stars, you never want to make people feel as though the screen is too small. Otherwise they'll worry there's nothing off-screen," Nolan said.
According to Nolan, the technical details - even the ones that we register unconsciously - help immensely in making the theatrical experience a profound one. "At the movies, we're going to see someone else put on a show, and I feel a responsibility to put on the best show possible."
On a Saturday earlier this fall, at the Bow Tie Cinema in Manhattan, Nolan wanted to screen reels two and three of the eight-reel movie for the launch. "But you can't just start with the rocket launch or you'll blow everybody's ears out," he explained. "You have to start with Reel 2, which is full of the informative dialogue that brings the audience up to speed."
Nolan said that the most important thing was the volume.
According to Business Insider, the much-anticipated movie might not be an Oscar-sweeping one.
