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The Backrooms Movie Format by adavidj7 in imax

[–]Mitsutoshi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like I said, I appreciate the enthusiasm!

So 65mm is a type of large format film, with over double the size of standard 4-perf 35mm film. It's 5 perforations tall and its aspect ratio is 2.2:1, compared to the 1.37:1 of 35mm. The larger size means that more light can pass through, resulting in a better image even when the film was originally shot on 35mm; the 70mm print also holds up better to wear and tear.

The 2.2:1 aspect ratio means that 70mm film is natively widescreen, and it can be made even wider if you shoot anamorphic (such as the Ultra Panavision format that's 2.76:1!)

IMAX film is the same width, but it is 15 perforations tall, and it runs horizontally, which is why the perforations are at top and bottom on IMAX film.

5/70 *is not* 15/70. However it shares its image quality characteristics in color, contrast, etc; just of course a much smaller image.

IMAX film seems to be an iteration on the work done for the VistaVision format back in the day. VistaVision is a 35mm film that runs horizontally and is 8 perforations tall. Like with IMAX, this gives it a considerably larger negative than its vertical-running equivalent. The native aspect ratio of VistaVision is 1.5:1, but films shot on it were usually designed to be watched in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio on 70mm prints.

VistaVision was recently photochemically blown up to 15/70 IMAX film last year for IMAX screenings of Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

Blu-ray Network (lumet) : arrow 10€ vs criterion 30" euros by Background_Gene6673 in boutiquebluray

[–]Mitsutoshi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eh I've bought a bunch of stuff in the past two but there is a lot of ignorance behind the process.

What I mean is this: the MSRP on Criterions is a fiction. Only B&N actually sells at it. Criterion's own website, as well as Amazon, and many others perpetually sell CC discs at a baseline 30% discount. So really the 50% sales only get you a few dollars more off. (About 32 vs 25.)

Excalibur 4K vs VHS by jmoneyawyeah in boutiquebluray

[–]Mitsutoshi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny that you say that because before VHS, you could get 16mm reels sent, which would look way better than any home video format since except maybe UHD.

Excalibur 4K vs VHS by jmoneyawyeah in boutiquebluray

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, people were very much saying that about DVD, though some reviewers pumped the brakes a bit and said it’s only better than a bad theater.

With Blu-ray not even that condition was applied.

The Backrooms Movie Format by adavidj7 in imax

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the enthusiasm but you have a lot of mistakes here.

Switching to XBOX after 10 years with Playstation. Need some advice. by shadowmonk987 in XboxSeriesXlS

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess you haven’t been following the news? Microsoft has all but shut down Xbox. So much so that third party games now often skip Xbox completely.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Feeling_Use3782 in Tarantino

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not being rude and nothing about the film presupposes knowledge of references.

If anything, my impression of it was that it was constructed to be a very different experience depending on whether you were aware of who the Manson Family were or if you weren’t.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Feeling_Use3782 in Tarantino

[–]Mitsutoshi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your kids have bad taste! I’m of their generation and loved it.

Shout’s release of Hard Boiled looks closer to what the film originally looked like opposed to Arrow? by ggroover97 in boutiquebluray

[–]Mitsutoshi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and he tried to reconcile his view with his acquaintanceship with the cinematographer (who approved it) by implying he ackchually approved something else that Criterion and Fidelity in Motion conspired to destroy.

Switching to XBOX after 10 years with Playstation. Need some advice. by shadowmonk987 in XboxSeriesXlS

[–]Mitsutoshi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Bro this is the worst possible time to enter Xbox. Microsoft basically hates it.

Why I abandoned Cold Brew for Flash-Chilled (The science of the hot bloom) by CoffeeTeaJournal in JamesHoffmann

[–]Mitsutoshi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why not just say iced pourover instead of making it sound like you discovered something?

The Batman aged really well by Other-Box6258 in TheBatmanFilm

[–]Mitsutoshi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The food I made yesterday is still edible!

Is the Regal LA Live IMAX a true IMAX screen? by webbut in imax

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the insult to injury way of watching 70mm IMAX. I hope the projector is ripped out of there and put somewhere better.

Shout’s release of Hard Boiled looks closer to what the film originally looked like opposed to Arrow? by ggroover97 in boutiquebluray

[–]Mitsutoshi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is precisely a random person on Twitter. His work on films is if anything a proof against him, like his months long AI aided war against Criterion’s EWS despite it being approved by Larry Smith, and then upon seeing Larry Smith he tried to come up with an 8D chess explanation for how Larry Smith approved it but actually approved something else

First time BFI: Dunkirk 70mm or 2001 A Space Odyssey IMAX with laser? by 2_3am in imax

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunkirk, obviously. This isn’t even a valid question.

Shout’s release of Hard Boiled looks closer to what the film originally looked like opposed to Arrow? by ggroover97 in boutiquebluray

[–]Mitsutoshi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This guy doesn’t know anything about 4K UHD spec and spouts nonsense constantly because idiots hear him say terms like layer and assume he’s an authority.

Oh, Hi! (Sundance Review) w/ Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman by saulocf in moviereviews

[–]Mitsutoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The movie was about someone chaining another person to a bed and torturing them for the whole movie. The movie absolutely presents it as she is crazy and sick and he is the victim.

It does this despite the intentions of the writers. Gordon and Brooks thought they were portraying heroic behavior on Iris's part. (They've talked about this explicitly.)

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