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Jul 25, 2023 · The intention behind IMAX was simple yet ambitious – to increase the resolution of the film so it could be shown on larger screens, providing audiences with a viewing experience that’s more immersive than ever before. This is achieved through a unique process.
- Christopher Nolan
One of Nolan’s defining traits is his commitment to...
- Christopher Nolan
Oct 22, 2021 · In 1970, Tiger Child (Donald Brittain), the first IMAX film, was shown at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, and the following year the first permanent IMAX system was installed at the Cinesphere Theater in Toronto, debuting in May 1971 with the travelogue North of Superior (Graeme Ferguson).
In 1998 and 1999, More and The Old Man and the Sea became the first short films produced using the IMAX format; both earned Academy Award nominations, with Old Man and the Sea becoming the only IMAX film to win an Oscar.
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Jul 18, 2012 · HYDER: Well, in the original classic IMAX theaters, they were actually using 70-millimeter film.
Mar 6, 2017 · Some theaters showed it in IMAX 70mm, using 70mm prints projected onto large-format IMAX screens. You could also see it in laser-projected IMAX 3D, or in laser-projected IMAX 2D.
The first permanent IMAX theatre was established in 1971 in Canada. This was at the Cinesphere at Ontario Place, Toronto. Just 2 years later, the first IMAX dome (originally called Omnimax) was built for permanent use at the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theatre in San Diego.
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May 3, 2010 · The history of IMAX goes back to 1967, when two films shown at Montreal Expo—Roman Kroitor’s In the Labyrinth and Graeme Ferguson’s Man and the Polar Regions —attempted to use multiple screen, multiple projection techniques, but ran into numerous technical problems.
