What does the film look like that makes movie buffs fly to the other side of the world
Forget the compactness of digital files: this is IMAX 15/70, a format that makes regular film look like a child's toy. Take a look at these frames—each one is ten times larger than a standard 35mm film, turning the film into a hefty reel that could give any deliveryman a heart attack. Only 41 venues worldwide can handle this projection "architecture," turning a moviegoing experience into a kind of expedition to a dying technological mastodon. This isn't just an image carrier, but a true physical artifact, whose scale reminds us that true immersion in film requires not terabytes of data, but a huge, heavy, and capricious film, running through the monstrous mechanics of a projector.
