I've run 70 on Norelcos and Century JJs. 5/70 was absolutely the zenith in regular cinema presentation and Norelcos the top of the line machines. Unfortunately today people are brainwashed to believe that digital is better.
@starwars21 It is pretty sad really. One of my earliest memories was going to a theater that had those curtains open and close for the screening of E.T. nearly 30 years ago!
I totally Agree about that and 70mm is still the best format around and those DP70's projectors will go on for years, while those 2K D-Cinema Projectors will be outdated/obsolete within a few years!
I love this monsters , they have water cooled frame gate and plastic pressure plates to prevent scratching of the film. The old Cinema 150 in Puerto Rico used this wonderful machines. I was a projectionist there.
It does get loud, although not quite as nerve-jangling as the video makes it sound. Running 70mm at 30 frames per second (Todd-AO) is about as loud as it gets up there.
The Rex Cinema at Berkamsted outside London UK have a pair of DP70's and in April (hopefully) will be screening "Titanic" in 70mm DTS. Last year they shoed "Top Gun" in 70mm with change-overs and the Presentation was perfect as - it should be!.
There is only two 70mm movies that runs at 30 fps, after that the projection speeding then reduced to 24 fps and goes nowadays. Getting awared that at IMAX theatres is running the 70mm format vehicles at 60 fps !
I've made up my own little personal rule for what constitutes a roadshow: Anything that requires heavy lifting! If I go to a special location and set up temporary 35mm projection, that's a roadshow. If I go into a conventional theatre or screening room and bring in dubbers to run an unmarried soundtrack, that's a roadshow. Naturally 70mm automatically qualifies no matter where it's shown just because of the weight of the print! :)
as well Hamlet, 70 mm has been used for visual FX in Die Hard. Ron Fricke is also shooting a complete feature in 5 perf 70 ( 65mm ) : it's his sequel to Baraka. Nice video, with the rolls royce of projectors, DP70.s,
Just for you 70mm afficianados out there. I run a huge 14 plex theater here in New York, as well as do digital installations replacing film. 70mm will never be made again, ever. Even IMAX will be phasing out those 70mm 3-D projectors in a few years, replacing them with 70mm like resolution, digital projectors. Those of us that still possess 70mm prints of any kind, features, shorts, etc., HANG ON TO THEM. Like vintage posters, they will be worth their weight in GOLD in about ten years!
The Ultimate in my opinion for Cinema HD Picture was Showscan 5/70mm at 60fps!. While Film Maker's stils insist to shoot on film, there is still a Film Industry, I just hope they will see the Light and shoot on 65mm (70mm) once again and films being presented on large curve screens.
I never realized just how jack-scrammin LOUD it is up in that pro-booth! Take care of your ears, projectionists out there. Is the whole booth isolated sonically from the auditorium? Because you hear only a silent purrr from the booth and only then during a silent passage.
You think thats noisey???, the westrex 5000 was worse than that, the good thing about this machine is that its enclosed, nice presentation, how it should be done
Sadly, part of the reason people have that mindset is because of inexperienced or crappy film handlers that don't keep their equipment clean, don't treat the film with care, and so on, resulting in a degraded image.
So many times i have been advised against using film to shoot my movies. Personally i don't really like how movies shot on digital look so flat, lifeless and fake. and it is even worse when the person using digital tries to copy the film look. it's not fooling anyone.
I've run 70 on Norelcos and Century JJs. 5/70 was absolutely the zenith in regular cinema presentation and Norelcos the top of the line machines. Unfortunately today people are brainwashed to believe that digital is better.
@starwars21 It is pretty sad really. One of my earliest memories was going to a theater that had those curtains open and close for the screening of E.T. nearly 30 years ago!
70mm with 6-track magnetic sound running reel to reel on the big Norelcos. Just as God intended.
The future of cinema, if only.
I totally Agree about that and 70mm is still the best format around and those DP70's projectors will go on for years, while those 2K D-Cinema Projectors will be outdated/obsolete within a few years!
I love this monsters , they have water cooled frame gate and plastic pressure plates to prevent scratching of the film.
The old Cinema 150 in Puerto Rico used this
wonderful machines. I was a projectionist there.
It does get loud, although not quite as nerve-jangling as the video makes it sound. Running 70mm at 30 frames per second (Todd-AO) is about as loud as it gets up there.
Fascinating! Thanks so much for posting this.
The Rex Cinema at Berkamsted outside London UK have a pair of DP70's and in April (hopefully) will be screening "Titanic" in 70mm DTS.
Last year they shoed "Top Gun" in 70mm with change-overs and the Presentation was perfect as - it should be!.
There is only two 70mm movies that runs at 30 fps, after that the projection speeding then reduced to 24 fps and goes nowadays. Getting awared that at IMAX theatres is running the 70mm format vehicles at 60 fps !
I've made up my own little personal rule for what constitutes a roadshow: Anything that requires heavy lifting!
If I go to a special location and set up temporary 35mm projection, that's a roadshow. If I go into a conventional theatre or screening room and bring in dubbers to run an unmarried soundtrack, that's a roadshow.
Naturally 70mm automatically qualifies no matter where it's shown just because of the weight of the print! :)
as well Hamlet, 70 mm has been used for visual FX in Die Hard.
Ron Fricke is also shooting a complete feature in 5 perf 70 ( 65mm ) : it's his sequel to Baraka.
Nice video, with the rolls royce of projectors, DP70.s,
Just for you 70mm afficianados out there. I run a huge 14 plex theater here in New York, as well as do digital installations replacing film. 70mm will never be made again, ever. Even IMAX will be phasing out those 70mm 3-D projectors in a few years, replacing them with 70mm like resolution, digital projectors. Those of us that still possess 70mm prints of any kind, features, shorts, etc., HANG ON TO THEM. Like vintage posters, they will be worth their weight in GOLD in about ten years!
Some of Inception (2010) was shot in 65mm, if that was of interest.
The Ultimate in my opinion for Cinema HD Picture was Showscan 5/70mm at 60fps!.
While Film Maker's stils insist to shoot on film, there is still a Film Industry, I just hope they will
see the Light and shoot on 65mm (70mm) once again and films being presented on large curve screens.
We just showed "Gremlins" 7o mm here at the IFI Dublin. You are welcome any time..
I never realized just how jack-scrammin LOUD it is up in that pro-booth! Take care of your ears, projectionists out there. Is the whole booth isolated sonically from the auditorium? Because you hear only a silent purrr from the booth and only then during a silent passage.
Cool!
I love cinema...
Try running 70mm Imax 3D if you think 30 frame 70 is loud!!
Too bad it wasn't on a big curved screen
You think thats noisey???, the westrex 5000 was worse than that, the good thing about this machine is that its enclosed, nice presentation, how it should be done
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1 person was rejected in making todd a-o
But He would have demanded carbon arcs, not xenons! :-) Still, a drool-inducing clip.
Sadly, part of the reason people have that mindset is because of inexperienced or crappy film handlers that don't keep their equipment clean, don't treat the film with care, and so on, resulting in a degraded image.
So many times i have been advised against using film to shoot my movies.
Personally i don't really like how movies shot on digital look so flat, lifeless and fake.
and it is even worse when the person using digital tries to copy the film look.
it's not fooling anyone.
@EmpireLS56KW