Sebastian O

Screenwriter, filmmaker, and journalist. Fan of The Beatles. Venezuelan 🇻🇪

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[Sebastian O @SebMadeInChina]

@jrb78910 Right, but again you’re just referring to individual, sensorial experience, not to the art itself. Like, if someone were to display the Mona Lisa on a giant wall so one could “immerse” themself, it might be a cool experience, but it doesn’t add artistic value to the Mona Lisa.

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@jrb78910 Can you find a source that supports the claim that it captures a higher dynamic range of colour? Because what I’m reading all seems to suggest otherwise.

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@DPWelles @Duhlorean98 Fair enough, I guess I just don’t see the benefit of forced immersion. A film being great will immerse me regardless of the size of the screen. And Nolan / other IMAX directors have less control over shot composition when the “edges” of what you’re meant to see aren’t defined.

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@jrb78910 But that’s just because it uses film over digital. Film inherently has better colours, that doesnt have to do with IMAX.

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@jrb78910 Otherwise, immersion is a sensorial benefit, not an artistic one. If a filmmaker could use that space to create better images, then fine, but they’re limited in that most audiences won’t see it, so they can’t fully utilise that space ever.

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@RoguePersephone @Duhlorean98 I need a good story to immerse me, not a bigger screen. I was less immersed watching Oppenheimer on IMAX than I was watching The Cabinet of Dr Caligari at my small local theatre.

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@bertolucci101 @AFC_Monty_ Arsenal are pants, and Liverpool are whatever’s 25 points lower than pants. Better luck next season 👍🏼

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@bertolucci101 @AFC_Monty_ That's right. Winners celebrate, losers explain, and I'm hearing a whole lot of explaining from you today 😂

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@bertolucci101 @AFC_Monty_ Again, not really interested in ancient history, but thanks. Champions have better things to do than reminisce about the good ol’ days.

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@magooglepop 70 years??! That's crazy man, that's almost 1 year for every two charges City are facing.

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@RoguePersephone @Duhlorean98 I do agree that IMAX would have a lot more viability if it were widely accessible. In that case, directors could push the boundaries of the format to create art. As of now though, I think compromising to appease different audiences/formats is not conducive to making great art.

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@RoguePersephone @Duhlorean98 I mean, you can't really not have deadspace because it must be adaptable to smaller formats, that's the issue. And we agree that it's an effective immersion tool, though I don't know about you, but I don't struggle immersing myself in films of any other format haha.

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@bertolucci101 @AFC_Monty_ Sorry, I didn't study ancient history. Take your antiquated archives and show them to someone who cares (if you can find them, that is).

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@DPWelles @Duhlorean98 Seems counter-productive. Say you want a close-up for an intimate moment. You must include dead space in the top or bottom of the frame, which makes the shot lose that intimacy. I don't see the artistic value in something like that.

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@bertolucci101 @AFC_Monty_

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@timmy_sax Huh? You're counting Spurs' old European trophies but not Arsenal's? Arsenal have two, so by your logic, they are not at the same level as Everton and Coventry.

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@Luislv45626 Praising Coogler for it was the dumb thing tbh.

[Sebastian O @SebMadeInChina]

@RoguePersephone @Duhlorean98 Yeah, I understand this, but my point is that it's purely an "experience" tool, as opposed to an artistic one. Kind of like the 3D fad of the 2010s. In fact it's art-limiting, because you get inherently less compositional control when 20% of your frame must have dead space.

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@bertolucci101 @AFC_Monty_ Arsenal lives rent free in your head bud. And there's no better way of proving they're relevant than by constantly posting about them. Good luck next season, hope to see you in the title race.