THE MUMMY uses a "graphic match cut" on the map to jump forward in time and seamlessly enter a new location.
By keeping the map as the visual anchor, the audience instantly understands the transition.
An elegant editing technique that compresses time and keeps the story moving.
The IMAX screen at Lincoln Center in NYC is literally worth traveling cross country to see. No joke.
To put it in context, here is the size compared to standard screens and the IMAX Christopher Nolan himself attends in LA:
If we can send people to space, we can figure out how to build more @IMAX 70mm projectors.
I keep hearing that new ones can’t be built because of the cost and how long it’s been since they were manufactured, but none of those explanations make much sense to me.
Every theater playing The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm is sold out. Demand is incredible with people driving hours or even flying to a theater.
You want to get more people into movie theaters? Give them an experience they cannot replicate at home. IMAX 70mm is that experience.
Obviously, not every movie should be shot in IMAX 70mm. Only very select films warrant it.
But adding more screens and projectors would also create opportunities to bring older movies back from time to time. There are so many films I’d love to experience again on a massive IMAX screen, but they’re rarely given the chance to return.