Being a Projectionist for Oppenheimer 70mm Film
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- What it takes to setup and run the 70mm film version of Oppenheimer.
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Man this video is going to blow up, there's not many good 70mm projectionist videos on youtube
It is a very lacking subject on TH-cam that’s for sure.
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2that's cool and all but nobody asked
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2who asked?
Can you please make more. Probably the last generation to see film until it’s extinct
blow up was a good choice of words
This was so fun to watch. Thanks for documenting this, Drew!
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Woooah! I didn’t know Cobus was a Nolan fan. Just when I thought Cob appreciating Atom Willard was the max height of his “relatable “cool factor””, I come across this comment.
A professional would be using white gloves to touch the components and film not greasy fingers like this guy.
People editing film commonly wear white scratch free gloves because they are dealing with picture which is going to be seen on the screen. I’m handling threading leader, which gets way more abuse getting threaded into the projector over and over again. I know how to handle film as I’ve been doing it for over 20 years.
@@calidude1114yeah professional let him know
As someone that ran 35 mm and 70 mm I applaud you, sir. I worked in the theater business for more than 17 years. I appreciate all you do and your videos.
No one calls anyone “sir” except indians. Are u indian? I doubt u are qualified
33 years for me in front of a projector. I ran a two Cinemeccanica Vic 8 35/70 operation with change-overs. We got a Barco 4K when they first came out but film was always being shown where I worked. Great to see film still keeping its special presence.
My best friend who sadly passed away years ago, was a projectionist back in the late 90's early 2000's and took me up into the booth a few times. This video brought back a lot of good memories and was fascinating. Thank you for that.
Christopher Nolan would be so proud of your care for his film and the work that gets put in to watch it how he meant for us to watch it. Thank you good sir!
Funny story…I would run film for Christopher Nolan when I use to work at Warner Bros. I stopped working there in 2015.
@@RadioactiveDrewthis video showed up on my feed and I see this comment, what a coincidence you worked at WB! I’m a projectionist over there right now. Really enjoyed your video Drew!
Dude! My whole family went to your 70mm showing at Bridgeport! Thanks for your commitment to making this the best it can be.
That's so awesome. Thanks for coming to see the show.
I drove 5 hours to Indianapolis a couple weeks ago (not my fav Nolan but still a special once in a lifetime experience) and plan on making another trip this weekend to see this in 15 70mm. I also plan on stopping by Chicago on the return home to see it in 70mm as well! Thank you for your work as projectionist and for enriching people’s lives and hopefully generations to come. Also please let IMAX know I am willing to sell my soul to see a screening of Interstellar!
@@Poopchute A few years ago, I didn't actually know or care who Christopher Nolan was but saw all the hype around Interstellar, so I decided to go watch it in 70mm for the heck of it (Esquire in Sacramento, if you're curious). Lifelong fan ever since that day. Just an unbelievable experience. Hans Zimmer's score destroyed my ears in the best possible way.
Ditto. I saw the closed caption on this video say Tigard Oregon and I just had to watch. We attended the show at Bridgeport as well. Thank you for showing behind the projection. I very much enjoyed this video.
@levihoff7923 glad you enjoyed the video and the 70mm film show.
I remember watching Oppenheimer on 70mm at AMC a few months ago, and the first time I saw it on 70mm, my jaw dropped of how beautiful it looks on 70mm, and ever since, I fell in love with the 70mm film format
70mm does have a pretty cool look to it. Digital can look pretty good as well but it looks different.
It's just crazy how much work actually goes on behind us a few feet up above while we get to relax and enjoy a film for 2-3 hours. Thanks for showcasing this Drew! Your efforts don't go unappreciated!
Glad you appreciate the effort.
Didn’t expect to see my local theater on this!! Saw Oppenheimer at the Tigard theater opening night in 70mm!! So proud to get the chance to personally thank you! 😁 the film wouldn’t have looked as amazing as it did if not for you!!
Thanks. I'm glad you got to witness my handy work firsthand.
I’m so jealous, I wish I could see the 70mm version somewhere..
I also live closeby!! Now I want to see it in 70mm more
I don’t understand…nothing shows the movie being 70mm at the Tigard theater’s website
@@EllieReagan just checked the regal app. It’s still available on there!
Very well done all the way around! Camera placements, lighting, close ups of a clean looking projector. And not letting the leader touch the floor. Roger would be very proud.
Good old Roger. Was nice of him to pass on my card to the right people at WB.
This was really beautifully filmed, the shots of the print running through the projection system were fantastic 🙂
It shows what a skill being a projectionist really is.
Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
As a kid the theatre was always such a magical place. I remember my dad taking me to see Lion King and Little Mermaid almost hundreds of times. I got to go up and see the projector and i just remember being fascinated that a strip of pictures made a film, and that i was watching drawings basically.
You went to Lion King and Little Mermaid over a hundred times?
@Nova-fh2et tis an exaggeration, just another way of saying we went many times. I do know that one week, we went to the movie theater everyday. So could it be hundreds? Possibly lol.
I had the Mt. Clemens drive in near by. Saw many movies there until it closed. The lion king, Down Periscope, Back to the Future parts 2&3, to name a few. They had a pair of carbon arc projectors, and the screen was one of the largest in Michigan I was told.
Thank you for documenting such an important and pivotal art of film history, it fascinates me all your process and seeing how fewer and fewer movies are being filmed in 70mm heartbreaks me. Hopefully the talk over Oppenheimer and the 70mm will ensure that this art and profession has a place in the future.
MyNameIsKayser - Sadly, it's not just 70 mm that is vanishing but ANY actual film projection. DVDs and Blu-rays are nice and it's a miracle how they can get an entire movie onto s 5-inch disk like that. But nothing beats being in a theater hearing the clackety-clack of the film gate as the film slips through at 24 frames per second and seeing the ever-so-slight flicker of the light on the screen as each frame is pushed through the film gate. It was only until I got my own 16mm projector that I finally realized the screen is actually dark longer than it's lit due to the film shutter that "blanks" the image for each frame while the film gate pushes the next frame into position.
@@wranglerboiwhy would you miss that? digital is literally higher quality
@@asdfoifhvjbkaos I love when people confidently spew out shit that is completely wrong
@@asdfoifhvjbkaos70mm film is among the most premium film formats out there. It outperforms 4k to the point where it isn’t even funny. 70mm film is THE gold standard in modern cinema. Because the film is expressed in pixels, the picture quality is 12K AT THE VERY LEAST (18K at the highest). The aspect ratio in a 70mm format is wider than a digital one as well. That’s literally more picture. So, yeah. YOU’RE WRONG.
@@strawberryboba970interesting, I will look this up now, never have I heard this before, thank you for the information 😊
Really appreciate you documenting this process. I attended a 35MM, a 70MM, and an IMAX 70MM screening to work on a big video myself about my experiences, and I think it's really important documenting how stuff like this works, especially today in the digital age.
I’m only 19 so film isn’t something I was around when I was growing up. But watching videos like this, watching videos about working with film and using film makes me hope that analogue formats like this never go away. Film, cassettes, vinyl records. All of that analogue stuff is so cool to me and this video just makes me love it even more.
Analog formats seem more real because you can hold them in your hands and directly interact with them. Hopefully film and other analog formats stick around for a while.
You're on the right track! Avoid superlatives & enjoy character. This can be richly rewarding.
This is bringing back a lot of memories from one of my first jobs as a projectionist 15+ years ago. Seeing you feed the film through makes me think I can do it just the same with my eyes closed!
It think most theater projectionists could still thread a film blindfolded upside down. It’s a weird muscle memory thing.
Back in the '80s I ran a pair of Century model C projectors that are basically the 35mm version of what you're using. individual reels, back before platters made it to most theatres. And carbon arc lighthouses.
It was the best job a young guy could have had.
Glad to see there are still a few places running film these days. It's becoming a lost skill.
I was an apprentice in 1971 and assigned to a journeyman projectionist at the now long extinct Monaco Drive In, in Denver, CO. The Monaco had Century Model C 35/70mm projectors that were old then but ran perfectly. They even had the 70mm parts that would replace the 35 mm like this video showed. I remember hearing that the Monaco had only one film engagement in 70mm in its 40 year history.
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Glad to have you here.
Hardcore nostalgia watching this! I was a 35mm projectionist for about four years before our local second run theater shut down in 2016. Thanks for sharing!
No problem. Thanks for watching. Seems like a lot of people that use to do projection are finding this video.
As a Tigard native, hat tip to you for getting the pronunciation right! I watched Oppenheimer in 70mm at that exact theatre yesterday and I absolutely loved it.
Nice. I knew someone that use to live in this area. So that’s how I know how to say it correctly.
Thats not the 70mm 15 perf is it? Maybe its explained in the video but i missed it.
@@tortuga7160 This is the regular 70mm print, not 15/70 used in IMAX
Standard 5/70 has the soundtrack on the film (Oppenheimer is in DTS) and runs vertically through the projector. 15/70 IMAX syncs to a data DVD for the soundtrack, and runs horizontally. I would watch either format any chance I got, both are gorgeous!
20 years ago a few of my friends from high school were working at a movie theater and I ended up hanging out at the movie theater a fair amount of time. I got the chance to go up to the projectionist booth a bunch of times, always thought it was a cool experience up there. Whoever was working would show me how all the machines work and all that. The theater has since been closed, remodeled and turned into a church.
Shame it turned into something thats useless.
Out of curiosity, what city?
I had this same experience back in High School, the projection room was awesome, I think I saw part of the first Men in Black from the projector room.
What an honor this must be.
Maybe the the spirits of the films still wanders around the church HAHAHA
Hi neighbor, I was a projectionist at the Lake twin running 35mm prints on 3 platters for each projectors for double features back in the day. Never had the privilege to run 70mm, and was long gone by the time the digital became standard for many of the theaters. The last digital film I watched in a theaters had issues with the DRM and connection for the license, so the film was delayed 40 minutes. There are advantages to a physical print. The 35mm we had were shipped in double reel 40 minute boxes.
The oldest technology I had the pleasure of running was a single auditorium running 20 minute enclosed reals with the rollers on the projector, the velocity damper, and the last resort the chain by the door to drop the fire doors for the event of a reel catching fire. Yes the lamp houses were carbon arc powered by the motor generators in the basement. Somehow I miss running the carbon arcs.
I've replaced my share of the Xenon short arc lamps, as they generally need replaced annually. Have only experiences one catastrophic bulb failure. Those high pressure bulbs do go off with a bang. Maybe some time I'll drop in and say hi.
If my memory holds, I think I watched Top Gun and The gods must be crazy there.
I read somewhere that because of the huge influx of people wanting to see this in 70mm that IMAX is going to expand film projection across its businesses. With there currently only being 19 70mm cinemas in the US, thank you so much for showing us this side of it!
Do the ones with dual rotors I think it’s called (it shows it in 3d)!!!
We have a 70 mm cinema in our village (one of two in Denmark). It was my intention to watch the Oppenheimer movie in 70 mm, but unfortunately the owner/operator of the cinema, who is also a big 70 mm enthusiast, had health issues. The last 70 mm film I have watched in our cinema is therefore Nolan's Dunkirk. I must still say that the Oppenheimer movie shown in IMAX was a great experience. Thanks for a great video :)
Did you watch Oppenheimer in Imax?
@@JediKnight207 A good question. There are so many different concepts and techniques associated with IMAX that I'm actually a bit unsure. The cinema in question is one of two IMAX venues in Denmark (so-called 2D Digital IMAX), but the Oppenheimer film is only partly recorded with IMAX 65 mm cameras. There are also several different aspect ratios associated with IMAX.
@@Hvitserk67just for info, Imperial Bio in Vesterbro shows it in 70mm. Saw it there 3 days ago
@@thijskennis8757 Supposedly 70mm non-IMAX. Only 30 cinemas across the world got 15 perf 70mm IMAX reels, which is equivalent to an 18K digital picture. 70mm in Gentofte Kino and Imperial should be 70mm, but due to it being non-IMAX the digital resolution equivalent is about 12K. A huge upgrade from digital 4K to be fair!
I have yet to see the film myself, but I'm hoping to do it ASAP.
Watching it in 15/70 imax tomorrow , one of the biggest screens in the world too
This is totally awesome. I worked as projectionist back in the early 1990s and everything you showed brought back countless memories. It funny to think splicing the trailers with the tap and everything is pretty much the same as it was 30 years ago. Watching the film as it run through the projector and back onto the platter made me think of the first time threading a film. Awesome stuff thanks for sharing.
Yeah, not much has changed on that end.
Many years ago, I was a projectionist (35mm) for a Drive-in theater in Angola, NY and in an indoor house during the winter months. I enjoyed watching your story immensely. Thank you. Just as a bit of background we used old Century heads with carbon arc lamps. Pretty cool old stuff... I remember "watching" MASH 45 times, Love Story over 40 times, Woodstock over 40 times and Gone with the Wind more than I care to admit LOL....
Being a projectionist can be a very cool job...when everything is working as it should. Can be a nightmare when it goes bad. But there are plenty of amazing moments. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Oh man, this is so cool. I’m a huge analog film nerd and I was actually cast as a background scientist in this movie so got to closely watch Nolan and Hoyte work together. Best MasterClass ever. It would be an absolute dream to have a 70mm film cell of me around the 1 hour 58 minute mark!
I used to own some independent cinemas and I was a film booker/buyer for a number of screens. I ran my own booths at my 35 mm twin screen. This was just the best seeing you working so professionally at your craft. I share your love of motion picture exhibition.
I watched Oppenheimer in 70mm yesterday and it was the first time I saw a movie in 70mm, actually the first time I saw a movie on film at all. The image quality was just mind bending at easily the best picture I've ever seen.
The dedication to your tradecraft is one I can relate to and should always be applauded 👍🏼
Finally getting around to catching up on any/all of the 'I was there' TH-cams from Oppenheimer. Great job! I was BL&S operator in STL [also for Dunkirk, H8]. My setup is same as yours, save for Strong console instead of Christie. One other twist; I was one of few lucky venues to get a print on 3 three shipping reels and a 'platter loading device' contraption to put the whole thing together. It did not go smoothly, but we got it done. Long story. MUCH prefer the single large split shipping reel.
Your booth looks very modern and clean. We've had housekeeping issues at our location, with change of ownership between H8 and Dunkirk, the last of the regular projectionist[s] being kicked out, water main break in the ceiling in winter of '22, etc.. But we cleaned up our area as best we could and had a great 8 week run. Cheers, and great work again.
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FWIW, I started my projectionists career back in .... 1978. Before H8, last worked in the booth in 2004.
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I’m going into film at IU and this is an eye opener on how projectors work, it’s fascinating yet hella complicated unless you know what you’re doing. I didn’t even know trailers had to be attached to the film reel. Such fascinating stuff
Yeah, it’s good to learn the exhibition side of filmmaking.
I figured they just ran a second 35mm or digital projector for playing the commercials.
Some locations were playing trailers on a digital projector and then switching over to the 70mm film. Thankfully I didn’t have to deal with all that switching and have only been running the film.
Drew this video and editing are a work of art. Your soundtrack just adds and it's amazing the work that's been put into a 20min video. Incredible, I came for the raidoligical stuff, this was unexpected!
I’m glad you liked it even though it was a little outside of what I regularly do.
watched Oppenheimer yesterday at the san antonio 70mm location near the alamo. ive never seen an imax movie nonetheless 70mm, but it was INCREDIBLE. i wrote a paper on oppenheimer’s life my sophomore year of college so the movie was amazing, but the film!! ive never seen a screen that large be so clear and captivating. thanks for your work man
This is how movies should be shown, in 35 mm and 70 mm, not in digital. When they started to show movies in digital it was when the real movies died. You are a real hero of the movies. Thank you for this great video!
I’m glad you like the video. I want to make another video about the realities of film projection out in a theater environment. The way I was showing this 70mm Oppenheimer print wasn’t the way they use to show prints in theaters. I worked for a couple years as a theater projectionist and most theaters showed prints in absolutely terrible conditions. As much as I love the look of film and enjoy running it. Digital was a great way to somewhat standardize the process.
I watched in in 70mm in New Orleans and found it just as cool as the movie that they even printed trailers when they didn't need to. At first I though they just stuck on some old trailers that they had stored away in a desk drawer or something, but was delighted to see the (studio I presume) print new trailers for the movie when they didn't really need to. I saw the movie in 5/70 the Friday it opened, then drove up to Dallas to see it in IMAX 70mm.
Yeah the trailers are new. The Holdovers trailer looks like it’s an old movie which is funny. Then a new Exorcist trailer.
WHOA! This is where I came to see it opening night! I’ve actually seen the movie 5 times now. Twice in 70mm and three times in IMAX. Funny enough, I actually work for a Cinemark in Portland, but we don’t have any film projectors so I came to Tigard. I’m so happy that this is still an option for cinema. What a wonderful skill you get to partake in
Love seeing this… thank you for making.
This was so satisfying to watch, great work!
Very cool to see some of what goes into Oppenheimer from this perspective. Thanks for making this!
I was just recommended and saw this TH-camr Patrick Tomasso’s video on why it’s breaking IMAX, and now this. TH-cam is really perfecting is recommended algorithm, but I love that it’s with talented people. Lovely 😊
Glad you enjoyed the video and that YT recommended it.
Thank you so much for posting this…it is freaking amazing!
Thank you so much for documenting! I really enjoyed.
I discovered your channel by accident, and I’m really glad I did. You have a new subscriber brother. This is really fascinating work and a dying art. Massive respect to you. Thank you for showing us this process
Thank you for your dedication to keeping film alive and running a great show for the audience. I have seen Oppenheimer 3 times now, once in 70mm and twice in IMAX and I really appreciate the work projectionists do.
Great video! Very informative and entertaining. Incredibly well shot! Thanks for sharing!
What a fascinating video. Bravo!
This was fascinating. The amount of effort, money, and time to provide the audience with such perfection is so much appreciated. This is like watching magic happen. Thanks for documenting this process and showing us how it's accomplished.
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
This was special. Thank you for sharing such a thorough behind the scenes walk through of a dying art.
You’re welcome.
Cool video! Nice to see you post this to show your passion in what you do and love!
What a great video thank you. Appreciate you taking the time to keep this wonderful art in our minds and hearts. Hopefully alive as well!
Oh man, you're such a great projectionist. Appreciate all your hard work so much. God bless you! Long live Cinema!
This video is for me a piece of art. I really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing this process. I'd love to show it to my kids 10 years from now when film might be less than it currently is, and when they are old enough to appreciate it.
Damn this is so amazing! Well done 👏🏼
This was dope. Thank you for this
I’m a huge cinema fan. I only recently discovered your channel. This is a surprise to me that you’re a projectionist. I think it’s really amazing that Christopher Nolan still fights so hard to both shoot and exhibit on film. Being from Rochester, NY (the birthplace of Kodak), I feel a sense of pride watching this. I loved the film by the way, excellent all the way around.
Thanks for going through explaining such complex machine. As a cinema nerd, I love these videos. Thank you man.
Crazy culmination of over a century of film projection technology. And with so much film exposed to the air at every given moment, that room must have to be near clean room specifications. Super cool video, thanks.
The booth that I'm in is kept very clean. I've been in others that were the total other direction...very dirty.
This was really interesting. Thank you for sharing this.
Never had any idea that this was so complicated especially adding in previews and how many rollers, loops, and turns that film makes. Love the mechanics of it and it truly is an art form! Bravo!
What an interesting view into your job! Thank you for sharing!
This is just a temporary job. Last time I ran 70mm film was 6 years ago.
Awesome! The hero we needed!
Enjoyed thus behind the scenes video! Thank you, Sir!
just want to express my gratitude for those out there such as yourself. I'm 26 and consider myself extremely lucky to live within an hour driving distance to have seen the hateful eight roadshow (still got my program) and Oppenheimer in 70mm here in the midwest. thank you for keeping the dream alive I appreciate you so much
This is a phenomenal documentary! Thank you for doing this, and props on the quality of the shots, composition, editing, music choices, etc… That all enriches an already priceless look behind the scenes at such a fascinating role in the entertainment industry! 🙏
Thanks, glad you enjoy it.
This was such a cool video to watch. Always wondered about this stuff
AMAZING!
THANK YOU!
YOUR PASSION SHINES!
I used to work at Australia's largest drive in and we had the old 70mm projector still in the protection booth. Sadly it was out of commission but it was rather cool to see one in person. Now I get to see how one operates thankyou for sharing history with us
Wow, that was fascinating to watch. All those spools and sprockets and how you’re able to keep it all straight is quite impressive. Thanks for the behind-the-scenes look!👍🏻
No problem, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video, from one film guy to another. Thanks so much!
The conception, design, manufacture and operation of these machines blows my mind.
Fantastic video! I loved both the behind-the-scenes looks at setting up the 70mm film, and your commentary on the movie itself. Having worked briefly at Oak Ridge (ORNL) about 40 years ago, I still have a deep appreciation for the challenges of radiation, and the effort that went into the Manhattan Project.
I’m glad you liked it. I’ve had very positive reactions on my content from people that work in the nuclear industry.
As an applied media artist 12:35 is the beginning to the most beautiful montage of the film running at 24fps. My favorite part is how you can see what is playing on the film on the spools but the image is blurry and smudged only in front of the projector with the shutter can you see the clear picture.
Appreciate your Work!!! Thank you for sharing what it is you do Best!!!🎥🎥🎬
It always a pleasure to see someone who cares about showing the film at work. You are a true artsain. Great video. Looking forward your next ones.
Thanks.
Really loved the insight into how a film reel is delivered, set up and tested beforehand. I’d’ve just assumed everything was mostly digital after post-production, but seeing the mechanics of reel projection up close and learning how well maintained you keep it (especially the bulb change part) makes me appreciate the unspoken heroes that bring us our cinema experiences to us. Great video!
Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Most theaters 100% digital. Running film like this is pretty rare.
Loved the vid! loved the movie! thanks for posting this i really enjoyed seeing your side of the work being done :D
thanks for documenting your lives work
This is so cool Drew! Never knew any of that about you. Huge respect for this profession, thank you for the behind the scenes look at everything that goes into it.
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Yeah, I agree; never knew he did this….very cool!
Thanks for a fascinating look inside the booth. Large format film in intriguingly so old-school yet in other ways so cutting edge. Professionals make it look so effortless it's easy to overlook the countless details that go into that 'effortlessness'.
The observations about the movie itself were also interesting. I'll have to check out Manhattan. The only other drama I've seen about the project was Fat Man and Little Boy. It had a slight TV movie feel to it, and they took liberties, but not HUGE liberties (afaik). Paul Newman as a svelte Lesley Groves & Dwight Schultz as JRO both did justice to the script and their characters.
This was so fun to watch. Thanks for documenting this, Drew!. This was so fun to watch. Thanks for documenting this, Drew!.
Interesting video. Definitely worth watching.
A really outstanding video, Drew! You perfectly captured what it is like to run and project 70mm film, a format that I think is superior to IMAX and is still the very best projection format that has ever existed. Truly great to see you take such great care of the print as well as care of the projector as well.
Thanks.
When I was in elementary school, I was always the kid who set up the 16 mm reel to reel movie projector when the teacher was going to show us a movie. I was good at threading the film and getting the correct tension. But man, this is next level stuff. So very cool! Thanks for showing the process of setting this up.
@loismiller2830 - Me, too! Loved every opportunity to do it. I still have my own 16mm projector and several full-length films. Love the clackety-clack sound the projector makes. It sounds "Real".
Wow this was amazing to watch 👏! Thanks so much for documenting this important part of film history 🎞️ 🙏!
This is the most interesting video I've seen in a while! Always great to see such an interesting job and perspective on cinema and science.
Drew, first off, exceptional production of this video. as I learned from some of your previous videos, it’s really neat to see you going back to your roots and having the opportunity to run a machine like this especially since it is focused on the content of your channel. I have been waiting for this film for about a year now, and I have my tickets for the IMAX version on Thursday. Thank you for what you do 👊🏼
Glad you enjoyed the video. It was nice to share something like this with my audience here on the channel.
I'm curious what differences there are in format and presentation between the IMAX experience and the one we saw here?
There are a couple videos about IMAX film projection.
Huge respect to Drew and other film projectionists out there around the world who’s doing the at most brilliant work behind the scenes and contributing to a beautiful and memorable experience.
You are the last piece that completes the “filmmaking”puzzle! 🫡 📽️🎞️
Projectionists are the final step in the filmmaking process. I think most filmmakers and especially producers see us as a necessary evil.
I used to be friends with people who worked on these film cameras in Vancouver British Columbia. And being a Hasselblad user I also had a 70 mm magazine for both film and they used to give me their extra bits of leftover film they had no use for. It was quite a hoot to be shooting on a 250 ASA Kodachrome film stock
Nice. I have a 6x7 Pentax camera that I have yet to put some film through.
@RadioactiveDrew the Pentax 6 X7 is a really fine camera with a lot of great stuff. It's a little easier to use than Hasselblad because it is a pentaprism camera, and that makes it a little less stable then one should use with a traditional waist-level finder. It's also heavy as Sin but there is some amazing glass available for it like I believe it 800 m m f 6.7 with Ed glass
The Pentax 6x7 does have a mirror lockup to keep it from moving when a shot is taken.
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
No problem.
This was great! It's a dying art that you are still rockin my man!!
My father was at Trinity. He gave me pieces of trinitite about 1950 ( I was 5), then a couple years later, it disappeared. Later he said it all been recalled.
I’ve never heard of it being recalled.
That’s absolutely an art form. Thank you for posting this; hopefully it will give more people an appreciation for how special attending a 70mm IMAX screening really is.
I’m sure true lovers of the medium like Chris Nolan appreciate it as well!
Any idea how much shipping a print like that costs a studio? What happens after the run of the movie? Who pays to ship it back?
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this.
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
thank you man perfect timing i just stated watching last week and to see this side of you is epic
As someone who used to work in a movie theatre (including Projectionist), and also worked for the DOE, this is a uniquely interesting video to me. I'm debating on taking my trinitrate with me to see Oppenheimer.
@inonehand - only someone who works with film will understand the trinitrate reference!
It may give you a tough time for you to put it to projector but that 70mm format is very rare like you have touched a diamond. To see something like that again with is gonna be a long time. I hope you enjoyed & appreciate that rare 70mm comes to your theater.
Thank you so much for sharing the behind the scenes video. I got to witness this in Dallas and it was pretty amazing experience.
This was awesome, thanks for making this
No problem. Thanks for watching.
I'm so bummed I won't get to experience this film in 70mm; the closest theaters to where I'm at are too darn far. That being said, it was amazing to see the amount of care and effort that goes into classic movie magic. Thanks for sharing the journey!
No problem. Glad you like watching it.