Christopher Nolan deserves to win the Oscar for his epic biopic Oppenheimer, not only for his brilliant filmmaking but also for all his contributions to cinema. Nolan’s film singlehandedly revived one art that took backstage when digital filmmaking became popular. It was the Interstellar director who made IMAX popular among cine-goers and gave back jobs to many IMAX projectionists with his latest film.
Christopher Nolan using the IMAX camera on the Oppenheimer set
Kodak, the famous photography company, nearly discontinued their IMAX films, before Nolan interfered. The Tenet director pushed for the IMAX 1570 mm format in his films, while IMAX chief quality officer David Keighley convinced Kodak to keep making it. Nolan saw the future in it and Oppenheimer has now shown exactly what that looks like.
Christopher Nolan Revived The Lost Art of IMAX Projection With His Film Oppenheimer
The Trinity Test scene in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer...
Christopher Nolan using the IMAX camera on the Oppenheimer set
Kodak, the famous photography company, nearly discontinued their IMAX films, before Nolan interfered. The Tenet director pushed for the IMAX 1570 mm format in his films, while IMAX chief quality officer David Keighley convinced Kodak to keep making it. Nolan saw the future in it and Oppenheimer has now shown exactly what that looks like.
Christopher Nolan Revived The Lost Art of IMAX Projection With His Film Oppenheimer
The Trinity Test scene in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer...
- 3/10/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Digital filmmaking and projection have been how we experience movies in theaters since the early 2000s. In fact, 12 years ago Kodak was very close to discontinuing IMAX 1570mm film in the face of the changed cinema landscape. But director Christopher Nolan, along with IMAX’s chief quality officer, David Keighley, and his wife, IMAX chief quality guru Patricia Keighley, convinced Kodak to keep making it because they saw a future in it. Since then, Nolan and IMAX have worked together to make and present films using the 1570 format, including “The Dark Knight,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk,” and “Tenet.” But “Oppenheimer” has ushered in the vintage technology’s renaissance.
If you were one of the lucky ones who saw “Oppenheimer” at the Tcl Chinese Theatre last summer, I was one of the projectionists running it and bore witness to it becoming the highest-grossing in the theater’s history. Much...
If you were one of the lucky ones who saw “Oppenheimer” at the Tcl Chinese Theatre last summer, I was one of the projectionists running it and bore witness to it becoming the highest-grossing in the theater’s history. Much...
- 2/17/2024
- by Charles Moss
- Indiewire
Christopher Nolan has been an analog guru and a large-format IMAX advocate since at least “The Dark Knight.” After shooting substantial portions of “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk, and “Tenet” on 65mm in 15-perf IMAX, he now brings to theaters the epic “Oppenheimer” in the format, which offers 10 times the resolution of standard projection formats.
“IMAX film is the highest resolution film that’s ever been used, but it had never been used in Hollywood films until ‘Dark Knight,’” said Nolan. “I’d seen IMAX films in museums and was fascinated about it as a kid and used the fact that I was doing a [Batman] sequel to negotiate with the studio about using it as a camera.”
With “Interstellar,” which began Nolan’s integral collaboration with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, the director grew increasingly experimental with the IMAX camera, culminating with his most daring use yet on “Oppenheimer,” the biopic thriller about...
“IMAX film is the highest resolution film that’s ever been used, but it had never been used in Hollywood films until ‘Dark Knight,’” said Nolan. “I’d seen IMAX films in museums and was fascinated about it as a kid and used the fact that I was doing a [Batman] sequel to negotiate with the studio about using it as a camera.”
With “Interstellar,” which began Nolan’s integral collaboration with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, the director grew increasingly experimental with the IMAX camera, culminating with his most daring use yet on “Oppenheimer,” the biopic thriller about...
- 7/19/2023
- by Bill Desowitz and Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
It’s no secret that Christopher Nolan made “ Oppenheimer ” to be seen on the big screen. But not all big screens are created equal.
That’s part of the reason why Universal Pictures has made “Oppenheimer” tickets available early for over a thousand “premium large format” (or Plf) screens, with options including IMAX 70mm, 70mm, IMAX digital, 35mm, Dolby Cinema and more.
Knowing that even those words can get overwhelming and technical, Nolan went a step further: In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, he offered a guide to his favorite formats, explaining why it matters and even where he likes to sit so that audiences don’t feel like they need a film school degree (or one in theoretical physics) before settling on a theater.
“You rarely get the chance to really talk to moviegoers directly about why you love a particular format and why if they can...
That’s part of the reason why Universal Pictures has made “Oppenheimer” tickets available early for over a thousand “premium large format” (or Plf) screens, with options including IMAX 70mm, 70mm, IMAX digital, 35mm, Dolby Cinema and more.
Knowing that even those words can get overwhelming and technical, Nolan went a step further: In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, he offered a guide to his favorite formats, explaining why it matters and even where he likes to sit so that audiences don’t feel like they need a film school degree (or one in theoretical physics) before settling on a theater.
“You rarely get the chance to really talk to moviegoers directly about why you love a particular format and why if they can...
- 6/1/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
IMAX has promoted David Keighley to the newly created role of chief quality officer, the company announced on Tuesday. Keighley will be responsible for maintaining the company's standards as it continues to see more and more feature films such as "Tintin" and the next "Mission Impossible" sequel undergo conversions to its format. “My passion for raising the bar for our talented filmmakers will carry on and I am confident that the IMAX team will continue to offer premium cinematic experiences as we near almost half a century of astounding our audiences," Keighley...
- 3/8/2011
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
For The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan filmed approximately 28 minutes of the film in IMAX. However, many were hoping with The Dark Knight Rises that Nolan would film the entire movie in IMAX, but that has unfortunately been dismissed (here). Although, we can expect to see more scenes this time around.
In an interview with Collider, executive vice-president of IMAX David Keighley revealed that Nolan will be shooting more scenes for his final Batman film (here). “There were be more IMAX in The Dark Knight Rises than was in The Dark Knight,” he said. It’s uncertain how much will be shot, but a new, smaller camera is being developed that would allow Nolan to shoot more of the film. Keighley also mentions the film could be released along with The Dark Knight in select IMAX theaters. However, that’s also uncertain at this point.
In an interview with Collider, executive vice-president of IMAX David Keighley revealed that Nolan will be shooting more scenes for his final Batman film (here). “There were be more IMAX in The Dark Knight Rises than was in The Dark Knight,” he said. It’s uncertain how much will be shot, but a new, smaller camera is being developed that would allow Nolan to shoot more of the film. Keighley also mentions the film could be released along with The Dark Knight in select IMAX theaters. However, that’s also uncertain at this point.
- 12/24/2010
- by Matt Keith
- Killer Films
David Keeley, Head of Digital Re-Mastering at IMAX, has also revealed that Nolan's next and final Bat-film will have "many more" scenes shot in the coveted IMAX format. Production is set to start on director Christopher Nolan's next Batman film in the Spring of 2011, with a release date of July 20th, 2012 scheduled by Warner Bros. The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Micheal Caine and Tom Hardy. One of the most beloved scenes from it's predecessor, The Dark Knight, was it's opening bank robbery scene; which was filming using IMAX cameras. Today, the head of Digital Re-Mastering at IMAX, David Keighley, has revealed a few details about Rises and it's future with IMAX. - In total, The Dark Knight contained twenty-eight minutes of IMAX footage; the production team is...
- 12/22/2010
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
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