Nolan is a fan of the big screen format, which he has used in Dunkerque, Interstellar, the films of The Knight of the Night and Tenet, as well as extensively in Oppenheimer.
The Odyssey (The Odyssey) of Christopher Nolanthe epic version of the director of Oppenheimer Of the classical Greek myth, it will be filmed entirely with IMAX cameras, a novelty for a commercial feature film.
Nolan is a large screen format fan, who has used in Dunkerque, Interstellarthe movies of The Knight of the Night and Tenetas well as extensively in Oppenheimer. But, until now, shooting a complete feature film with the famous IMAX cameras, large, noisy and difficult to handle, it was impracticable. Until now.
After the success of Oppenheimerwhich raised more than 190 million dollars on IMAX screens, approximately 20 percent of its total collection, Nolan challenged the company to improve its cameras, to make them lighter and silent and silent and solve the problems with the scan and processing of the 70mm film of the cameras, to allow him to easily see the newspapers while filming.
“Chris called me and said: ‘If you find the solution to the problems, we will do [The Odyssey] 100% in IMAX ‘. And that’s what we are doing, ”he said Rich GelfondExecutive Director of IMAX, during the company’s annual press lunch in Cannes on Thursday. “It forced us to rethink that aspect of our business: our film recorders, our film cameras.”
As reported, the new IMAX cameras are 30 % quieter – so the infamous scenes of dialogues turned off in Nolan’s films could be a thing of the past – and much lighter. Gelfond said that new scan and film processing techniques will allow faster delivery of daily shots.
Demand for IMAX cameras in current cinema
The new cameras are reserved for Nolan for now, but after The Odyssey ends, IMAX will begin to rent them to other directors.
There should be a lot of demand. Gelfond highlighted the “record figure” of films that will be released in 2025 that rolled at least some scenes with IMAX cameras or were “filmed for IMAX” with approved cameras for IMAX, including SINNERS of Ryan Coogler, Impossible mission: final sentencestarring Tom Cruisewhich premiered in IMAX in Cannes on Wednesday night, and F1the next racing movie of Joseph Kosinskistarring Brad Pitt.
Narniathe next fantasy film of Greta Gerwigwill be shot in IMAX, although Gelford said that it is not yet clear if the director of Barbie It will use IMAX cameras for some scenes. Netflix He has signed a global agreement with IMAX, which gives them an exclusive 28 -day exhibition period for Narnia in cinemas before its premiere on the streaming platform.
Source: Ambito
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