70mm film (or 65mm film) is a wide high-resolution film gauge for still and motion picture photography, with higher resolution than the standard 35mmmotion picture film format. As used in cameras, the film is 65mm (2.6in) wide. For projection, the original 65mm film is printed on 70mm (2.8in) film. The additional 5mm are for 4 magnetic strips holding six tracks of sound. Although later 70mm prints use digital sound encoding, the vast majority of existing and surviving 70mm prints predate this technology. Each frame is five perforations tall, with an aspect ratio of 2.20:1. The vast majority of cinemas are unable to handle 70mm film, and so original 70mm films are shown using either 35mm prints in the regular CinemaScope/Panavision aspect ratio of 2.35:1, or, in later years, by means of digital projectors at these venues.
History
Films formatted with a width of 70mm have existed since the early days of the motion picture industry. The first 70mm format film was most likely footage of the Henley Regatta, which was projected in 1896 and 1897, but may have been filmed as early as 1894. It required a specially built projector built by Herman Casler in Canastota, New York and had a ratio similar to full frame, with an aperture of 2.75 inches (70mm) by 2 inches (51mm). There were also several film formats of various sizes from 50 to 68mm which were developed from 1884 onwards, including Cinéorama (not to be confused with the entirely distinct "Cinerama" format), started in 1900 by Raoul Grimoin-Sanson. In 1914 the Italian Filoteo Alberini invented a panoramic film system utilising a 70mm wide film called Panoramica.
However, the much publicised choice of VistaVision, together with the fact that a lucky few audiences will get to see the film projected on immersive 70mm, bestows a kind of arthouse event movie ...
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20 absolutely unmissable films coming out in 2025. And it’s in the cinema where The Brutalist thrives – gorgeously shot on 70mm VistaVision stock to hit you with shock and awe from the opening scene.
Announced last year, the multimillion-dollar project reimagines the theater, which originally opened in 1995 and operated with 70mm film until its closure in 2017 ... It will reopen this year with foundation, private and county funding ... From left ... ....
The film, directed by Rakesh Roshan, catapulted Hrithik Roshan to instant stardom and introduced Ameesha Patel to millions ... “It feels nice that people want to see the film on 70mm againthey feel the film is important enough to be re-released.
Some said that in early 2020 when a film from South Korea triumphed at the Oscars... The film opens Jan. 10 in Chicago in several venues, with a 70mm presentation exclusively at the Music Box Theatre.
The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films ... "No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm.
The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films ... “No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm.
The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films ... “No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm.
AP FilmWriter... The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films ... “No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm.
The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films ... "No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm.
The film, about a Jewish artist in the aftermath of World War II, bears many connections to one of Brody’s most renown films, “The Pianist.” ... “No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm.
Baltimore Sun
11 Jan 2025
Baltimore Sun
11 Jan 2025