I’ve seen SW8:TLJ and Dunkirk in iMax at the Charlotte Discovery Place, which is like a ginormous planetarium. It’s pretty overwhelming, have to constantly turn your head like watching a tennis match just to follow the action.
Article mentions that there are only 3 Cinerama theaters left.... Sent from my iPad > On Jan 22, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it was 1955, you were gobsmacked. In some ways it is more immersive than > other wide screen formats. But there is a sweet spot for Cinerama viewing, > in my opinion. If you’re not there, you are not getting the surround, > peripheral experience. Even the single-lens Cinerama films, which were 70mm > slightly anamorphic have this property. > > But if you are in those sweet seats, it is very kinetic. Can even be a > little disorienting. > > But it is also primitive in some respects. > > It was all very HI FI at one time. > > Similar multi-panel films were used at world’s fairs, exhibitions, etc. > > Worth seeing, if you can ever be in the right place at the right time. > > I saw a screening of HOW THE WEST WAS WON about five or six years ago at the > Pacific Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. A lot of fun. A gathering of the > faithful. But we were a little off to the right. OK, but not really in the > "sweet spot." > > Kirby McDaniel > >> On Jan 22, 2018, at 12:57 PM, MPC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Cinerama, compared to iMax or other non-standard format, see article >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jan 22, 2018, at 11:07 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Mel, >>> What do you mean, a "cinema movie?" >>> >>> Kirby McDaniel >>> >>>> On Jan 22, 2018, at 8:29 AM, MoviePoster Collectors >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/movies/long-before-imax-the-curious-tale-of-cinerama.html >>>> >>>> So, if you've seen a Cinema movie, how does it compare? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mel S. Hutson >>>> Charlotte, NC USA >>>> www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and >>>> Showcase >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>>> >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
