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BFI IMAX London - New Feb '09 Screenings

PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:02 pm
by OWC
Following on from the two January screenings, here are three more late-nighters:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/blade_run ... gital_15_1

Fri 20 Feb 23:59
Sat 21 Feb 23:59
Fri 27 Feb 23:30

:D

Edit: or maybe this should be in "News"? Feel free to move it.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:57 pm
by Kipple
Thanks for the heads up!

I posted it on the Off-World News.

:D

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:35 am
by nails6365
Excuse me for being thick, is it a standard print shown in IMAX, or has it been converted to IMAX for this theatre?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:47 pm
by OWC
nails6365 wrote:Excuse me for being thick, is it a standard print shown in IMAX, or has it been converted to IMAX for this theatre?


Standard print I assume...they're calling it a "Digital Cinema Presentation" rather than "IMAX Experience". Would it even be possible to convert Blade Runner to IMAX?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:42 am
by martinland
OWC wrote:Would it even be possible to convert Blade Runner to IMAX?


With what I've read about IMAX so far in mind I'd say:

Convert yes, UP-convert, no:

True (analogue) IMAX is 10000 x 7000 pixels (yes, boys and girls, it's true: the world's best resolution longest running film format, until they will downgrade it to digital ;-), Blade Runner Final Cut has been produced at 4000 pixels wide, if I'm not mistaken.

So there's a huge difference still, it would look soft projected to the full width of the IMAX screen (which they never do with movie conversion anyway - correct me anybody if I'm wrong) and you would have to letterbox the film on the IMAX screen, which is poor showmanship at best...

Bye,
Martin

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:03 am
by Blade Runner IV
I've booked my tickets to go on the 21st :)