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Topic: Interstellar locations running in 70MM
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Marcel Birgelen
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From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-13-2014 05:09 AM
quote: Allan Young
The screen isn't nearly big enough for the size of the auditorium unfortunately, and if you take Leo's advice and sit in the front circle you'll be charged a whopping £22.50 for the privilege. I'd suggest the mid stalls area and even there the sightlines aren't ideal.
Last time for me must be about 6 years ago, so I don't know if they dramatically changed their interior since then. I've had seats in the "Royal Circle" or whatever they call it once. The distance to the screen isn't optimal from those uber-expensive seats and you're looking down to the screen at quite an angle. It will only increase once you go further back on the balcony. So, I would not spend those extra pounds for some balcony seat. Last time I was there, I went for "stalls" and I liked it much more. You need to look up to the screen, obviously, but I was sitting much closer for the screen.
Sure, such a cinema is much more than just the movie, the whole "entourage" is quite extraordinary. But since you're going for a unique 5/70mm experience, you should get closer to the screen than usual, not further away ![[Wink]](wink.gif) .
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Jim Cassedy
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From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 10-20-2014 12:33 PM
In regards to a question about getting Intersteller German language disks:
quote: Carsten Kurz
that's the whole idea of the DTS disc system.
I agree, but apparently there's a discrepancy between the idea and the implementation.
I know a theater owner here in San Francisco whose venue is in a location
with a large Asian population. He did good business whenever he played
movies from Hong Kong or Singapore in their original language.
But with American movies- - no so much so.
Many customers, who have limited English skills, inquired why he couldn't
get Asian language dubbed versions of major American films, which they
knew existed because the dubbed versions were playing in foreign cities.
But almost every time he tried to get Cantonese, Mandarin or some other foreign
language DTS disks (which we knew existed) for a major hollywood movie, he was
told by the distributors that "those disks were only licensed for use outside the USA".
Occasionally there was an exception to this rule but about 98% of
the time he could only get the English language soundtrack disks.
One of the reasons he put DTS, instead of Dolby Digital, at that location
was because it was marketed as making it 'easy' to play the same film
in multiple languages. While this was true technically, it wasn't in practicality.
For awhile he was pretty pissed, because he felt he'd been lied to by DTS's
advertising and sales reps. To be fair, although DTS did claim that you could
'PLAY' multiple language disks, they never really said anywhere in their
marketing materials that you could actually GET them.
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Marcel Birgelen
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From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-20-2014 06:11 PM
quote: Leo Enticknap
They'll be making foreign language dubbed versions of the DTS 5.1 audio for markets that prefer them anyway, and so the cost of burning the odd copy onto discs for 6D playback or XD-10 ingestion would be close to zero, I'd have thought.
It's not just burning discs off-course, you also need to encode it. Run the necessary quality controls on it, etc. But I forgot about the 35mm release, which will probably also get a DTS/Datasat release and German language discs, so it's probably not just a single copy.
quote: Paul Gordon
While at the AMIA confrence I talked to a Fotokem lab guy. A total of 12 70mm 5-perf prints were made.
USA 70MM 5/70
• CA, Hollywood, ArcLight Cinerama Dome
• CA, Oakland, Renaissance Grand Lake
• GA, Atlanta, CineBistro at Town Brookhaven
• MN, Plymouth, Willow Creek 12
• NY, New York, Bow Tie Ziegfeld
• NY, New York, City Cinemas Cinema 1
• TX, Arlington, Studio Movie Grill
• TX, Austin, Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
• TX, Dallas, Look Cinemas
• TX, Dallas, Studio Movie Grill Royal Lane
INTERNATIONAL 5/70
• Berlin, ZOO Palast
• Copenhagen, Imperial Bio
• London, Odeon Leicester Sq, London
• Milan, Arcadia Cinema
The source.
So, at least two locations have to share a print? Or are there other labs involved? Or is this list incorrect?
quote: Carsten Kurz
Germans are good in booting, but not in accepting foreign language films. Given the cost, premiere location and booking condition for this 70mm print, even in Berlin it is hard to assume that showing an OV or even subtitled version would make sense economically.
CineStar is running an entire multiplex in Berlin in "Original". Sure, Berlin is quite a large market with many foreigners. But, there are quite a lot of Germans flocking to Dutch and even Belgian cinemas in the border regions. Somehow I have the feeling the market for "OV" especially in urban areas is grossly underestimated at times. And times are also changing, people now often have the opportunity to choose their language at home, even on digital broadcasts and not just on DVDs and Blu Rays. I still remember those dual language broadcasts abusing stereo on German National TV and even subtitles via "Videotex(t)" (thank the Queen and BBC for that ), some early stereo sets couldn't handle it and you were stuck with two languages playing simultaneously.
Still, the only things improved by German dubbing are campy 80s TV series like The A-Team and Knight Rider .
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, its too bad that the Varsity in Toronto is not playing the movie in 70mm. Toronto has a long, rich history of 70mm presentations dating back to the 60s. 
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