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Seeing a 7OMM presentation of "WONDER WOMAN" |
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Written by: David
Granadino |
Date:
26.06.2017 |
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Well, I thought I'd report to you about my
experience of seeing WONDER WOMAN in 70mm film presentation at the
Arclight Cinemas Hollywood, California! On 7 June 2017, I had the
wonderful opportunity of seeing WONDER WOMAN in all its glory in film as
versus a digital projection presentation. The Arclight Cinemas Hollywood
is the home of the world famous Cinerama Dome and its huge curved
screen. But WONDER WOMAN in 70mm was not showing on the Cinerama screen
but in an auditorium that is equipped for showing large screen format
70mm film. The Cinerama Dome shows digital presentations from its laser
Christie projector and will show Cinerama films (with all three film
projectors) and 70mm films on special occasions, but the Dome usually
uses its digital projectors for present day commercial movies. So, I was
disappointed that I would not be seeing WONDER WOMAN in 70mm on the
Cinerama screen. Instead, in the auditorium that shows 70mm films, the
screen is large (but not curved) and the sound crisp, clear, and as
usual in the Arclight Cinemas auditoriums, the sound is immersive. As a
non-professional film fan, I really enjoy seeing the little
imperfections that show up on the screen when film is being projected,
proof that I am seeing a film presentation and not a clean digital
projection. The film had a subtle orange hue making the film look like
something from the past. That makes sense with this film as it takes
place during World War I (the Great War). The hue of the film changes
from the bright sunny background while following Princess Diana (Wonder
Woman) on her island of fellow Amazons, to the orange hue of the world
of 1917 in the UK, to the dark film colors of the battle field in France
and Germany. I really enjoyed seeing the different film hues and colors
that gave the movie depth and a three dimensional character even though
the movie was not shown in a 3-D process. I was impressed by the use of
subtle colors that made the film stand out as a work of cinematographic
art!
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More in 70mm reading:
Cinerama Impressions From The Dome
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But I wanted to compare the film projection to the digital projection,
so I went the same day to the Cinerama Dome to see WONDER WOMAN in its
digital clarity. Any movie shown on that great Cinerama screen is worth
the price of admission! But the difference between film and digital
presentations was apparent in the scenes from the UK. While the film had
an orange antiquing hue to it, the digital projection also had the hue
but the clarity of the colors took away from the sense that I was
transported to a moment 100 years ago. In that sense of time transport,
film did a much better job. The sunny paradise of the Amazon island was
so much brighter in the digital projection yet something was lacking in
what I called depth, or the illusion of a 3-D effect that film can
achieve. The sound in both presentations was fantastic, with the
Cinerama Dome digital surround sound system creating a deep bass sound
that could vibrate the seats.
In conclusion, both film and digital presentations of WONDER WOMAN have
its high points and also some differences that is visible to the eye.
Color and texture is clearly different between film and digital. And I
really enjoyed the texture of the 70mm film presentation at the Arclight
Cinemas Hollywood, California. A great time had by all in Hollywood!
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