"Broadsword
Calling Danny Boy!" Such goes a famous line from Brian G. Hutton's
"Agenten Sterben
Einsam". As part of our "Vintage Classics" we pay
tribute to this MGM production from 1969. That means it is faded into
the "official festival color", pink and in German language, but it is an
AUTHENTIC 70mm premiere print in 6-channel magnetic sound. Don't miss
it! This is one that has to be appreciated.
At the other end of the scale, Christopher Nolan's hyper-serious
"Oppenheimer" premiered in July in 70mm. During the course of several interviews, the
Director explained
why he shot it in 65mm IMAX to tell his story. His
answer is essentially:
"IMAX film is the
highest quality imaging format ever devised. What that gives you is access
to the audiences’ perception. I refer to it as 3D
without the glasses. You just look at a crystal-clear sharp image.
We wanted to try and take that
format and use it as a way to have the screen disappear, and just be
living in that space with these characters. Feeling what they are
feeling. Experiencing what they are experiencing."
Of course we cannot show IMAX at the
Schauburg, and instead we settle for the widely-shown and director
approved 5-perf standard version, which fits the curved Schauburg screen
perfectly. 70mm truly is a
"Window on the World",
and the success of "Oppenheimer"
proves it and we are proud to show it. If you have seen it - or not seen
it yet, you can judge for yourself and decide if it feels like "3D
without the glasses".
For the 17th Todd-AO Festival we invite you on an incredible 3-day
journey into storytelling, vision and sound on the grandest scale. A
bucket of 10 films about about war, science fiction, horror, success and
humanity's struggle with nature and the modern world. The festival is not
complete without a lecture, and we are delighted to welcome
Orla Nielsen,
DFF. Orla will give a talk about the adventure he experienced
on the set of
"Tenet" with the Danish
Magellan 65 camera. With
plenty of pictures, demo film clips and some surprises, it is a must for
the fans of 70mm. We are
equally excited to continue our 70mm relationship with Director Paul Thomas
Anderson. We host the European premiere of "Boogie Nights" in
spectacular Panavision 70 - one of his first films and which was recently
blown up to 70mm for the first time. Due to popular demand, Director Jordan Peele's
"NOPE"
was also re-released in 70mm following the initial digital US premiere. We
are proud to host this as our second European premiere this weekend.
From Egypt to New Mexico, from interstellar space to the Austrian Alps
and from Paris to Hollywood - we have it all in the splendour of 70mm.
Beyond the directors already mentioned,
I think we can assure a great weekend with additional works from James
Cameron,
Jean-Jacques Annaud, Kenneth Branagh, William Wyler and John Carpenter.
This festival faithfully attempts to present the films "the old
fashioned" way, with an introductory ceremonial gong at the beginning,
curtains opening to reveal the screen, and with authentic 70mm film
prints. A BIG weekend, on
the BIG curved screen. Welcome to the seventeenth edition of the
Todd-AO Festival
at the amazing
Schauburg Cinerama.
The festival is also about socialising between the shows and refreshing
yourself with a cup of coffee or a Hoepfner Brau in the bar. The
Schauburg's Biergarten is ideal. Simply enjoy some fresh air, the good
company and talk about the movie which you have just seen. To quote
Major von Hapen in "Where Eages Dare": "SIT DOWN!", but we
will not ask for "Your papers" - only your ticket.
Thomas Hauerslev
in70mm.com
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Filmtheater Schauburg
Att:
Herbert Born
Marienstraße 16
76137 Karlsruhe
Germany
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