Cinephiles Cross Borders to Watch 'The Odyssey' in 41 IMAX 70mm Theaters
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 20
Cinephiles Cross Borders to Watch 'The Odyssey' in 41 IMAX 70mm Theaters
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 20
Summary
Fans of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” traveled hundreds of miles and across national borders for opening-weekend screenings in the rare IMAX 70mm format, turning moviegoing into a trip of its own.
Only 41 theaters worldwide can project the film in IMAX 70mm, even though the movie is also playing in nearly 1,900 large-screen IMAX venues globally.
Viewers said the draw was the format itself: “The Odyssey” is the first feature shot entirely on IMAX cameras, and Nolan devotees described the film-based presentation as a purer visual experience than digital projection.
One fan, Zach Weible, went nearly 300 miles from Ocala to Fort Lauderdale to watch it twice, accepting the lack of closed-caption support in IMAX 70mm to avoid missing the presentation.