Greetings.
In re: Indian Hills Cinerama Theatre.
This is a beautiful photo and an Important issue.
In the text, it is stated that “efforts are also being made to restore the theatre back to its Cinerama roots with installation of a 70mm projector.
It is not accurate to say the Cinerama theatre would return to its roots with a 70mm projector. Cinerama used three-strips of film in three synchronized projectors, and a fourth strip of audio stereo tracks. The later 70mm releases by “Cinerama Corp.” such as “2001” and “The Bible” were released after the original firm was bankrupt and new operators tried to put the Cinerama brand on single strip film releases. Only seven releases were actually made using the Cinerama 3-camera, 3-strip film process.
At the same time, 70mm was not new; it was in use in some theatres; but it was not Cinerama. Some of us grew up thinking we had seen Cinerama because we saw releases of the Cinerama Corp. in 70mm. This was not Cinerama, however.
Nevertheless, it would be more correct to say that restoring the 70mm equipment would be a “STEP” toward the original Cinerama roots. At least it is a wide screen (not as wide as Cinerama) and can work well on a curved Cinerama screen.
Right?
Greetings.
In re: Indian Hills Cinerama Theatre.
This is a beautiful photo and an Important issue.
In the text, it is stated that “efforts are also being made to restore the theatre back to its Cinerama roots with installation of a 70mm projector.
It is not accurate to say the Cinerama theatre would return to its roots with a 70mm projector. Cinerama used three-strips of film in three synchronized projectors, and a fourth strip of audio stereo tracks. The later 70mm releases by “Cinerama Corp.” such as “2001” and “The Bible” were released after the original firm was bankrupt and new operators tried to put the Cinerama brand on single strip film releases. Only seven releases were actually made using the Cinerama 3-camera, 3-strip film process.
At the same time, 70mm was not new; it was in use in some theatres; but it was not Cinerama. Some of us grew up thinking we had seen Cinerama because we saw releases of the Cinerama Corp. in 70mm. This was not Cinerama, however.
Nevertheless, it would be more correct to say that restoring the 70mm equipment would be a “STEP” toward the original Cinerama roots. At least it is a wide screen (not as wide as Cinerama) and can work well on a curved Cinerama screen.
Right?
Mike Kinerk