Alright, the individual my guy got this info from is making it public elsewhere, so I’m going to say it’s safe for me to share it here too.
The word is that Paramount destroyed all of the original IMAX 70mm prints of Interstellar that were returned to the studio after the original 2014 release, hence why the only currently existing prints are with theaters that have the space to keep a massive print themselves in storage. Chris Nolan didn’t approve of this, so now he’s furious. He requested that Paramount put up the money to produce new prints, and they refused. So after that spat, it looks like the whole thing may have been called off (again, save for the few that can play it themselves, but it doesn’t seem there’ll be much “official” about those runs).
What the fuck why on earth would you destroy all of those prints. At least keep a few around. I get they’re massive and heavy but you can bet your ass Nolan is rich enough he’d probably have foot the bill to store at least a handful off site somewhere.
Edit: give them museums! Universities! Hobbyists! Whoever!
The film is approximately 11 miles long and weighs 600 pounds. It’s not a simple thing to store.
https://wifihifi.com/magic-of-imax-film-brings-oppenheimer-to-life/
I didn’t say it was simple to store but destroying all copies without even informing the director/producer?
Unfortunately it happens a lot more than you think. There’s only so much space and tons of movies to store. This is not a one-off.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t be upset though. Just saying it’s not unusual.
Yup. I worked on a reality & at the end, we had to wrap all of our camera masters out to Bravo.
Something like 160 bankers boxes stuffed with 20-30 IMX loads, or roughly 2,000 individual IMX cassettes.
Not two years later & we started to see our camera masters wiped, recycled, & reused in circulation.
You are NOT supposed to use used media when recording a show, it’s written rather plainly in the network delivery specs, but… networks are cheap as hell
They don’t own it. 🤷♂️
I thought it was all digital now?
Christopher Nolan is pretty passionate about film. As far as I’m aware, he won’t shoot on digital
No, but you can transfer the film into digital and get pretty close in quality in a much smaller form factor.
