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In Reply to: RE: "Taking In the Big Picture" -- Fine article on 70mm in the Journal posted by clarkjohnsen on June 01, 2008 at 10:48:45
Sad, sad, sad....In Washington DC we have the Uptown Theatre, which, although still equipped with its venerable Century CCs (35 and 70mm capable) hasn't shown anything in the Golden Gauge for almost a couple of decades now.
They Had 'Alien' in 70mm in 1979. They ran 'Apocalypse Now', '2001'...the list goes on. 70 was and is unique for picture quality, much like medium-format photography.
I was a projectionist for a summer in the mid-80es; ran 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' first in 70mm and then at a single-room place in 35mm some 260 times.
It wasn't until I settled in one night to watch a film on TV that I realized something must be wrong with the set: it looked fuzzy (in additition to small.)
The many hours looking at 35 and 70 had taken their toll, in a good way :-)
My HiDef 58 plasma is an improvement, but nothing beats a 70mm print in a theatre.
Claus.
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