Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer.91裸聊视频� But 91裸聊视频淭enet91裸聊视频� was still on his mind.
The starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson was , when many theaters were open internationally but not yet in New York and Los Angeles. And all those IMAX 70mm and 70mm film prints, which proved so were just sitting around.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a film that was designed, almost more than any I91裸聊视频檝e made, to be enjoyed in this form,91裸聊视频� Nolan told The Associated Press. 91裸聊视频淲hen I heard they were going to be making film prints on 91裸聊视频楧une: Part Two,91裸聊视频� I jumped at that and thought what if we opened up the week before? We can dust off the projectors.91裸聊视频�
Nolan showed one to Warner Bros. film chiefs Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca, and 91裸聊视频渢hey got it.91裸聊视频�
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Longtime friends, Nolan and Denis Villeneuve spoke to the AP last week, outside of a sold out showing of the re-release, about 91裸聊视频淭enet,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淒une: Part Two,91裸聊视频� and the sense that, a decade after Kodak almost stopped making film altogether, movie audiences are embracing and rallying around film too.
Below are excerpts from the conversation, which has been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: I spoke to people who held off on seeing 91裸聊视频淭enet91裸聊视频� entirely, holding on to the hope that it would get a proper re-release.
NOLAN: For me, living in Los Angeles, I never got to see it with an audience. It came to streaming first here, so this is a really fun opportunity to get it in front of people the way it was intended. The thing with 91裸聊视频淭enet91裸聊视频� is, I think of all the films I have made, it91裸聊视频檚 the one that91裸聊视频檚 very much about the experience of watching films. It91裸聊视频檚 about watching spy movies in a way. It tries to build on that experience and take it to this very magnified, slightly crazy place. A lot of that is about sound and music and this huge image.
More than any film I91裸聊视频檝e made, 91裸聊视频淭enet91裸聊视频� was designed to have this very theatrical, IMAX, larger than life identity.
AP: 91裸聊视频淒une: Part Two91裸聊视频� was shot on IMAX digital but will be shown in film. Can you explain how this works?
VILLENEUVE: It was not planned that I would get an IMAX film release. It was a bit like a gift from life, the movie being delayed because of the . Someone came with the idea to try it. They mentioned this once and then I was like a dog not letting it go. The idea to experiment, and, frankly, Chris will say 91裸聊视频渃heat91裸聊视频� because91裸聊视频�
NOLAN: I wasn91裸聊视频檛 going to say that!
VILLENEUVE: But still, I left film a long time ago. Or, I didn91裸聊视频檛 leave film, film left me and my heart was broken.
NOLAN: Film wants you back.
VILLENEUVE: I91裸聊视频檓 flirting with the idea, Chris Nolan.
I cannot give numbers, but I know that many of the pre-sales for 91裸聊视频淒une: Part Two91裸聊视频� are in 70mm. There91裸聊视频檚 the notion of an event and that is something people are starving for, they are craving it.
NOLAN: As filmmakers we91裸聊视频檙e competing with incredible home technology. We have to raise our game, but it91裸聊视频檚 great to see a new generation seeing what the difference is. There91裸聊视频檚 an emotional response to it that I think is very hard to quantify. It91裸聊视频檚 hard to justify to the studio sometimes. So it91裸聊视频檚 wonderful when they look at the numbers and they see that they sell more tickets that way, because audiences get something.
VILLENEUVE: The idea to put 91裸聊视频淒une91裸聊视频� on film didn91裸聊视频檛 come from me, to be honest. It came from Warners.
NOLAN: I91裸聊视频檓 admitting nothing, but we might have pointed out to them some of the numbers that we made.
VILLENEUVE: It always ends up being about the money.
NOLAN: I just like hearing the guy who made 91裸聊视频淒une Two91裸聊视频� be like 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频檚 all about money.91裸聊视频� I91裸聊视频檝e seen that film. That91裸聊视频檚 not a cheap film, my friend.
VILLENEUVE: I have a question for you Chris. You must have strong shoulders because you were able to keep film alive by yourself. You91裸聊视频檙e pretty stubborn, my friend, but was there a moment where you felt a bit alone?
NOLAN: Emma was always on the exact same page. I think it would have been very hard if my producing partner hadn91裸聊视频檛 understood it the same way I understood it, emotionally. I91裸聊视频檝e never felt on my own because it was always at least the two of us together. (But) there was a strange feeling of, hang on, how can it come down to this? We91裸聊视频檝e achieved this incredible goal to be able to make films on a large scale, surely they won91裸聊视频檛 take the tools away at the last minute.
VILLENEUVE: I think that91裸聊视频檚 the way movies will survive. Large formats, like IMAX more precisely, is definitely the future of cinema because you cannot reproduce that at home. Not even in your home.
NOLAN: Well, mine91裸聊视频檚 pretty good (laughs).
VILLENEUVE: Yours is the BEST. But it91裸聊视频檚 not IMAX.
