MetaFilter posts tagged with 70mm

Restoring Stanley Kramer's "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"

Trurl — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:09:44 -0800

What you see here is a prime example of what happens to film that is neglected and improperly stored. This is an original reel from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World that is now untouchable. The film has turned acidic, sporting the strongest and most foul vinegar-like odor I have ever smelled. In fact, Robert Harris told me a story of how his contact lenses were singed by the fumes the film produced, causing temporary retinal damage to his eye. Efforts to restore the soundtrack by Ernest Gold have been of interest to The Rosarita Beach Podcast.

In70mm.com

Trurl — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:23:13 -0800

To record the history of the large format movies and the 70mm cinemas as remembered by the people who worked with the films.

That's no Moon. Or a McDonald's. WTF?

loquacious — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:54:31 -0800

At the mostly abandoned Moffett Field in an abandoned McDonald's, digital archeologists attempt to restore, recover and archive abandoned high resolution imagery and data from previous manned Moon missions, using an abandoned Ampex 2" tape drive found in a chicken coop - the last working machine in the world, restored by the last man alive capable of rebuilding the heads. This is likely only part of their weird story.

A masterpiece in nonverbal filmmaking.

ageispolis — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:08:49 -0800

Baraka is an astonishing film voyaging six continents and twenty-four countries. Directed by Ron Fricke, it is a visual tour de force painstakingly shot on Todd AO-70mm film. Information on the film (and its upcoming sequel!) can be found here or you can always watch the making of.