Director Craig Whitney has published “A Guide to 70mm” on the Paul Thomas Anderson website Cigarettes & Red Vines, examining the history of the 70mm film format. Anderson filmed his upcoming film, The Master, in the 70mm format, one of the few contemporary films to utilize the once popular film stock.
In the article, Whitney discusses how unusual Anderson’s use of the 70mm film format is, given the rarity of its use since the stock’s sixties heyday:
Over the last several years, large format film stocks have become a little more commonplace, albeit in limited use. Terrence Malick shot a portion of “The New World” in 70mm, but the last feature film to be shot entirely in 70mm was Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” in 1996.
Read the entire “Guide” on Cigarettes & Red Vines…
In the article, Whitney discusses how unusual Anderson’s use of the 70mm film format is, given the rarity of its use since the stock’s sixties heyday:
Over the last several years, large format film stocks have become a little more commonplace, albeit in limited use. Terrence Malick shot a portion of “The New World” in 70mm, but the last feature film to be shot entirely in 70mm was Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” in 1996.
Read the entire “Guide” on Cigarettes & Red Vines…
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