Chicago – Occasionally our reality needs a super sizing, and what better media than the movies to deliver that expansion. The historic Music Box Theatre of Chicago presents its annual 70Mm Film Festival – now through March 19th, 2020 – celebrating movies that were rendered, historically and now, in the large format screen size. Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com recently appeared on Mike Crowley’s “You’ll Probably Agree” Podcast to preview the festival.
The 70Mm size of film gauge is three-and-a-half times larger than the 35Mm standard, and was tinkered with since the earliest days of film. In 1928, the Fox Film Corporation developed their “Grandeur” 70Mm film for commercial films, but that was dropped during the Depression. When television started to siphon off movie goers in the 1950s, 70Mm formats like Todd-ao and Panavision expanded the possibilities for filmmakers and exhibiters, but it was costly and films were also still released in 35Mm.
The 70Mm size of film gauge is three-and-a-half times larger than the 35Mm standard, and was tinkered with since the earliest days of film. In 1928, the Fox Film Corporation developed their “Grandeur” 70Mm film for commercial films, but that was dropped during the Depression. When television started to siphon off movie goers in the 1950s, 70Mm formats like Todd-ao and Panavision expanded the possibilities for filmmakers and exhibiters, but it was costly and films were also still released in 35Mm.
- 3/9/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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