In order to take us back to the 1940s for Oppenheimer, film engineers have to take us back to…2002. To project Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic, IMAX will use technology almost as old as the nuclear bomb itself: A PalmPilot.
At three hours long, the IMAX version of Oppenheimer is estimated to be one of the largest film reels ever produced, coming in at 11 miles long and 600 pounds heavy. To accommodate it, IMAX had to specifically design extensions for their film platter, the surface that splices reels together just before they’re projected. And it is all being operated using an emulator of the well-known gadget.
“The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on PalmPilots,” an IMAX spokesperson told Motherboard. “In advance of the release of Oppenheimer, IMAX Engineering designed and manufactured an emulator that mimics the look and feel of a PalmPilot.”
Motherboard points out that a lot of...
At three hours long, the IMAX version of Oppenheimer is estimated to be one of the largest film reels ever produced, coming in at 11 miles long and 600 pounds heavy. To accommodate it, IMAX had to specifically design extensions for their film platter, the surface that splices reels together just before they’re projected. And it is all being operated using an emulator of the well-known gadget.
“The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on PalmPilots,” an IMAX spokesperson told Motherboard. “In advance of the release of Oppenheimer, IMAX Engineering designed and manufactured an emulator that mimics the look and feel of a PalmPilot.”
Motherboard points out that a lot of...
- 7/19/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Film News
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