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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
went and caught the movie in IMAX 2d last night with some friends, we all agreed it looked lovely, the film is intentionally filmed in a softish focus which is very arty but made the whole IMAX part a bit less effective.
We all enjoyed it, found it strange to be waiting for lines from the book/previous movie to be repeated verbatum at times (and as they were predictable it was partly distracting partly a fun party game), the film was also clearly struggling to balance the visual influence of David Lynch's movie, the whole steampunk esthetic that it at times dipped into and it was at times trying to avoid
On the whole liked it but I am getting too old as I kept thinking that I would enjoy this just as much at home on the couch with a scotch and the volume kept to a less painful level.
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Yeah, not sure what was up with the volume...they had the dial up to the proverbial 11...even during the trailers/commercials beforehand.
As for continuity with the novel, I think that's a nod to the book fans, as many would probably not be happy if certain things were not included... "Fear is the mind killer" is kinda the seminal line so you knew that was going to be in there...
the process they used is pretty interesting...some of that soft focus may have been a result of how it was shot...
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During original test shots, Fraser and Villeneuve shot on 35mm film, IMAX film and on digital.
Production company Legendary Pictures gave Villeneuve carte blanche to shoot in any format he wished but advised digital would be the easiest since he would be working on location where labs, couriers and other factors could hinder him from getting dailies.
Fraser admits he had been excited about the process of using film. “I fully expected to love IMAX film or even 35mm anamorphic, but I didn’t love it as much as digital,” he says.
Ultimately, the movie needed to feel contemporary and not nostalgic. To achieve that, Fraser worked with L.A.’s FotoKem, one of the only digital labs that also processes film. “I went to them asking what if we shot digitally, spit it out to film and scan it back in. That way, we’re not originating in film, but we are involving it in the process, and it adds that analog component.”
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