Interstellar and the future of film projection

[Tyler Purcell]

Just to say Tyler, the Imax 70mm performance we saw at BFI London did not have any registration issues. Absolutely rock steady similar to a digital showing. And also it was without any noticeable flicker. There was a little dirt in the gate which cleared after a few minutes. But generally a pristine print.

 

That new projector is pretty amazing. I felt the same way you did about the projection, it was rock solid. I've seen A LOT of IMAX films with the older gen 1 projectors and they're never that solid. No flicker, no registration issues, during the credits I held my head really steady, took a breath and stared at the text to see if there was any shaking and it was just flat-out perfect, looked like a digital presentation. Had to turn around to make sure they hadn't turned on the digital projector just for the credits… Imax theaters use to run the credits with a slide presentation years ago. The particular theater I saw it in, was film-only… so that was exciting in of itself. ;)