According to Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” should be seen on an IMAX screen – if only it were that easy! In the USA, film fans are now paying absurdly high prices for cinema tickets.
Oppenheimer (Credit: © Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved)
IMAX film brings the images to life. From resolution and color to sharpness and overall quality, there’s nothing quite like using IMAX film cameras. The IMAX film format is the gold standard in motion picture film photography.
“Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan makes no secret of the fact that he prefers IMAX cinemas and shoots his films specifically for the large film format. Hardly any other director relies so often on IMAX cameras, which are significantly heavier and more expensive, but also offer images of incomparable size and clarity.
Film buffs are swayed by Nolan’s praises and are dying to see “Oppenheimer” in an IMAX theater – preferably an IMAX theater that can show films on 70mm film rather than digital projection.
The problem with this: In the USA there are only 30 IMAX cinemas that can show “Oppenheimer” in the 70mm version – in Germany no IMAX hall is able to do so. Anyone who is really serious about the “Oppenheimer” hype in this country should go to Prague. But in the USA it’s not much easier to see “Oppenheimer” in the best format – even if you have the right cinema right on your doorstep.
$1,400 for 8 cards “Oppenheimer” in IMAX (Source: Universal)
Although IMAX theaters offer a gigantic screen, the hall itself is not automatically larger than in other cinemas. In addition, the front rows are pretty much worthless here, since you can hardly see anything from the film there. There are still hundreds more places left, but one should not underestimate the “Oppenheimer” fans in the USA.
Most of the IMAX 70mm shows are sold out, at least the coveted seats are hard to come by. Some cinemas are already offering showings starting at 2:45 a.m., while some ticket holders want to profit from the hotly traded tickets.
8 connected tickets for “Oppenheimer” have already been offered on the Internet for 1,400 US dollars – it is not known whether a buyer was found.
It should be reiterated here that regular IMAX screenings of “Oppenheimer” are easy to attend, so this is really just about the sudden interest in 70mm screenings – a format now used almost exclusively by Christopher Nolan.
Those who are satisfied with the digital IMAX projection can currently see “Oppenheimer” in 9 of the 10 IMAX cinemas in Germany:
- Berlin: UCI cinema world at Mercedes-Platz
- Bochum: UCI cinema world Ruhr Park
- Dusseldorf: UCI cinema world
- Hamburg: UCI Kinowelt Othmarschen Park and UCI Kinowelt Wandsbek
- Karlsruhe: Film Palace at the ZKM
- Kassel: Film Palace
- Leonberg: Dream Palace
- Sinsheim: Technology Museum
If you prefer to see “Oppenheimer” in a cinema that shows the 70 mm film projection, you can get it in the Schauburg Cinerama (Karlsruhe), in the Lichtburg (Essen), in the Savoy (Hamburg), in the Zoo Palast (Berlin) and in the Astor Grand Cinema (Hanover) the opportunity to do so. Everyone else might just be waiting for the stream release of “Oppenheimer” – but don’t let Christopher Nolan hear that!
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