Christopher Nolan breaks down the best ways to watch a movie, ahead of his 'Oppenheimer' release
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In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, director Christopher Nolan offers a guide to his favourite formats, explaining why it matters and even where he likes to sit so that audiences don't feel like they need a film school degree (or one in theoretical physics) before settling on a theatre.
It's no secret that Christopher Nolan made " Oppenheimer " to be seen on the big screen. But not all big screens are created equal.
That's part of the reason why Universal Pictures has made "Oppenheimer" tickets available early for over a thousand "premium large format" (or PLF) screens, with options including IMAX 70mm, 70mm, IMAX digital, 35mm, Dolby Cinema and more.
Knowing that even those words can get overwhelming and technical, Nolan went a step further: In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, he offered a guide to his favourite formats, explaining why it matters and even where he likes to sit so that audiences don't feel like they need a film school degree (or one in theoretical physics) before settling on a theatre.
"You rarely get the chance to really talk to moviegoers directly about why you love a particular format and why if they can find an IMAX screen to see the film on that's great," Nolan said. "We put a lot of effort into shooting the film in a way that we can get it out on these large format screens. It really is just a great way of giving people an experience that they can't possibly get in the home."
In a film about about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who oversaw the development of first atomic bomb during World War II, this will be especially pivotal in viewing the Trinity Test, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Nolan and his effects teams recreated the blast, with all its blinding brilliance.
"We knew that this had to be the showstopper," Nolan said. "We're able to do things with picture now that before we were really only able to do with sound in terms of an oversize impact for the audience--an almost physical sense of response to the film."
"Oppenheimer," starring Cillian Murphy, opens in theatres on July 21.
