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Spielberg on Indy IMAX

Plus ET and Jurassic Park

By Robert T. Trate     August 16, 2012
Source: New York Times


INDIANA JONES The Complete Adventures debuts on Blu-ray September 18, 2012 from Lucasfilm Ltd
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The New York Times' Dave itzkoff had a 1:1 interview with Steve Spielberg himself about Raiders of the Lost Ark arriving on IMAX for the first time. Lucasfilm had already dropped the press release about the screenings but here is what the director had to say about his homage to the saturday morning serials. 
Spielberg goes about the over process, working with Ben Burtt about the sound conversion and his plans for Jurassic Park to be converted into 3D. Oh, and let us not forget about Indy 5!

 

Q.
How does a film that wasn’t shot for Imax get converted to be shown that way?
A.
There’s two fronts, on any successful conversion, to Imax resolution, which is significantly clearer and sharper, with much more depth and fidelity than the movie appeared in theaters in 1981. So the first tier is where you take the DI [digital intermediate] and you enhance the resolution to Imax resolution. The second tier is that the sound is significantly different. They take the [audio] stems that we gave them, and they put them through their 12,000 watts of digital surround sound, and it’s a totally uncompressed experience.
You kind of feel the sound in your chest, like when the boulder is rolling, chasing Indy through the cave. You really feel the boulder in your stomach, the way you do when a marching band passes by and you’re standing right next to it.
Q.
How long ago did you have to get started on this process?
A.
Ben went to work on the sound conversion over a year and a half ago, knowing that we were coming out on Blu-ray. This was Greg Foster’s idea, actually – he’s the head of Imax [Film] and it was his idea to give “Raiders” an interesting launching point before the Blu-ray hits the streets, to come out in all 275 of Imax’s North American theaters. I remember the days when we used to go to the Cinerama Dome or the Ziegfeld in New York, to see the 70 millimeter exclusive engagements. When I first started watching “Raiders” on the big Imax screen not too long ago, it reminded me of those old event-ized days.

Check out the rest of the interview here at the New York Times website.

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Wiseguy 8/16/2012 7:48:40 AM

I would love to see Jaws on the big screen, I never got the opportunity.

redhairs99 8/16/2012 10:20:56 AM

 Jaws would be great!  

As for this, looks like I gotta drive 2 and a half hours to see it...so be it!

mellowdoux 8/16/2012 10:21:28 AM

 "Memories, friends and 8x10s..."

DarthoftheDead 8/16/2012 10:40:36 AM

 Wiseguy - Saw Jaws on the big screen at RadioCityMusic hall for one of the anniversary's, and it was totally worth the money, so Raiders is a must for me, lol, I've never seen Raiders before on the big screen...

InnerSanctum 8/16/2012 1:23:28 PM

 I saw Jaws when it was first released on the big screen.  I was really young and I've never been the same since.  

Watched Raiders multiple times at the theater.   Such an incredible experience.   

I'm hoping Raiders comes out on a single Blu (I'm sure it will).  Not interested in owning the rest.  Even as a kid they were a let down.  The last one...well, atomic bomb/ice box, too much CGI, aliens, Mutt, monkeys, tarzen yell...it was pretty much crap.  

hanso 8/16/2012 2:12:31 PM

 Spielberg is a golden god!

" I’ve resigned myself to accepting that what the film was at the time of its creation is what it always should be for future generations. I’m no longer a digital revisionist."

Fuck you Lucas!

RobertTrate 8/16/2012 4:03:19 PM

 I've seen Raiders on the big screen (twice when it came out), once in a classic old theatre and once in Hollywood with Spielberg and Ford. It really is a big screen movie. like wise with JAWS!

RobertTrate 8/16/2012 4:03:19 PM

 I've seen Raiders on the big screen (twice when it came out), once in a classic old theatre and once in Hollywood with Spielberg and Ford. It really is a big screen movie. like wise with JAWS!

7thGuest 8/16/2012 9:42:20 PM

I remember seeing Raiders on the big screen when it first came out and I loved it. Sure I was young and the scene with the skeletons scared the crap out of me, but I still loved that movie. And I've been to every Indy movie in the theatre ever since and liked every one of them. Yes, even the fourth one.

Sure it definitely wasn't the best of the four, but the only thing I didn't like about it was Shia LePoof. But he just annoys me for some reason.

I am looking forward to seeing Raiders on the big screen again especially IMAX.

thezillaman 8/16/2012 11:03:48 PM

 cool...

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