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Magic at the Movies
Mike Schindler, Film Programmer at Classic Cinemas (US), movie enthusiast and all-around good guy discusses current movie releases at Classic Cinemas in this short and fun podcast.
Magic at the Movies
117: Disney's Infinity Vision
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Jim takes the recorder across town to catch Mike moonlighting as one of the house projectionists at the Tivoli Theatre, where The Odyssey is hitting the big screen the old-fashioned way: 35mm film, a projector, roughly 247,680 frames of film and a beam of light bright enough to rival the sun.
Jim wasn't there long enough to do too much damage...almost. In addition to working up a sweat, he came alarmingly close to breaking the film while it was running through the projector. Fortunately, disaster was avoided, and everyone lived to thread another reel.
Meanwhile, Mike shares an up-to-the-minute update on Disney's new Premium Large Format classification, Infinity Vision, just as tickets for Avengers: Doomsday go on sale.
You'll learn a little about film projection, a little about the future of premium moviegoing, and quite a lot about why Jim shouldn't be left alone with fragile equipment.