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Christopher Nolan convinced IMAX engineers to completely redesign their cameras just so he could film The Odyssey. "I called my friends at IMAX and I said, 'If ever we're going to make a film entirely in IMAX, this is The Odyssey. So, can you find a way to alleviate... the limiting factor?'" "The limiting factor being the cameras are extremely loud." "We've never been able to capture dramatic scenes with an IMAX camera." "What they did is they came up with a way of blimping the camera." "Essentially a high-tech box that you put the camera into and it silences it." "It let us, for the first time ever, get the quiet scenes... and therefore be able to do the whole film."show more

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barry egan1 month ago

How bout calling your friends at imax and telling them to make the 70mm screens more accessible

Nichole1 month ago

Owner said they haven't made any in years

Nature in Motion1 month ago

turning a camera into a giant muffler just to get quiet scenes is absurdly perfect for nolan

🐧 Tāwhaki the Penguin God🐧🦞1 month ago

That's literally a rubbery soundproofing box

OOM1 month ago

Gimmick maxxing

Chuck ʎǝʞuoɯ1 month ago

The noise is a massive design flaw. So is the 2.5-minute limit on film length.

༽Europurr༼1 month ago

This is just so bizarre to me that they are able to build such a high end tech, but can't make silent motors and have to put it in sound proof box instead.

miko1 month ago

Wait so that’s why there’s always a deafening audio above all dialogs?

Kilgore Trout1 month ago

I find it really suspicious when 100% of posts about Odyssey is about IMAX cameras and none about the movie itself.

Chad Desrosiers1 month ago

Digital cameras make NO noise at all. Nolan is a tool.

Dos Santos1 month ago

Can’t wait to watch this movie on my phone

Nichole1 month ago

Ft. @BBCR1 Christopher Nolan

Kapros1 month ago

How is this a complete redesign?

CineMatt1 month ago

Now they need to make new projectors not overheating

Bradson1 month ago

That's insane

GrouchoMAGA KAG Trump🇺🇸🇺🇸1 month ago

They mean an isolation box They do this all the time in the music industry

Mysterious Fly 🍉1 month ago

IMAX cameras are ancient obsolete tech.

Rough Tender1 month ago

Nobody can see what you were filming, except a bunch, that is bullshit

Nick. I’m just this guy, y’know?1 month ago

My friends at IMAX would not be nearly as helpful

Reason Ate Opinions1 month ago

What are you in about? Nolan literally explains how the didnt redesign the camera at all, but built a box around the camera to muffle the noise. Do you think a guitarist redesigns his guitar every time he switches cases for it?

Mehow1 month ago

Or, how about using an iPhone

Mephistopher Nolan1 month ago

They completely put them in a box filled with turkey stuffing.

Οζυμανδίας1 month ago

Why not make a silent movie then?

Robin1 month ago

Getting fed up of all this Christopher Nolan adulation with everyone living up his arse like hes a good director

Mehow1 month ago

Lot of trouble to make a film only 0.0001% of viewers will ever see in the original IMAX format.

Ѵ❦1 month ago

Cinematic genius he is 🫡

Greg Bringle1 month ago

"Can you make a box with sound proofing? I wanna make a movie in a cave with a giant marionette Cyclops and the camera is just too darn loud."

Mª®t¡ñ Pմʝძმƙ 🇵🇱🇨🇦🇺🇦1 month ago

guy blimping his girlfriend

tiny toysoldier1 month ago

We spent 500 trillion on cameras so we could show crap in a widescreen IMAX format. Only 500 trillion!!!

Mr. J1 month ago

I guess Nolan bought/asociated with IMAX.

Samantix1 month ago

No he didn't

Llama1 month ago

A box with sound dampening is high tech?

mylesmovie1 month ago

Didn’t Coogler do this for sinners?

Mikhail1 month ago

🤡🤡🤡

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