Film prints in theaters

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Originally Posted by vveksuvarna

I really hope we see a underground/cult/grassroots movements for film. Chris Nolan has already been pushing his friends, but we haven't seen many film productions pop up since.

Like others have mentioned, I too am hoping that 70mm picks up as a novelty format. If 4k/3D/Atmos can be marketed as a premium experience, so can 70mm.

You're dreaming. Not going to happen. Film is disappearing. Outside of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, most theatres don't even have a 35mm film projector in the booth any more. In the U.S., film prints will pretty much be gone by the end of this year; internationally by the end of 2014. In the last 28 years, only five films have been shot in 65mm (aside from IMAX): Far and Away in 1992, Baraka in 1993, Hamlet in 1996 and Samsara and The Master in 2012 (and Samsara was never actually released in 70mm).

As noted in an earlier post, Fuji has sold their remaining film stock to a third party. Kodak still makes film, including 65mm origination and 70mm print film, but they're in bankruptcy. It's only a matter of time before they discontinue most film manufacturing.

However there are companies working on a 70mm-sized sensor for digital cameras. However, there's a question as to whether or not that will improve perceived quality once down-rezed to playback in the Cinema, even at 4K.