Cinematographer Manuel Lübbers answers that question with a comprehensive test between the ARRI Alexa 65 and Alexa Mini. Large-format cinematography isn't new. 70mm film dates back to the 1890s with footage from the Henley Regatta. William Fox of Fox Films started developing 70mm Grandeur film in 1929. And all of this was before Cinerama and the 1955 film Oklahoma! which used a 70mm format developed by Todd-AO. Since then, versions of 70mm have brought us Ben-Hur (1962), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Cleopatra (1963), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) TRON (1982), Far and Away (1992), and more recently The Hateful Eight (2015) and Dunkirk (2017), among others. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 17 February, 2021