Comment on Just as Nolan intended
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 day agounlike most conventional film projectors, the film runs horizontally so that the image width can be greater than the width of the film stock.
Nolan could have filmed in any ratio he wanted. Choosing 4:3 is not a technical constraint.
OtakuAllTheWay@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s the IMAX aspect ratio 1.43:1 to be precise. He just wants to fill the entire screen for the immersion. They still frame it as a 1.85:1 or 2.39:1 when they shoot it but in IMAX it just doesn’t show black bars and your entire peripheral vision is filled. Most of the on screen action still happens within that framing in the center.