8/1/2023 0 Comments Mousterpiece theatre dvd![]() To call it a beautiful experience would be a gross understatement.” ![]() “Jacques Tati’s ‘ Playtime.’ Unfortunately I didn’t get to see it in 70mm but who’s complaining? Not me. Tim Grierson, Screen International / Deadspin : And for the visual and the sheer grandness of it, it requires a big screen for the full experience.” I find that thought comforting and the suggestion of how it will continue is intriguing. My choice would be ‘ 2001: A Space Odyssey.’ It would help me to put my life in perspective – as a passing moment in the history of universe, which has been going on long before I was born and will keep on going on long after I die. People have so different tastes in movies who am I to be the one to dictate to others what they should watch? So I’ll rephrase the question a little and name a movie that I would like to see on a big screen if I knew that I was going to die in a not too far distant future. “I don’t embrace the idea that there are certain movies that every film fan has to see before they die. There are many movies whose visual grandeur is diminished when watched on smaller screens, but this is a comedy where you literally can’t perceive the jokes if you don’t see it on the big screen, with Tati’s brilliant use of space and dimension intact.” “Didn’t even have to think about this one - Jacques Tati’s ‘ Playtime,’ in the original 70mm. ![]() ![]() The glory of experiencing maybe the greatest epic of all time, even with its print flaws, was a marvel to behold.”Īlonso Duralde, TheWrap / What The Flick?! : It was a 35mm print, beaten up quite a bit, but it didn’t matter. “‘ Lawrence of Arabia.’ When the Elk Grove Theatre re-opened several years they held a Grand Opening by playing a number of classics. See it on the big screen and you’re viewing a masterpiece, see it at home and you’re not ever really seeing it.” “I can watch about any film at home on my widescreen HDTV, but the one film that will never be the same as on the big screen is ‘ 2001: A Space Odyssey.’ Any true film lover eventually sits down to read about the avant-garde interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi mystique, but there’s no point to that unless you really experience it on a big screen. ![]()
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