What Makes IMAX So Expensive? | WSJ Tech Behind

The Wall Street Journal December 17, 2024
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IMAX is playing an increasingly large role in the film industry with the success of major movie releases like Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” Behind the giant screens, high color detail and custom theaters is a huge amount of technology. From innovative projectors to custom processing tools — and soon, a new film camera, WSJ explores the tech that goes into creating IMAX’s immersive movie experience. Chapters: 0:00 IMAX movies 0:35 Projectors 1:45 The camera 4:46 Theaters Tech Behind 'The Tech Behind' explores the amazing engineering, computing, science and algorithms that power our favorite tech. #IMAX #Tech #WSJ

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