AMC Lincoln Square 13
1998 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
1998 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
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for people who have seen big blockbuster type films in both the IMAX and Dolby theaters which would say is the better experience?
Looks like Tenet is being delayed until Aug. 12 due to what’s going on…the 10th anniversary reissue of Inception will be shown on Tenet’s release date a week after Mulan comes out unless Disney delays it much like they’re doing with their theme parks.
Antoine Doinel I am guessing was named for Truffaut’s iconic character…wow!
Antoine Doinel, when Hateful Eight first came out the 70MM was put in by BL & S for Weinstein Pictures. After the run the equipment was sold to Warner Bros. Im guessing AMC wanted it in the big house. In 2018 when I went to work there for a company who installed temporary 70MM in house 2 we ran Murder on the Orient Express for one month. After that I believe Warner Bros wanted their equipment returned to house 2. We then ran Phantom Thread there in 70MM for 13 weeks. As far as I know the equipment is still in house 2 and will not be moved in the future.
@markp @xbs2034 That’s too bad that 70mm was removed from house #1. I saw Dunkirk in there in Super Panavision 70mm and it was great. AMC really stinks. House #2’s screen isn’t big enough to get the full effect of 70mm (I saw Hateful Eight in 70mm in house #2).
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I have an interesting situation I hope someone has advise on. i recently ordered the 4K discs of Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them after getting a gift card for a prominent online retailer as a birthday gift. I happened to see all three films at this theater when they were released. when i received the package a blind person could tell all three discs were opened returned re-shrink wrapped discs. so I contacted said online retailer got s refund of the gift card after\ returning the discs. so I thought I’d order them from the WBShop where I’d certainly get brand new factory sealed discs in their think cardboard sleeve. guess what? the Batman v Superman was such but the Wonder Woman and Fantastic ……… discs were again opened returned re-shrink wrapped discs. what online retailer can I get brand new factory sealed in their thin cardboard sleeves discs from. i thought the WBShop would sell such but even they sell used returned re-shrink wrapped discs as new.
Well, imagine masking with the huge screen in the IMAX theater here at Lincoln Square when non-IMAX films are shown! Wouldn’t that be a project!!
I remember an art theater at 34th St. and Second Ave where narrow black strips would come down from the top of the screen at the beginning of the movie to mark where the sides of the movie would be. Not sure how they handled the height.
(Side note: I’ve always wondered why TV went with the “wider-screen” format but many programs/commercials chose 16:9. Wonder if they ever considered the standard to be 16:9? When I saw my first new TV screen in the “wide screen” format I stated it’s not the wide screen I’m used to!! Interesting they were showing a 16:9 movie that didn’t use the full screen!)
My tv can perfectly show stuff in its aspect ratio when its shown properly.
Masking is mainly a generational thing. I watch a lot of old TV shows that are 4:3 and on a widescreen TV am now used to seeing bars. Hopefully outcry of the Simpsons being cropped on Disney+ will lead to fewer shows being adjusted to fit 16:9 screens. But the downside will mean people will be more and more used to bars in the top or the sides, and masking will eventually totally disappear. I like masking but can live without it. As people go to fewer movies, a lot people haven’t even noticed.
Let’s be fair now. Netflix' takeover of the Belasco and Paris for their own Oscar bait premieres was quite a blast from the past in Showmanship.
bigjoe59, Im 61 and I agree. But remember, in todays theatres there is no showmanship anymore.
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to markp- I thank you for your reply since I know you have personal knowledge in the area. but to reiterate my original comment I think not properly masking screens is a sign of poor showmanship pure and simple. I’m in my 60s and have been an avid moviegoer virtually since I could walk. to which the non-masking of screens is a relatively recent event. so if it was done for all these years why stop now.
AMC and Regal are building new screens and renovating theatres without masking. Some AMC theatres have wide screen auditoriums that a scope film won’t be distracting. The AMC Village VII (screens 1, 2 and 3 are scope screens), AMC 19th Street East (1, 2,4,5 and 6 are scope screens, haven’t seen theatre 3) and AMC Roosevelt Field #3 and #8 are scope screens.
Some of the early AMC renovations to recliners have masking, but now AMC is opting for NO MASKING. Hopefully, when the AMC 34th is done, it should all be scope screens.
At Lincoln Square, avoid the downstairs screens #10 thru 12, the masking for FLAT films are smaller when they went digital.
bigjoe59, the answer is simple. First, masking requires motors and cables to operate. They can and do break down. Second, when digital came into theatres, the image on the edges was so sharp, it looked like it was masked. It was better than anything you could get with 35MM. Whenever we filed aperture plates on 35 or 70MM we always went a touch over onto the black masking to get a sharp image. Third, with only managers in the booths now and no one around, its just easier as the digital projectors are programmed to adjust film format for 1.85 or 2.35. Masking could be programmed, but if it broke down that’s it. Its all about the $$$$$$. And as a 44 year veteran, I hate it too.
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to markp- who have been most helpful in answering questions about the technical side of movie exhibition so here goes with a new one. why did theaters come to the decision to stop masking screens? whether a film is shown in the 1.85.1 ratio or the 2.35.1 ratio to see white bars on the top and bottom or at the sides I find distracting. I would say its poor showmanship for theaters to not properly mask screens.
definitely imax70mm film
The 70MM projectors are owned by Warner Bros and are installed in cinema 2, the Kings. I was informed a 70MM release is coming this summer of the new Nolan movie, so Im sure I will be here or at the Regal on 42nd street running them.
I hope soon they replace the seats in the old screens with new ones.
yes balcony still there, photos is in the photos section 70MM is theatre 2 Kings if AMC still has the projectors
The Dolby Cinema still has a balcony. I imagine they had to get rid of 70mm capability in that screen because of Dolby putting in their laser projectors, but I saw Murder on the Orient Express and Phantom Thread in 70mm in a different screen (I think screen 5) so hopefully that screen still has the capability
“Lossless” sounds like the same old THX fraud. “If the theatre didn’t pay to keep the noise out, we did our job.”
P.S. did they get rid of the balcony too? If they did, what utter shits. Actually, that whole complex has become kind of a run down dump. But they wasted $$$$$$$ to install a “Dolby Cinema” while the rest of the place falls apart, and is dirty and run down looking.
There is no such thing as “lossless” digital sound. Digital is lossless by nature. It’s an inherent trait. They can call it “lossless” all they want, that will never make it true.
Having said that:
Does anyone know if House #1, the “Lowes”, still has the capability to project 70mm film? Or has that been lost since they converted it at greatand wasteful expense to the pointless gimmick of a “Dolby Cinema” theatre. Yay. Giant projection screen television.
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has anyone who frequents this theater been to the Regal Union Square recently? a number of the auditoriums have new seats which are uncomfortable if you’re a taller than average. plus the color is hedious. they look like a pumpkin threw up. a color blind person would have picked a better dolor.
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I am apparently one of the very few people who liked Justice League(which i saw at this theater) as released. to which a question i hope someone can answer as best they can. talk about the much asked for Snyder Cut and been much in the mews lately which prompts the question. at the beginning of 2017 when it was announced Snyder would be leaving the film because of his daughter’s tragic death. so it’s my thought that if he didn’t finish shooting the film how can there be a Snyder Cut?