TCL Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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I saw an advance screening of Clash of the Titans at Arclight on Tuesday. It was like watching a film while wearing sunglasses. The colors and brightness were so much better when I lifted my glasses, but the images weren’t sharp, so I had to keep them on. I’m guessing I didn’t see it on a 3D screen. The conversion couldn’t have been that bad, could it?
This is my first post. Love the site. I’ve stumbled upon the site numerous times over the years, but I never explored the comments until last month. I was hooked for hours over the course of 2 days.
I know that Clash got panned, and it was an upconversion that indeed was an afterthought. Honestly, half the show for me is to be in The Chinese itself, so to see what they can try to do with it will be worth it. I also want to see if they installed a new screen. Ever since going here to see Star Wars in 78 with my high school football team(it was all kids, there was some type of anniversary event if I remember right), I was hooked on this place.
The 3D part of CLASH OF THE TITANS was an after thought, Unlike most of the current 3D offerings. I’m going to see it in 2D myself. The new 3D wave does not impress me.
Unfortunately, we still might not know. The 3D on CLASH OF THE TITANS is being universally condemned as the worst implementation of the technology to date, with many reviewers commenting it’s so minimal you can watch it without the glasses and barely notice the blurring.
In today’s LA Times, the Mann ad for Clash of The Titans says…“In Read D 3D on a 73 Foot Screen.” I had thought the screen was about 75 feet or so after the renovation, so it appears they will be using most of the screen. I wonder how the presentation will be, and if it will be light enough…cannot wait to check it out.
As Linus said to Lucy in A Charlie Brown Christmas, those are good reasons. I never thought of it that way.
According to the information on the American Cinematheque website, the screen dimensions in the large theater at the Egyptian are 53 ft. wide by 27 ft. high.
from what I’ve heard, in an ideal situation the screen would be at a maximum size of around 60 feet wide by roughly 25 feet high for 2.40:1 35mm. I remember a film expert (John Ptylak of Kodak) saying that’s as big as 35mm can go and still have great picture quality.
Then, if the theater has a big enough proscenium (which the Chinese does, I don’t know about the Egyptian), when going to 70mm the top masking is raised and the screen is both taller and wider for 70mm than it is for 35mm.
Is the screen at the Egyptian much smaller than the one at the Chinese? I’ve only been to the Egyptian once, for “Dial M for Murder” in 3D, so I can’t really judge. I’m not even going to the TCM Festival (I live in NJ) but it’s fun to live vicariously.
Yes, the Chinese can run 70MM. But they run platter in that booth. The Fox restored 70MM prints are for reel to reel bookings as is many special format 70MM prints. The Egyptian Theatre is equipped to run 70MM reel to reel without any problems.
I saw “Titanic” the Monday after opening weekend (December 1997) in 70MM at Chinese myself.
No need to think that far back. In 1998, I enjoyed “Titantic” in 70 mm at the Chinese, and that was after seeing it in 70 mm at the Westwood Village.
I always assumed the Chinese could run 70mm too. I guess I’m still thinking about the time “West Side Story” played there for a full year.
It could be that they are showing those films in 70MM. Since they can run 70MM reel to reel and that Fox has restored 70MM DTS print available on “Cleopatra”. Also “Playtime” is playing there too. (Also available in 70MM DTS)
The TCM Festival schedule has been posted. Both “2001” and “Cleopatra” are playing at the Egyptian, even though the Chinese has a bigger screen. The Chinese is showing such non-widescreen films as “The Producers” and “The King of Comedy”. I guess they have their reasons.
Now that Regency Theatres is taking over the Village & Bruin in Westwood, how long will it take them to acquire Grauman’s Chinese & the Chinese 6 as well?
On the same topic, is anyone planning to attend the TCM festival? I sure wish I could. Hopefully we’ll get some good eyewitness reports here on Cinema Treasures.
Is “Cleopatra” being shown at the Chinese during the TCM festival in April? On their website they don’t say what movies are showing at which theater. Now there’s a movie that can take full advantage of the entire wide screen at the Chinese.
Does anyone have a photo of the larges CineMiracle curved screen that the Chinese had up in 1958 for ‘Windjammer’? I am told It had a huge curve to It. This is when they moved three projectors to one booth downstairs now the single projector is back upstairs in the booth but rumors are floating they may put back a VIP balcony upstairs, does this meen the 35mm/70mm film and digital projectors go back downstairs? The new people that take over the lease or buy the place need to stop playing this up and down projection game. The last time I was in the Graumans not to long ago and you can see the curve on the Scope screen. Seems the screen can open up larger but they have It all masked down, top and sides. I looked behind the curtains and black masking after everyone left and yes I saw many feet of unused white curved screen not being used and this was open wide for CinemaScope or Panavision. I think they need to project the image on the largest screen in Hollywood. It may be that they don’t want to project the digital video image they use from time to time to big for pixal problems. Bring on a 70mm film print and open up the drapes and masking in all it’s glory! It’s almost like they are embarrassed to show off what they can show and do.
Thank Goodness. Otherwise the attendance would have kept looking like CWalczak’s picture above.
repo men will be opening at the grauman’s on friday.
the curvature of the screen at the Chinese is just enough for optimal picture quality. To maintain optimal corner to corner focus and optimal uniform brightness, the curvature is just right. Unlike a certain other movie theater whose screen curvature is so overly exaggerated that it causes geometric distortion and washed out contrast <cough> Dome <cough>.
This picture is at least five years old, so there may have been a replacement of the screen since; it looks to me to have only a slight curve which is the way I remember it the last time I was there about three years ago: View link
Really? It must be pretty gentle.
Sorry Don, it does have a curve to it.