{"id":11994,"date":"2018-08-22T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=11994"},"modified":"2018-08-22T00:45:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T06:45:12","slug":"savor-2001-in-70mm-all-week-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=11994","title":{"rendered":"Savor 2001 in 70mm all week long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oR_e9y-bka0\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those dearest viewers who consider themselves a true fan of the cinematic experience already know the one activity they will happily partake in this week, no thrown bones about it! Forget <a title=\"Calendar: Mar. 30-Apr. 5, 2018 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=11662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the <strong>Urbana<\/strong> reference<\/span><\/a>. Forget that <a title=\"Article du C-U: Ebertfest \u201901, pt.2 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> provided nearly the same experience at the same venue almost 20 years ago<\/span><\/a>. Forget that <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Calendar: March 10-16, 2017 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cEbertfest\u201d coalesced in the wake of a comparable screening at the same venue four years before <em>that<\/em><\/a><\/span>. Join the faithful with a clear mind and emerge from the darkened auditorium three hours later with an expanded perspective on our decidedly diminutive place in the universe, thanks to one of the great film productions. <strong>The Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign<\/strong>, presents <a title=\"2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY :: Official Site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2001spaceodysseymovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the 70mm roadshow, 50th anniversary re-release<\/span><\/a> of <strong>2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY<\/strong> using one of four prints overseen by director and film format advocate <strong>Christopher Nolan<\/strong> (<strong>INCEPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT<\/strong>) and cinematographer <strong>Hoyte Van Hoytema<\/strong> (<strong>DUNKIRK, SPECTRE, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN<\/strong>) that has been newly struck <a title=\"\u2018Christopher Nolan returns Kubrick sci-fi masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' to its original glory\u2019 by Kenneth Turan :: The Los Angeles Times\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-ca-mn-christopher-nolan-2001-20180503-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">using photochemical processes and not digitized or enhanced at any stage<\/span><\/a>. According to <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"The Virginia Theatre :: Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/thevirginia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Virginia<\/a><\/span>, <strong>2001<\/strong> will only play in 70mm in downstate <strong>Illinois<\/strong> during their engagement. Show times are<strong> 7 p.m.<\/strong> on <strong>Monday, August 20<\/strong>, through <strong>Saturday, August 25<\/strong>, and <strong>1 p.m.<\/strong> on Saturday and <strong>Sunday, August 26<\/strong>, with tickets costing a very reasonable $8. If you believe that watching a visual <em>tour-de-force<\/em> like <strong>2001<\/strong> on a television or computer screen is satisfactory, as you would the preview included here, then you should take advantage of this opportunity to witness just how immersive the 70mm gauge is when compared to your portable devices of choice or even the IMAX\/3-D\/reverb gimmicks at the nearest multiplex. <strong>Chuck Koplinski<\/strong> of the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong> provides <a title=\"\u2018Virginia's '2001' screenings offer a film-going odyssey\u2019 by Chuck Koplinski :: The News-Gazette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news-gazette.com\/arts-entertainment\/local\/2018-08-19\/the-screening-room-virginias-2001-screenings-offer-film-going\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">a solid rundown of the positives that will reward adventurous moviegoers<\/span><\/a> if they visit the Virginia to see <strong>Stanley Kubrick<\/strong>\u2019s masterwork. Between his write-up and the place of <strong>2001<\/strong> in the lexicons of <strong>Hollywood<\/strong>, science fiction, and popular culture, you pretty well know its reputation and we don\u2019t need to delve into storyline, history, or controversies here. Simply treat yourself to the ultimate trip, folks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.<\/em> If you can\u2019t attend the Virginia this week. <strong>Warner Bros.<\/strong> and the <strong>GKC Savoy 16<\/strong> in <strong>Savoy<\/strong> already have you covered. <strong>2001<\/strong> will start a one-week-long IMAX run this Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.2<\/em> Believe it or not, <a title=\"Film Distribution Project :: Chicago Filmmakers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagofilmmakers.org\/membership-filmmaker-services\/film-distribution-projec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16mm rental prints still exist<\/span><\/a> for that <em>other<\/em> vintage epic far, far away from <strong>2001<\/strong> on the sci-fi spectrum \u2013 <strong>HARDWARE WARS<\/strong>, <a title=\"\u2018Revisiting \u2018Hardware Wars\u2019\u2019 by Bryan Thomas :: Night Flight\" href=\"http:\/\/nightflight.com\/revisiting-hardware-wars-may-the-farce-be-with-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the famous spoof produced in <strong>San Francisco<\/strong> in 197<\/span>7<\/a> by Urbana native <strong>Michael Wiese<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Warner Bros.)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/Images\/CUBlog Art\/cu_2001_poster2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY returns to local theaters during the next two weeks in 70mm at the Virginia Theatre and IMAX at the GKC Savoy 16. Read further for more about what you can expect!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376,15,13,30,31],"tags":[680,1956,981,72,905,1417,564,289],"class_list":["post-11994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gone-hollywood","category-media-coverage","category-public-events","category-roger-ebert","category-the-old-school","tag-2001-a-space-odyssey","tag-70mm-film","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-roger-eberts-film-festival","tag-savoy-16-theatres","tag-stanley-kubrick","tag-the-virginia-theater","tag-warner-bros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}