When Christopher Nolan started bringing Oppenheimer to audiences, the director made it clear that his preferred format for his historical drama was 70mm IMAX. Not standard 35mm IMAX, and not the laser IMAX projection that’s readily available at your local multiplex. The 70mm IMAX requires specific projectors that can thread the 70mm film reels and present the image exactly the way that Nolan likes it. The format has lured out massive celebrity film fans like Steven Spielberg and Paul McCartney. But for regular ticket buyers, that 70mm film experience is harder to come by, mainly because there are only 30 theaters capable of showing the movie in that format.
