While it’s true that several filmmakers have their movies shown in the IMAX format, it’s Christopher Nolan who is most associated with the large-screen, premium presentation – and that’s because he spends so much time during his production making sure that he’s using IMAX cameras and proper film stock to translate into that format when his movies screen. Nolan has been doing this for years now, and it’s a massive part of the reason why Oppenheimer, his latest movie, exceeded box-office expectations and competed with Barbie for audience eyeballs. And IMAX executive David Keighley told us the Nolan scene that was tested specifically for IMAX in The Prestige.
