I love #VistaVision!! Hitchcock used the camera process a year before with #ToCatchaThief, and after #TheManWhoKnewTooMuch, he used twice more for #Vertigo and #NorthbyNorthwest. #TCMParty

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Hollywood’s Love Affair with VistaVision : Up First from NPR Two of this year’s top contenders for the Academy Awards were filmed using a technology from the 1950s: VistaVision. Filmmakers are reviving this visually stunning yet finicky film format at a time wh...

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💕 #HURLEVENT (2026) d’Emerald Fennell est à découvrir dans les salles obscures ! Et une sortie en #4K #UltraHD #Bluray se confirme déjà en France 🇫🇷🌹
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✨ Duo explosif Margot Robbie x Jacob Elordi📽️
✅ Tournage 35mm #VistaVision
💿 Sortie le 17 juin

🐝🛸 #BUGONIA (2025) passe au révélateur et notre test complet de l'édition #4K #UltraHD est en ligne ✨
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🎥Tourné en #VistaVision 🎥, négatifs scannés en 6.5K 🔬… ça bourdonne côté image 🍯
🇫🇷 Sortie #UHD #Bluray en France attendue le 8 avril.

🇫🇷💥 Test complet en ligne : Une Bataille après l’Autre (2025) en #4K #UltraHD #Bluray 🌟
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📽️ Tourné principalement en 35mm #VistaVision.
🔊Avec VO/VF en #DolbyAtmos

🎞️ Paramount introduces VistaVision in 1955 🎭

35mm running horizontally.
Clean, wide cinematic image that fits standard 35mm workflows 📽️🎬

Almost 70 years on, and it still stands up to modern formats ✨

Who has experience with VistaVision workflows ?

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From a blockbuster #WizardofOz revival to AI podcasting and the return of #VistaVision, this has been an unusually innovative year in entertainment.

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Two men in drag

For the ages… Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye #whitechristmas #vistavision #filmsky

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Hot take, White Christmas sucks. Rosemary Clooney is beautiful
and Vera Ellen was a great dancer but that's it. Otherwise it's ill written with a stupid plot. Don't get the reverence for it. #whitechristmas #Bingcrosby #rosemaryclooney #vistavision

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Bugonia (2025) attendu en Steelbook et Simple 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray en France au printemps 2026 Le film Bugonia (2025) de Yórgos Lánthimos, tourné en 35 mm VistaVision, est annoncé en sortie 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray pour mars 2026 en France chez Universal. Les précommandes sont lancées.

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👀🎞️Tourné en #35mm #VistaVision, le film profitera d’une édition #UHD + Blu-ray au printemps prochain🔥
🛡️ #Steelbook & édition simple au programme
🔥 Précommandes ouvertes !

‘Bugonia’ Goes Big in the Basement: Why Yorgos Lanthimos Reached for a Barely Functioning VistaVision Camera The quieter Wilcam 11 VistaVision camera was too cumbersome and unreliable for “One Battle After Another,” but Lanthimos explains why he felt it was necessary.

Started the final week of October by seeing Paul Thomas Anderson’s #OneBattleAfterAnother (again), but this time on #VistaVision for the very first time at the Vista Theater yesterday. It was truly an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience getting to actually see a…(1/4)

430.3 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025) - d: Paul Thomas Anderson #Rewatch #VistaVision #FilmLog2025

The same evil turds that ruined P***mount/C*S possibly don't know the difference between #Vitaphone (Warners) and #VistaVision (P***mount).

I'm sick of all these evil and overbloated media mergers.

Frankenstein, seriously, calm down before I put a cap in your giant ass!
#FLUX1FP16Krea #RTX5090 #AIart #AIイラスト
#horror #Halloween #ghouls #ghosts #HappyHalloween #spooky #Dracula #VistaVision

#OneBattleAfterAnother at Vista Theater Hollywood was really fucking good

#vistavision #la

the way of the future.
#vistavision #filmisnotdead

I Saw ‘One Battle After Another’ Six Times in Six Formats in Six Days From VistaVision to 70mm, the release strategy for Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film offers a plethora of options for discerning cinephiles, but which is the best? We watched them all to find out.

A man stands in line outside the Vista Theatre. The marquee advertises Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another in VistaVision. The man’s black T-shirt has a white VistaVision logo in the front.

A shot from the back of the Vista Theatre auditorium. The small screen is on the far wall, with Egyptian decor along both side walls. Conical light fixtures jut from the ceiling. The colors are red, gold, and purple.

A spool of 35mm film from the movie. The frames are sideways, a feature of the classic VistaVision format.

A VistaVision camera, with its sideways film canister, as used for shooting the film.

Time for some CINEMA! #OneBattleAfterAnotherMovie #VistaVision

Bit of One Battle After Another in #VistaVision at the Leicester Square Odeon, one of four cinemas globally which are equipped to project in this format

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With #VistaVision back in the conversation it makes me think of when I first learned of it; not from Hitchcock films but from ILM who for a long time owned the bulk of surviving VV cameras for filming miniatures and effect plates due to its large negative area.

What Is VistaVision? Inside the Classic Widescreen Format Behind Hollywood’s Biggest Films The promotional materials are out for the new Paul Thomas Anderson film _One Battle After Another_ , and by now, I'm sure you've heard everyone urging you to see the movie in VistaVision. But _One Battle After Another_ is just the latest in a new wave of movies resurrecting the old format. So, what is VistaVision? And why is it being resurrected now, and what does it mean that PTA is not only shooting on it but projecting on it in four select theaters worldwide? Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.com * * * ## So, What Exactly Is VistaVision? VistaVision is a 35mm format where the film stock runs horizontally through the camera instead of vertically. Each frame is eight perforations wide, creating a much larger negative with roughly double the surface area of a standard 35mm frame. The reason filmmakers love this is that it allows them to get much more information on a single cell of film. The result is a stunningly high-resolution image with incredibly fine grain and clarity that punches way above its 35mm weight class. - YouTubewww.youtube.com ### The 1950s Widescreen Wars During the golden age of Hollywood, movies were in a battle with TV. Execs watched people go to the theater (much like today), so they were constantly trying to make the screens bigger and make that a selling point. VistaVision was Paramount's high-fidelity answer. It was a spherical (non-anamorphic) format that achieved its widescreen look through sheer image quality. It was on display in _White Christmas_ , which was released in 1954. And when that movie did well, it made everyone excited and brought people to the theater. It quickly became the format of choice for auteurs who cared about a pristine image. Alfred Hitchcock used it for five films, including _Vertigo_ and _North by Northwest_ , and John Ford captured the epic landscapes of _The Searchers_ with its breathtaking clarity. ### VistaVision Versatility and Aspect Ratio VistaVision was highly adaptable and could be projected at various widescreen aspect ratios, typically between 1.66:1 and 2.00:1. This allowed theaters to choose the presentation that best fit their existing screens. ### Economic Accessibility The format's biggest advantage was its compatibility with existing equipment. The larger horizontal negative was printed down to standard, vertical 35mm reels while retaining its widescreen aspect ratio. This meant exhibitors did not need to purchase expensive new projectors or special lenses, which were required for competing formats like CinemaScope. ### Theater Layout Preservation Unlike other widescreen systems such as Cinerama or early CinemaScope, VistaVision did not require theaters to remove seats or undergo costly renovations to accommodate the projection equipment or a new, wider screen. ### Enhanced Audience Experience Ultimately, VistaVision's high-fidelity image allowed patrons to see a sharper and more detailed picture on the big screen. This superior visual quality was intended to create a more immersive and enjoyable cinematic experience, giving audiences a compelling reason to choose the theater over watching television at home. ## VistaVision Disappears So, if it was so great, why did it disappear? The VistaVision cameras were huge and hard to work with. They were also notoriously noisy, and they burned through film twice as fast as 35MM. There were technological advances in film itself, with stocks getting better and other cameras becoming easier to use. Basically, technology moved very quickly, and VistaVision did not. The VistaVision format actually ended in 1961 with the western _One-Eyed Jacks_. ## VistaVision Over The Years Of course, the format did not die. We're still seeing it used today, and it has been over the years as well. For decades, it became the secret weapon of visual effects artists. The larger negative was perfect for optical compositing, as it could handle multiple layers of effects without significant image degradation. It was famously used for the groundbreaking effects in the original _Star Wars_ and has been a supporting player ever since, even being used for some shots in 2023's _Poor Things_. - YouTubewww.youtube.com ### The Auteur Revival In recent years, we've seen auteur filmmakers bring this format back to the big screen for mainstream movie releases. For _The Brutalist_ , director Brady Corbet and DP Lol Crawley used it to evoke the 1950s setting with period-accurate technology and to capture architectural details without the distortion of wide lenses. And in _One Battle After Another_ , PTA chose VistaVision in search of a raw look of some of those '70s thrillers. _One Battle After Another_ will actually be projected in VistaVision in just four theaters—in Boston, London, New York, and Los Angeles. ## What's The Difference Between VistaVision and IMAX? We have a good explainer on IMAX, but I wanted to get into the nitty-gritty of what makes these movies a little different. IMAX uses a very wide 70mm film strip that runs sideways in the camera, capturing a huge image. The picture it captures is generally taller than it is wide (a 1.43:1 aspect ratio). Like IMAX, VistaVision also uses film that runs sideways, but it's a narrower 35mm film. This also gives it a bigger, clearer image than standard film. While not as tall as IMAX, VistaVision films can be adjusted to fit various wide-screen sizes, typically appearing wider than they are tall (between 1.66:1 and 2:1). Both IMAX and VistaVision offer such incredible visual quality that they can give people a strong reason to go to the movies instead of just streaming at home. And that's a win for everyone. - YouTubewww.youtube.com ## Summing It All Up So there you have it, a little debriefer on what VistaVision is and why people are talking about it now. I'm excited to see what other directors are going to use it moving forward and to see if it makes a bit of a comeback, as we see more audiences driven to the theater for spectacle as well. Let me know what you think in the comments.

One Battle After Another, in Vistavision

Glorious.

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#vistavision

Saturday night PTA…

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Looking forward to seeing this at @thecoolidge.bsky.social on Monday in the actual #VistaVision!