35 Mm facts
While investigating facts about 35 Mm, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' became the first movie ever to be shot in both 35 MM film and HD simultaneously
Feature film Oklahoma! was the first production shot in Todd-AO. It was simultaneously shot in CinemaScope 35 mm to allow presentation in cinemas lacking 70 mm equipment. Hence, there are two different versions of the film, comprising different takes.
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There were several alternative shots and outtakes from Pink Floyd's performance at Pompeii but an employee of MHF Productions, decided this footage was of no value and incinerated all 548 cans of the original 35 mm negatives
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The term 'footage' comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of film making. (A foot of 35 mm film roughly represented 1 second of silent film).
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The Predecessor to The Leica Camera Was Developed to Test 35 mm Motion Picture Film Stock; Leica Cameras Would Later Popularize 35 mm Film for Stills Photography
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Star Wars TFA was shot with 35 and 65 mm analog film.
