I first visited Martin Cinerama or Trans Lux in 1968 for the opening night of “2001”. Words cannot describe the experience of seeing a 70mm film in this theater. Sitting in the 7th row about center was the perfect sweet spot for this experience. The screen was huge – in front of the first row of seats the floor curved up to touch the bottom edge of a massive curtain. As the curtain opend the curved screen filled your vision. The sound quality was incredible – the sound started as the house lights slowly slowly dimed. All the 70mm films presented in this venue were well worth the expereince many times over. In later years 35mm films were shown on a masked screen. I recall demanding my money back after seeing the start of a masked down screen. Yes, unless you expereinced the Martin Cinerama in the 70mm days, you don’t know what a theater experence can be like.
I first visited Martin Cinerama or Trans Lux in 1968 for the opening night of “2001”. Words cannot describe the experience of seeing a 70mm film in this theater. Sitting in the 7th row about center was the perfect sweet spot for this experience. The screen was huge – in front of the first row of seats the floor curved up to touch the bottom edge of a massive curtain. As the curtain opend the curved screen filled your vision. The sound quality was incredible – the sound started as the house lights slowly slowly dimed. All the 70mm films presented in this venue were well worth the expereince many times over. In later years 35mm films were shown on a masked screen. I recall demanding my money back after seeing the start of a masked down screen. Yes, unless you expereinced the Martin Cinerama in the 70mm days, you don’t know what a theater experence can be like.