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Alice Taylor's avatar

We're fortunate to have an art-house cinema near us, and we're members. The last film we saw in 70mm was 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it was really heartening to see so many people in attendance who had never seen it. The host asks during his introduction to the film. I'm planning to take in the Dune double feature in January (only part 2 in 70mm). Sonny, we have a guest room, if you want to visit Boston in the winter!

https://coolidge.org/programs/cinema-70mm

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Sonny Bunch's avatar

I’ve seen it in 70mm twice at the AFI Silver in Silver Spring, MD, and it’s one of those movies that absolutely changes depending on how you see it. Like, I had watched it on DVD before that and thought “eh, okay.” But seeing it in 70mm was like “oh yeah, yeah, now I get it.”

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Alice Taylor's avatar

I grew up in Takoma Park and went to high school in Silver Spring. My jr high school class went to see 2001 at the Uptown on Connecticut Ave in Cinerama when it first came out. I remember my head swiveling back and forth with the sounds of the opening scenes played through those amazing speakers.

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