So since the release of Oppenheimer, I have been obsessed with finding 70mm film frames of IMAX movies with the 1.43 aspect ratio. It irks me that there is so little preservation or availability on home media of this expanded image. In the spirit of preservation and restoration, I’ve been doing some searching for these frames and talking to people on some other sites to gauge interest in obtaining and scanning these frames. Depending on how static the shot is, it’s possible someone could photoshop these scanned frame over the 4K disc image to recreate IMAX shots.

Someone on eBay has listed a set of 90 frames from this movie, and while asking $625 is an absurd amount for a few seconds of film, I do see “Make an offer” as an option. This user has a bunch of listing for individual frames and strips of consecutive frames from IMAX prints. I think this movie and Interstellar would be worth acquiring and scanning to aid in future projects, if not just for preservation.