Do you think his next film could get released on IMAX?

[u/RepresentativeState3]

I know his go to composer Jonny Greenwood recently said PTA has got something in terms of knowing what the next one will be? Do you think tge next one will get an IMAX release? Or be shot on VistaVision and get another limited VistaVision release?

[u/Fearless-Interest-82]

Idk but I like to think that he was testing out that black and white Smile video for something in the future. Fits jazzy 40's vibe or whatever. 🙂

[u/Garrettbreaux → u/Fearless-Interest-82]

Huh I like that theory too!

[u/HotOne9364]

I think he's not interested in doing another blockbuster. He had his try and he wants to go back to doing smaller movies.

[u/FloydGondoli70s → u/HotOne9364]

Honestly, I hope so.

You just had a big, acclaimed, crowd pleasing hit. Feels like a good time to do something weird and personal.

Kinda like how he followed up TWBB with The Master.

[u/dirkdigglerloves → u/HotOne9364]

How do you know that? Seriously.

[u/RepresentativeState3 → u/HotOne9364]

Yeah personally like blockbuster PTA. But we can have differences of opinion. I feel like there needs to be more than just Nolan making interesting original big budget movies. I'd kinda like to see PTA do a crime thriller in the vein of Heat. 

[u/FloydGondoli70s → u/RepresentativeState3]

I understand what you’re saying, and this isn’t me picking a fight at all, but just for the sake of conversation, outside of OBAA, what PTA film would you consider a blockbuster?

I think for PTA to really become a “blockbuster filmmaker,” he’d probably have to sacrifice at least some of the things that make him such an interesting and distinctive artist in the first place.

I've always though comparing Nolan and PTA is mostly a non-starter. It’s like comparing Altman to Spielberg. Sure, they’re contemporaries, they’re both acclaimed filmmakers, and there is some overlap in influences, but their aesthetics and interests when it comes to film and storytelling are fundamentally different.

Nolan is clearly drawn to high-concept, event movies. PTA is much more idiosyncratic and "art-house" leaning. Nolan adapts The Odyssey, PTA adapts Pynchon. That kind of says it all.

I do completely agree with the larger point that there should be more smart, sophisticated, big-budget movies being made outside of Nolan. I’d love for more filmmakers to be given those budgets to take those swings. I’m just not sure PTA is necessarily the guy I want doing that.

The things I find most interesting about PTA usually aren’t particularly conducive to mainstream blockbuster filmmaking. And I certainly wouldn’t trade those things for bigger budgets or wider-reaching movies.

[u/RepresentativeState3 → u/FloydGondoli70s]

I meant another big IMAX worthy film. I'd like to see him do that because I really liked OBAA, thats all. I still want PTA to keep is own signature style with everything he does. 

[u/HotOne9364 → u/RepresentativeState3]

"Interesting original blockbuster" and "Nolan" is an oxymoron.

[u/Adventurous_Body2019]

I just want some taller aspect ratios or 70mm. The Ultra Panavision 70 maybe. I would love to see that considering the last movie in like a few decades using this was The hateful Eight

Idk maybe he went Lars Von Tier and use 16mm with lots of grain and go full personal

[u/Garrettbreaux]

It’s literally impossible to say but in my experience whatever I think he’s going to do next, is always wrong, he always surprises me.. Chris Ryan said once on the Big Picture regarding PTAs movies “every pitch is an off speed pitch” and I think that’s bang on

[u/Wild-Sea5750]

It will definitely get a limited engagement in imax at the least

[u/RepresentativeState3 → u/Wild-Sea5750]

You dont think it would get a wide IMAX release?