For the first time since 2002’s Punch-Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson has made a movie with a contemporary setting. To do so, he used a film format dormant for the last half century.
Early awards contenders like One Battle Battle After Another and Bugonia were shot on revived VistaVision cameras — a throwback format gaining... Why a classic wide-screen movie format from the 1950s ...
VistaVision is a widescreen movie format from the 1950s that's enjoying a comeback. Some of today's top filmmakers hope the old tech gets new audiences into theaters. In fact, two films getting awards ...