When
the first poster for
The Hateful Eight was released back in July, it confirmed the director's plans to shoot the Western in 70 mm. The filmmaker also talked about making
The Hateful Eight a huge 70 mm event.
"If we do our jobs right by making this film a 70 mm event, we will remind people why this is something you can't see on television, and how this is an experience you can't have when you watch movies in your apartment, your man cave or your iPhone or iPad. You'll see 24 frames per second play out, all these wonderfully painted pictures create the illusion of movement. I'm hoping it's going to stop the momentum of the digital stuff, and that people will hopefully go, 'Man, that is going to the movies, and that is worth saving and we need to see more of that. We're not doing the usual 70 mm, where you shoot 35 mm and blow it up. We're shooting 65 mm which, when you turn it into a print, is 70mm. Panavision is not only behind this movie, they look at it as a legacy. They are inventing a lot of the stuff we need, and this is being supervised by my three-time Oscar winning cinematographer Bob Richardson, who's back with me and after Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. I couldn't do this if he wasn't in my corner....We are literally coming out with the biggest wide screen movie shot in the last 40 years."
He added that they plan on rolling out
The Hateful Eight as a month-long event in 70 mm, before rolling it out in 35 mm and digital formats.