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Why Christopher Nolan shot "The Odyssey" on IMAX film

2026-05-17 News & Politics
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Correspondent Scott Pelley and director Christopher Nolan visited FotoKem, the last motion picture lab in the world that makes 70mm prints, to see finishing touches being made to "The Odyssey," the first feature shot entirely on IMAX film. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/full-episodes/ Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook: https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on X: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@ariannajuarez771 2026-05-18

That’s my dad Ron Juarez doing the splicing ! 😭 he’s an icon frfr

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@Ricky-Bianco 2026-05-18

Checking in before all of the jokes

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@Repoman2389 2026-05-18

Wow I thought this was going to be a run of the mill interview but that was kind of fascinating

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@SuchATerd 2026-05-18

The best use of his trademark… that being shooting on IMAX film… so far has always been INTERSTELLAR

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@konstig. 2026-05-18

The actual first time I've ever seen any demonstration of color timing / analogue color grading online – and believe me, I have looked. Very appreciated!

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@Solarsystem50 2026-05-18

I'll pay extra to see movies doing this way. This is a true artistic skill.

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@2das 2026-05-18

Absolutely insane how much work goes into just the filming & cutting!

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@jasdub765 2026-05-30

Nolan in the last few minutes was super engaging and brought up a valid point, communal experience of drama is as old as time and will persist into the future

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@simonsp693 2026-05-18

With it’s 2.5min run time, noisy mechanism and glue editing, perhaps iMax reminds Nolan of his Super 8 youth.

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@wayneburton3168 2026-05-18

Helen of Detroit!

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