not releasing the IMAX aspect ratio on the 4k blu-ray was a crime. It's a bit sad that Denis Villeneuve always talks about "the way it was meant to be seen" but then not releasing the full footage for us to enjoy at home. Not everyone has an IMAX cinema near them.

I love that we went from 4:3 to 16:9 to basically back to 4:3 again.

Dune really does feel like a movie that got cropped to scale. The imax version really feels like how Dune should be represented, and unfortunately, the standard version feels restricted to a format it's not meant to be in.

It’s funny how 5-7 years ago it was considered so ancient to see a movie in 4:3 but now it feels so expansive and world building to see a movie shown in 4:3

Oddly enough, my abiding memory of the IMAX experience was the sound. Particularly the forming of the voice. It actually felt like a physical force. Anyone who streamed this at home really missed out.

A lot of work went into putting this together. I had to color correct most of the IMAX plates and match it to the standard Dune scenes because most of it came unmatched, so it was a painstaking process. I wanted to get the colors as best as possible to match. There were also syncing issues with the IMAX footage because of extra frames or missing frames, making it a nightmare to sync. Some scenes i had to cut frame by frame to stich them together and work. I had to restore some scenes, cleaning watermarks and strange ghosting over the footage. All this was to provide the best viewing experience for you all. If you like these efforts, please give the video a thumbs up. You can also send a thanks, join as a channel member: kzfaq.info/love/3Pjs49IEa_YSmYt3NH1ndwjoin or Patreon: www.patreon.com/secretsofdune if you really loved it. Thank you for all the kindness and support! Edit: As I am also being asked several times about the sources of the IMAX footage, the sources I can provide are as follows: DNEG & RodeoFX showreels/Dune documentaries/Dune Trailers.

I constantly struggle with the fact that the full aspect ratio will never be available in the future and lost to time. I will riot if they don't eventually release a box set with the full aspect ratio.

Man, I had no idea it looked THIS MUCH better in Imax ratio. It's painfully clear that each shot was composed for the that aspect ratio and it explains why I felt the sense of scale wasn't quite there for me when I watched the movie. Also, oh my goodness, 4:21 is just an absolutely gorgeous shot in the IMAX version!!!!!

Man, seeing the full height frames really makes the cropped version feel claustrophobic I hope they release full height version of both part 1 & 2 after part 2 comes out. I would absolutely buy a box set of both parts Even the color grade looks better on the full IMAX version

To watch this film even once in IMAX was such a blessing. I hope they rerelease it in IMAX in lieu of part 2. But an extended edition of Dune especially in IMAX (if we ever get the opportunity for an extended edition)? That would be an epic experience. Rali, I must say that it's been a while since we've seen any of your videos. But I'm so glad you're back and I cannot wait for more content.

the IMAX scenes just take my breath away. I feel robbed that we can't take this version home.

I had the privilege to experience this film in a giant IMAX with Laser at Lincoln Square in NYC. Truly one of the most amazing experiences I had in the cinema. The giant image combined with the loud bombastic sound system of the IMAX theater was amazing 🤩

I really don't understand not releasing the IMAX version at streaming. Hunger Games: Catching Fire did it years ago.

I've only ever seen Dune in the standard aspect ratio. When I first watched it, I couldn't help but feel like the shots were cramped. The flight when they arrive over the city, the sandworm observing Paul, the establishing landscape shots---they all felt like they were lacking in the grandeur feeling they were trying to present. Now I understand why. I hope we get a bluray release of the IMAX aspect ratio one day, perhaps as a box set after the second part comes out. There's so much information missing with the current cropping in standard.

What a change of scales between the two versions. It seems, in some takes, another movie. I don't know why Warner didn't released an IMAX version in blu ray or in HBO Max. Hope that means that they are planning to do it with an extended cut. Well, we can dream. What an awesome work you gift us with your dedication and love for Dune. Thanks, Räli.

Never let this go. The world must see the full picture one day.

Saw at the AMC Lincoln IMAX theater in Manhattan. Second largest IMAX screen in the world. Surreal and truly a theatrical event. Hope it gets another screening round when Part Two is about to come out.

Cannot imagine the amount of time and energy that was put into this work. Thank you for this beautiful video Ralí

Imax is way closer to the proportion of every TV that people have in their homes. Im sure most of us would rather have the IMax cut, the film as it was SHOT, in our DVD collection. Its insane to me that we get a cropped version that wastes half of the screen for home viewing.

the issue is that clearly the movie was filmed with an aspect ratio that was used to determine the framing You can leave extra space as a buffer, but only to a point. Ultimately there is a vision and the framing is chosen by the movie maker. So they should just stick with that for every release. Of course they won't, because people would be mad they had black bars on the sides of their screens. Who cares. I'd rather have the original ratio. But i'd also rather have a standard accepted aspect ratio and just have everyone use it. theaters, bluray, whatever. 16:9 seems like a pretty good balance. you can frame things as needed. But either way. Imax would be fine. just start using that for TVs and blurays. video games, etc. What a pain to deal with all of this stuff. But at a bare minimum just release the movie in the original ratio for purists. whatever else you do is just extra...

10:19 I had no idea the ship looked like that!!! I went to see it three times in IMAX too, think I hot shown the standard one just bigger…

Seeing Dune on IMAX screen was amazing. I haven't been to IMAX before, and the tickets were sold out, so we sat in the 2nd row, which usually is trash... But I didn't mind, I was so immersed and impressed. After that I took my parents to regular cinema to see Dune, and even though this time we had great seats... The movie felt "not enough". This vid clearly shows why it felt "not enough". I hope to see next part in IMAX as well.

I'm hoping to take the whole family to see it again in IMAX, if they bring it back before the release of part two.

I watched this in IMAX. I'm so glad I did now, not realising how much I would have otherwise missed visually. It was stunning.

The second movie is ENTIRELY filmed with IMAX cameras. If you have a true IMAX theater near you, definitely go see it in that format. I unfortunately did not see Dune Part One in IMAX but I will not be denying myself that experience for Part Two

the difference is incredible. everyone who chose to watch it at home instead of the theater, especially in imax, didn't really give it a fair shot. there's just no easy way to recreate what you can experience at imax with a movie like this. However, makes you wonder... why don't they just release the 1.43:1 aspect ratio for home viewing??

Man, not a month has gone by where I haven't at least once thought, "I wish Dune were still in theaters." I just want to see it again, again, and again. It's extremely rare I feel this way about a movie. But my whole soul just wants to marinate into the cosmic mystery of DUNE.

This movie and soundtrack is just so beautiful. What an experience it was at IMAX. It felt just like the day I watched Fellowship of the Ring on its release day. Both movies make me so happy.

WB and IMAX, we need this version!

what i notice is that without the cropping, every shot is compositional perfection. each one like a masterpiece painting. it also gives grander sense of scale with everything. the composition is really muted with the cropping, what a shame. guess i have to see it in imax

Funny how we have come full circle on this. Remember how all VHS releases of movies were all 'Pan and Scan versions? I bought a laserdisc player in 1990's and finally started watching movies in widescreen on a 23inch 4:3 tv. I loved finally getting to watch movies at home as they were originally composed. Now we are back to essentially the modern equivalent of pan and Scan 😞

I can see why Denis was so adamant about a theatrical release (IMAX in particular). The footage is stunning, especially the flyover of Arrakeen.

I was in the business of film exhibition for 25 (Retired in 2011). It is critical to remember where the viewer is supposed to be seated when comparing the two formats. Widescreen SCOPE (2.35aspect) was introduced in 1957 to fight the onslaught of (Square-small) television and go where no TV could go- widescreen. The widescreen took advantage of the wide nature of most theaters at the time, giving the viewer a right and left peripheral input similar to what we really see as humans. (Until the arrival of the dreaded Multiplex- which did nothing but shrink the very screens that people were paying for. A ten-plex might have two or three big houses 400 seat with the rest being 100-200 seaters.) The down-side was that the system used 35mm film in optical compression, which was optically uncompressed at the theater to produce the widescreen image. The image was now three times wider than normal, but still using the same 35mm grain set in the film- three times grainier. This is why some “Roadshow” movies would be released in 70mm, thereby doubling the grain. The main focus here is that a widescreen movie, in the theater, would have a slowly rising set of seat-rows that kept the viewer in line with the slight right and left peripheral vision of the widescreen movie- giving the viewer a sense of place. They were not directed to look right or left, it was just there. IMAX was originally developed as a super wide-angle immersive experience for documentaries. The viewer was placed very close the giant screen (60 x 90) screen, at least two or three times closer than in a regular theater, by virtue of quickly rising seats. The IMAX image was shot on horizontally running 70mm with a frame size of 15 sprocket hole- thus the classic 70/15 comment on IMAX, making the grain four times sharper than 35mm. It was also brighter. The addition of separate 12 channel sound system, powered by some powerful amplifiers, made going to an IMAX documentary something very unique. At some point, in the late 1990’s, it was decided to show a movie on the IMAX system, a great way to use that wasted theater space on documentaries at the museum! So museums started to show IMAX “Movies.” These were almost always regular 70mm prints that were project on the big square screen- IN LETTERBOX. Then it was decided to add about ten minutes of real IMAX footage to the movie, jolting the viewer in and out of that realm as the director saw fit. These were “Special showings.” Then, finally, came the true IMAX Movie of today. A huge change, at little cost, because the movie was not on film! So, now the viewer was forced to watch any type of film on the big giant 60 x 100 foot square screen in super-detailed grain and unbelievable sound. But we have to remember that the outer 20% of any IMAX film is “JUNK” used to fool the mind into believing that it is immersed in the experience- you are never supposed to “LOOK AT IT.” The film is still super-wide angle- you are not supposed to look at that outer mess of the image- it is there as filler. I saw DUNE in IMAX first, but I really felt like I saw it for the first time in a nice WIDESCREEN theater in SCOPE. That is where the director wants you to experience the action- all of the “JUNK” is removed, as it should be. IMAX provides grate grain and super sound, but it is not a good place to see a drama.

it's night and day, there is no IMAX theater where I'm from so the whole time I watched in standard I was thinking to myself I wish the ratio was less wide to accommodate the beautiful circular and square images like the worm's mouth, and I physically felt there was height I was missing in the scenes with explosions, really hope someday I'll be able to see this version without having to get on a plane

I was lucky enough to see Dune at the BFI IMAX in London, was a truly incredible experience, what struck me most compared to the home release was the sound, the scene where they bring down the silence laser field, on blu ray it's subtitled, but in IMAX it's so loud you hear through the vail. The effect was incredible in the cinema and sadly lacking in the home release mix.

This Video just perfectly shows what it means when a movie is made for Imax.

6:22 "The sense of vulnerability" Oh my God, YES, you nailed it! Exactly why you feel so close to the characters and so immersed in the scene! Your analysis perfectly nails it why IMAX Format in a lot of cases is just so much better!

Great work thank you 🙏🏽 Watching Dune in IMAX was the best cinematic experience of my life

i've see this movie 5 or 6 times already and ten minutes of this video are still making me choke up because the size, scale, and details are so beautiful, making the most of out of cinema's ability as a storytelling medium.

9:35 Jesus, the human mind is so predisposed to looking at faces that I never realized there was a sand worm in that scene until you said. Was always just looking at Paul's eyes in that shot.

wow i did not know the difference was so huge, thanks for letting me know the best way though example.

Wide-screen is a lie 😱😱😱

I-max every time as I'm loving the way the classic dune which so much modern science fiction is based is revealed in the full size image. Merry dune Christmas!

My seats shook in IMAX when Leto and his family arrived in the Arakeen residency the first time crossing the desert, the music was unreal

Finally! A format that fits my 21" standard definition CRT from 1986 with only minimal letterboxing!

Sadly there are no IMAX theaters in Spain, so I couldn't see it in IMAX. I wish they would release a 4K Blu-ray in IMAX aspect ratio, and an extended edition with most of the deleted scenes that we are missing from the standard theatrical version. Hopefully before Dune Part 2 hits theaters.

My older brother, our mother and I say it in IMAX the first day of release. It was incredibly immersive.

It was breathtakingly beautiful in IMAX. Had to see it twice!

Thank you for sharing this! I was supremely disappointed when I saw that the image had been cropped. Let’s hope this get’s a Snyder-esque re-release with the entire length and the full aspect ratio.

Craving more Dune contents and updates for part 2 releases. Have to wait a whole year 😭😭😭

Thanks to this video I just spent two whole hours educating myself about what IMAX truly is. It is safe to say that I have been an ignorant movie goer my whole life (and its sad to realize that the movie industry likes to keep it that way)

I had the pleasure of seeing Dune Part Two in IMAX two times. It is VERY MUCH worth the approximate $4 extra for IMAX compared to a normal screening.

It's probably the company restricting the release. I imagine they will release some sort of IMAX enhanced version later on which I've heard they have done before. They barely let Marvel release their IMAX versions on Disney+

Looking forward to Part Two, going to watch a Double-Feature for sure!

I love that we've pretty much gone full circle, back to (almost)4:3, for a full image. Next we'll have 16k "IMAX" TV's. I would be happy with black bars on the sides of my 85" 4k to see everything Villeneuve filmed.

In cinema, both wider and taller formats have their pros and cons, and filmmakers have to pick the format that would serve the story better. I love wider formats because it reminds me of epic cinemascope movies, where vast landscapes would benefit from that wide view, but many of the most epic films had a taller format. The problem with Dune is that it was filmed in the IMAX square-ish format. Every shot is framed and composed with that format in mind, and when they had to release the standard version, they had to crop a big part of the image, ruining the framing and composition in many shots. Maybe they should have chosen a taller frame for the standard version, something like a 16:9 crop, but they didn't, and that's a pity. I'm sure when Villeneuve insisted so much when he recommended "the IMAX experience", a big part of that was related to this very problem with the excesive cropping. That said, when i watched the movie in the cinema and later in the streaming version, i didn't have the feeling that i was missing something, i just loved everything about it. I can see now, thanks to this video, that many shots look so much better in its original imax format

Imagine working for months on several VFX shots where A LOT of the details you made are going to be missed by 99% of viewers because they were at the top / bottom of the full IMAX version...

I'm eternally grateful to have seen this movie in IMAX first. Now I NEED this at home! 🤣 Absolutely phenomenal work with the side by side comparisons! KUDOS³!!! ❤🔥

This was the first time I went to the cinema by myself, it was an IMAX in Bangkok, I was working there at the time. This movie in IMAX took me to a different universe for the evening.

I've never realised the difference between imax and standard cuts thank you for this. I already regretted not seeing dune in iMax but now I am completely wounded

I saw this movie in IMAX as my first viewing, and it was spectacular. I loved it. But then, every subsequent attempt to rewatch it, I haven't made it halfway through, because I genuinely don't find it as visually exhilarating to experience as I remember it being in IMAX. Like, I see these shots that I have vivid memories of sitting in that theatre and going "wooooooaaah" as the frame would expand to the ceiling, and I would literally need to tilt my head up just to see the top of the frame. But seeing those same shots in 2.39:1, not only is that magic not there anymore, but I can't help but realise how much lesser of a movie this is without that expanded frame. Not to say the story isn't great or anything. It's still a compelling movie. But this was such a visceral experience in the theatre for me, that I can't help but yearn to experience that version of the movie again... and I just can't anymore. And that kills me. I saw this movie, and I LOVED it. And for some strange reason, they just aren't selling that same movie on bluray. Not even an in-between 16x9 version or something. I don't get it. With movies like this I ESPECIALLY don't get it. This movie was so clearly made to be seen in that IMAX format, but that movie is lost media now, I guess??? This video is the first time I'm actually seeing some of these open matte shots since my original IMAX viewing, and I'm literally getting those same "wooooaaah" feelings again, even though I'm looking at it on a 14" laptop. It's like I'm unlocking a core memory. Just seeing these shots how I remember them looking, and not some cropped to hell version that just doesn't work, is enough to take me back to that original viewing experience. I know this comment is way too long and rant-y. But I feel so strongly about this. Particularly in regard to this movie, I feel so strongly about this.

It’s clear to see that the images/scenes have been specifically composed for the full IMAX ratio. I found that when it switched to the letterbox format there was a distinctly claustrophobic feeling, and when we were allowed to see the full image again it felt like being able to breathe once more. I desperately want to see the full aspect ratio version now. It’s like back when TVs were 4:3 and and they finally began to broadcast films in full widescreen after only ever having shown a “scan & pan” version (to fill our TV screens) with the edges of the image lopped off (often by the broadcasting company employees, who either didn’t care or were untrained - the worst example I recall being an espionage film where two enemy agents finally meet each other in a library and have a very tense confrontation from either side of a stand of bookshelves in an unbroken two-shot, and all that was broadcast on the tv was the bookshelves, with neither agent visible). It probably won’t be long before we all have squarer TVs again (4:3? 1.36:1?? Whatever…) as more and more films, having grown wider, are now growing taller. I was very impressed with the full IMAX you showed and now can’t help but feel I’ve only seen a fraction of the film. With many filmmakers it wouldn’t matter as much, but with someone like Villeneuve (and his DoP I assume), a true visualist (is that even a word??), the difference is night and day.

I don’t know how you got these imax frames but i need this in my life

They way you used a synth version of Herald of the Change track in this video was phenomenal. I got goosebumps.

It’s like half of Denis Villeneuve’s poetry has been taken out of his poem.

What a shame that they didn't released Imax blu ray. Hope for part 2, maybe a box with both movies

thank you for this youtube. i will add this blu-ray to my collection

I just watched the reissue of Dune in IMAX tonight, and it's exactly how it should be viewed. The size and scope of the film on that screen is legitimately beyond words. I cannot wait to see Part Two in IMAX as well!✨️

my goodness, I feel like I was robbed of the splendor of this movie.

It is very interesting to see this IMAX footage and how IMAX as a whole is getting more and more common. In the past you had maybe one or two scenes in IMAX, but today it's somehow possible to have full films in IMAX, like NOPE, DC Justice League, hecc even some Anime films as I just researched. I think this trend could change the meaning of what a video's aspect ratio really means. Like not too long ago, it was all about ultrawide, then the "Netflix" AR of 2:1 was the trend. And now we are going taller with IMAX and OM - Open Matte versions of films that started to pop up recently. So the "cinematic look" which was associated with the ultrawide "black bars" is currently getting deconstructed. I think this whole shift changed my own definition of a cinematic image. What a time to be alive!

Okay, Imax Lazer format is like the tv I used to watch back in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, except in higher quality. Wider screen in the movies and tv was meant to give us a wider, enveloping feel, and now we're going right back to the old feel, except higher quality. That's somehow hilarious.

I don't go to theaters much any more, but after watching your side by side comparisons of Standard and IMAX....I'm sold ! Now I believe I'll go to see IMAX for sure. "Avatar 2" is coming soon; I'll go !

Great video! I saw Dune three times in the theater. The first was on a 1.43:1 IMAX laser presentation, the second was a Dolby cinema viewing, and the last was on a standard screen. While the larger IMAX screen and taller ratio was a very immersive experience, the sharpness and overall contrast on the Dolby screen (not to mention the audio!) felt superior. I also feel like the 4:3 ratio doesn't 'feel' as cinematic to me as a film presented in a wide aspect ratio, like 2.76:1. To me, the extra visual story telling that happens with a wider aspect ratio is more important than having extra to look at top and bottom. That all comes down to preference. Just as long as we stick to 24 fps (looking at you Peter Jackson), I won't complain too much.

Wow!! The worm scenes especially, look so much more EPIC!! Well 👍👍👍

If someone wouldve told me the aspect ratio made a difference I probably wouldn't believe them. Seeing the difference like this is actually insane. The immersion is unreal in the IMAX version

I also want to see the extended version of DUNE Part 1 which includes scenes cut that would expand the narrative (I know the director hates extended cuts, but there is good case for an extended version)

It is impressive to see a complete comparison! Thanks for this. Should we expect a going back to 4:3 screens? That would be extremely funny. The 16:9 ratio was an excellent idea to extend the size, but it turned out to be a cropped version of the previous ratio, which doesn't make much sense. Is it due to the CMOS sensor that is with a squarish ratio? How is it that cinematographers shooting for IMAX don't create an extended version of the IMAX for the 1:1.90?

Deeply appreciate you putting this together 🖖

Just got back home from seeing Dune 2 for the third time but for the first time in digital. While the crop isn’t anywhere near as egregious as Dune 1 it is genuinely criminal that most of the population has only seen that version of the movie. Watching a movie in IMAX takes a great movie to the level it needs to be at to stick in your head. I’ve only ever seen Dune 1 at home and I never realized how much that movie got gutted. If we don’t get a physical release for the IMAX versions of this movie it would be a crime against humanity.

how tf did u get this footage ? this is how i watched it my second viewing in nyc . would pay to watch it like this again

Wow! How did you get hold of the footage? One of my favourite films, it ages so well with more viewings, it actually enhanced the enjoyment of the original book for me too.

It's a shame a lot of movies go for 2.35:1 ratios instead of the 1.43/1.9:1 ratio. 2.35 looks cinematic but 1.43/1.9 feels like you're there in person, truly immersive.

I’ll never understand this decision, nor releasing an extended cut with the deleted content. I won’t even watch the non extended version of LotR because I enjoy the additional scenes and world building.

Just watched Dune re-run in Imax Laser...spectacular. plus sneak peek to Dune part 2😍

IMAX with lasaae

I generally prefer the framing of letterbox/widescreen but in the end it's about what originally intented format. It the film was designed for IMAX, then I want that framing. It it was designed for letterbox, then I want that.

Great video! The high effort to make this is clearly visible. Pays off!!!

Watching DUNE on Imax was almost a spiritual experience. You felt elated walking out of the cinema ..especially watching a movie where you could actually see what's going on screen and not obscured by dark CGI lighting

Have you seen Top Gun Maverick? I thought it was interesting how they handled the IMAX filmed scenes for the streaming version, switching between normal widescreen for the ground scenes and IMAX ratio for the flight scenes. Doesn’t distract from viewing and you get the awesome full views! Am praying my local IMAX will do a double bill because I neeeed to see this again 🙏

Wonderful comparison, thank you for all your work you put into this. IMAX helps feel the scale of many scenes and shows how much work was put into shaping the world of Dune for the big screen, no doubt about it, but at the same time, I'm so used to the "cinematic" nature of the standard 2.39:1 aspect ratio I've learned to appreciate the skillful framing of every shot. Always good to have options, however!

There's a reason imo why imax is imax itself only on theaters. It gives you a massive and memorable experience the same you experience concerts.

wow, what you have done here is incredible. i live nowhere near an imax and only saw Part 1 on my laptop, before going to a small cinema to watch part 2. Seeing these comparisons, 'Standard' ratio feels like only half the image!

Beautiful work! But where do you get the IMAX film from? I've been searching everywhere.

My only hope with any of this is that when Denis finishes his trilogy, that the films will be released in this aspect ratio for home viewing. And that there will be extended versions to show deleted scenes that many fans would love to see. I get that for a mass release, they had to make it more marketable as far as length and to not overcomplicate the story. But as a fan of dune. There's so much footage that I would like to see that I know they filmed. And I would like to have a similar viewing experience with the proper aspect ratio at home!! 🙌🏻 It's possible that it is a marketing tactic. Building the want for a massive release. Something like they did for the Lord of the Rings!

I got to see Dune in a 1.90 IMAX screen. WB should realize that there are very few 1.43 Imax screens in the world as most of them show movies in 1.90 or 1.85 instead of the full frame 1.43. Not everyone is able to see it and we deserve to get to see it at home at the very least. Batman v Superman last year released a remaster with all the IMAX 1.43 scenes and it looked Gorgeous! Hopefully they do the same with Dune soon and then Dune part 2 as well

I think you're SPOT ON with this and really respect the efforts you went through to put this together!! Thank you - Now I'm off to attempt to build an IMAX screen in my garage.....

Excellent breakdown, dude. Where did you get the IMAX video files to create these comparisons?

Fantastic work, like watching a new movie.

Hello there. Thank you for this video. I have the 4K version and I'm certain at least some of the scenes were the full view. The copters flying head on was the first one that made me think that, but then iooked back at the flight into the base over the mountains and the shot of Paul and his mum walking towards the people and I remember them being this aspect. I'm not 100% obviously, but there's others as well where it is as I remembered it. Anyway, thank you for the video. Be well.

I don't remember who exactly said this, but many decades ago, someone pointed out that a 1.43:1 frame allows the film maker to exploit not only dramatic width of image, but also dramatic height. In the 2.35:1 frame, there's very little actual height and the image cannot be utilised for the purpose of heightened drama or expanded scope in the vertical sense, such as showing the height of very tall, imposing buildings and mountains. This holds true regardless of how large the screen is. Strangely, even a gigantic, massive screen, if in wide format, still gives the impression of there not being any genuine height. Nowdays, the IMAX frame nicely fills the same purpose as the traditional 1.43:1 frame. So, yes, IMAX is far superior and preferable to the standard wide screen format. Far more can be achieved with that more square IMAX frame. I wish contemporary film makers would use IMAX more often and at least offer the viewing public the choice, if not in the theatres then in home cinema. The one feature I noticed most in your video demonstration was the feeling that in IMAX I was actually experiencing the entire image, including the entire of those images; whereas in standard wide screen, I was most definitely feeling cheated of both image and dramatic experience. So my vote most strongly is for the IMAX format, whether in theatres or in home cinema. I just hope enough people make their voices heard so film makers will know what we want. (but I'm not holding my breath)