Ang Lee’s film too technologically advanced for Taiwan screening

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/14
By: Hung Chien-lun and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Oct. 14 (CNA) Taiwan-born movie director Ang Lee's (李安) new film "Gemini Man" has been

Screenshot of the movie trailer shown on YouTube

made in such a technologically advanced way that no theater in Taiwan can play it in the form that the Oscar- winning director originally intended.

Normally, movies are shot at 24 frames per second (fps), but the two-time Oscar winner shot his latest work at 120 fps, giving the film extremely sharp and ultra-realistic visuals.

However, only one theater in the U.S. has been able to use the full specifications to screen the Will Smith-starring film — the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles — when it held the film's world premiere Oct. 6.

Lee's previous film, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" in 2016, was shot in 3D with 4K resolution at 120 fps.    [FULL  STORY]

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