Local Hero Projectionist and Head Programmer Dan Halsted talks about bringing 70mm back to The Hollywood Theatre

Those of us in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area have an embarrassment of riches in regards to the world of film. We have a number of brew pub cinemas, thanks to the McMenamins’ chain, the Laurelhurst theatre, and the Academy theatre. There is boutique, high-end faire, with the likes of Cinetopia and the Living Room Theatres. Repertory cinemas, like the Cinema 21, which has been running foreign, classic and independent titles for decades. For fans of grindhouse, music, documentaries and “Rocky Horror Picture Show” we have the Clinton. Additionally, there is Portland State University student run 35mm theatre, the 5th Avenue Cinema. Finally, there are several local and national chain theatres that offer everything from obscure imports, Imax and the latest franchise movies, like the Marvel superheroes. Not one theatre, however, has run 70mm since the Robert Harris restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” in 1996. One of our finest jewels in the film crown of Portland is about to change that: The Hollywood Theatre.

via Local Hero Projectionist and Head Programmer Dan Halsted talks about bringing 70mm back to The Hollywood Theatre.