Digital projection is meaning cleaner and more stable pictures on the big screen.

Have you noticed anything different in the past few years of visiting your local multiplex?

None of the scratches and jitter that you always used to see?

Since the film-digital debate is kind of technical, just a bit of background so were clear.

For over a century, physical 35mm film prints were the undisputed method for projecting films.

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EnterAvatar, which gave digital projections possibilities a rocket boost in interest.

Though very few 3D films since (native or post-converted) have approachedAvatars impact, the tide was turned.

The analogue picture is organic, vibrant and richly coloured whereas digital is flat and lifeless.

shooting on film or digital).

Does he have a point?

Certainly, there are never ushers on hand to tell them to put their phones away.

Plus the fact is there are more viewing possibilities now than when there was just film.

Its IMAX 70mm which Christopher Nolan has recently latched onto so much.

Parts ofThe Dark Knight, The Dark Knight RisesandInterstellarhave all been shot using IMAX cameras.

One small Texas cinema chain CEO said simply: It makes no sense to step back in time.

It just is, hands down.

None of the new technologies have done that.

Both films are frankly brilliant, but the latter is especially interesting for being mostly shot on rarely-used 65mm.

Just a few large 70mm prints were produced without any digital influence, alongside 35mm prints and DCPs.

Alas,The Masterin 70mm wasnt an opportunity for me, but in 35mm?

But at other points I couldnt help but notice the assorted scratches all over the frame during certain reels.

But oh the films HD transfer is gorgeous, replicating the 65mm negatives insane detail with almost spotless excellence.

So Im a bit torn.

Who knows, maybe one day digital IMAX will outsize the 70mm prints Nolan so loves.

Are cinemas themselves on the verge of becoming a niche?

Or most of them, anyway.

Though I wonder: will cinema chains and studios eventually change their business altogether?

Will our phones be the first place to watch the latest tentpole blockbusters?

Forget TV in public, I want to hear Tarantinos thoughts on that particular prospect.