In the Labyrinth (film)
| In the Labyrinth | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Roman Kroitor Colin Low Hugh O'Connor |
| Produced by |
Tom Daly Roman Kroitor |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
| Cinematography |
Michel Thomas-d'Hoste Walter Lassally Gilles Gascon Georges Dufaux V.V. Dombrovsky Alex O. Krasnov |
| Edited by | Tom Daly |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release dates | 1967 |
Running time | 21 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English/French |
In the Labyrinth (French: Dans le labyrinthe) was a groundbreaking multi-screen presentation at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It used 35mm and 70mm film projected simultaneously on multiple screens and was the precursor of today's IMAX format.[1]
The film split elements across the five screens and also combined them for a mosaic of a single image. It was hailed as a "stunning visual display" by Time magazine, which concludes: "such visual delights as Labyrinth ... suggest that cinema—the most typical of 20th century arts—has just begun to explore its boundaries and possibilities." [2]
In the Labyrinth was co-directed by Roman Kroitor, Colin Low and Hugh O'Connor and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Kroitor left the NFB shortly after to co-found Multi-Screen Corporation, which later became IMAX Corporation.[3]
NFB animator Ryan Larkin also designed animated sequences for the film.[4]
It inspired Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison to apply similar techniques to his film The Thomas Crown Affair.[5]
Labyrinth pavilion
The Labyrinth consisted of three main chambers: Theatre One, which ran two 70 mm projectors in a unique floor-and-end-wall combination; The Maze, an apparently limitless series of mirrors and red "grain-of-wheat" bulbs; and Theatre Three, which projected five simultaneous 35 mm projections in a cross formation. The pavilion cost $4.5 million and attracted over 1.3 million visitors in 1967.[3]
Post-1967
In 1979, the NFB re-issued In the Labyrinth in a single-screen format.[6] In May 2007, the NFB and the Cinémathèque québécoise presented an exhibition on the Labyrinth pavilion, marking the 40th anniversary of Expo 67.
References
- ↑ Desjardins, Cléa (28 October 2014). "Expo 67: The birthplace of modern moviegoing". Concordia University. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Magic in Montreal: The Films of Expo". Time. 1967-07-07. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- 1 2 Aitken, Ian (October 27, 2005). "NFB's Labyrinth". Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. pp. 168–9. ISBN 978-1579584450.
- ↑ Robinson, Chris (2006). Unsung Heroes of Animation. Indiana University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-86196-665-3.
- ↑ Atherton, Tony (2000-07-10). "When camera and gun collide". Ottawa Citizen. pp. D7.
- ↑ "NFB Web page". Retrieved 2008-03-01.
External links
- Watch In the Labyrinth at the NFB website
- In the Labyrinth at the Internet Movie Database
- Web page for Labyrinth and film
- Labyrinth pavilion
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