In the Labyrinth
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| In the Labyrinth | |
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| 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 |
| Editing by | Tom Daly |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 21 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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In the Labyrinth was a groundbreaking multi-screen presentation at Expo 67. It used 35mm and 70mm film projected simultaneously on multiple screens and was the precursor of today's IMAX format.
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." [1]
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.
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[edit] Labyrinth pavilion
The Labyrinth consisted of three main chambers: Theatre One, which ran two 70mm 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 simulataneous 35mm projections in a cross formation.
[edit] Post-1967
In 1979, the NFB re-issued In the Labyrinth in a single-screen format. [2] In May of 2007, the NFB and the Cinémathèque québécoise presented an exhibition on the Labyrinth pavillion, marking the 40th anniversary of Expo 67.
[edit] References
- ^ "Magic in Montreal: The Films of Expo", Time, 1967-07-07. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ NFB Web page (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
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