“The Movies have always been here. The Movies were here before God. Time is round like a reel of film. God hates the Movies because the Movies are the evidence of what He’s done.”
Rory and an actual 70mm projector at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Austin, Texas.
Rory Jobst is a professor, writer, playwright, actor, and director based in Chicago. He is the former Film Producer for Oracle Productions, and has reviewed movies on the radio for Bulldog’s Rude Awakening Show and co-hosted the television series and podcast DVD Geeks. He has also contributed to the AV Club, the Chicago Arts Journal, and Consequence of Sound. He is on the faculty for Harry S. Truman College, Malcolm X College, and North Park University, where he has taught the courses Character Transformation in Film and Chick Flicks?: Feminist Directed Films. He has been obsessed with movies since he was an infant, when his mother, a projectionist at an experimental movie house, used to take him with her to work.
Founded in 2020
70mm is a website devoted to the analysis of classic and contemporary cinema.
70mm is a specialty format for “a wide high-resolution film gauge for motion picture photography, with negative area nearly 3.5 times larger than the standard 35 mm motion picture film format.” (“70mm Film”) It is considered superior to a standard film projection because it projects more details and colors. Here at 70mm the website, I intend to go beyond standard analysis, focusing on the distinct colors and details that make up a motion picture. This will be the home of all my year end Top 10 lists going forward as other lists, features, essays, reviews, creative work, etc.