Wise and De Palma used them extensively in the 70s. The Technirama process apparently was when they were brought into use in cinematography - King of Kings (1961, Nicholas Ray) has some shots, apparently, though I'd have to look at the film again to see where they are used. From what I can gather, split diopters (sometimes called bi-focal lenses) have been around for a hundred years, though they were used only in still photography.
This film, as with many of De Palma's films, is teeming with split diopter shots, as well 'hard' split-screen and soft optical split-screen flashbacks. What an interesting coincidence - yesterday I was reading as much as I could about split diopters, after seeing De Palma's, Dressed to Kill for the first time in its 2.35:1 Panavison framing. So what does everyone else think about this film and its technical key aspects excreta? Sound mix is monaural, thou the recording techniques back in these days where still good standards, but the 70mm six-track mag process would have really been in order for this type of DVD, it’s mostly dialogue orientated throughout the films running time, music is used sparingly by composer “Gil Melle.”įinal thoughts, I have found this film very inspirational of ideas, ideas for Sci-Fi story that I’m working on myself, thou it’s a very slow process, this film as some very well written lines. Kline” shows one type of photography that caught my eye “Slit Lens Dioptre” where two images remain focused one in the foreground and the other in the background area, the process and its technical usage gives the film an edge. So no spoilers hear will be giving away, as this film still works even today, having seen it now for first time presented in “Panavision scope 2.35:1” which truly remarkable, the use of the cinematography by “Richard H. Directed by Robert Wise and from novelist Michel Crichton “The Andromeda Strain” is a terrifying science fiction drama which tells the story of a biological virus that as wiped out a small American community, with only two survivors a man and baby, now the “wildfire” team, have to find what killed the town and isolate the deadly virus before it could destroy mankind!