How The Odyssey Became the First Movie Ever Shot Entirely on IMAX

Christopher Nolan has destroyed three IMAX cameras in his career — one crushed by a stunt truck, one wrecked in a Batpod crash, one sunk in the ocean for 90 minutes. Now that same director just shot an entire movie, start to finish, on this exact format. No one has ever done that before, not once in IMAX's 56-year history. In this video, we break down how IMAX actually works, why the format's noise and weight made a full-length shoot impossible for over five decades, and the exact engineering breakthrough — a new camera named after IMAX's own David Keighley — that finally solved it for The Odyssey. Along the way: what 35mm, 65mm, and 70mm actually mean, how IMAX resolution stacks up against today's best digital cameras, and the mirror trick Nolan's crew invented on set just to let actors see each other's faces again. Chapters: 00:00 - 00:45 - The Odyssey Shot in IMAX 00:46 - 02:32 - Invention of IMAX 02:33 - 04:45 - 35mm vs 65mm vs 70mm 04:46 - 05:59 - How The Rolling Loop Works 06:00 - 08:14 - Problems with IMAX Cameras 08:15 - 09:27 - The Man Who Kept Breaking Them 09:28 - 10:49 - Oppenheimer 10:50 - 11:59 - The Odyssey: Building a Quieter Camera 12:00 - 13:08 - The Problem That Came Next 13:09 - 15:00 - Why This Film? Why Now? If you want more of what's actually happening behind the camera on movies like this, subscribe — there's a lot more from The Odyssey where this came from. #theodyssey #christophernolan #imax #mattdamon #filmmaking #behindthescenes #60minutes #cinematography #mattdamon #odyssey