Vistavision

The Coolidge has been selected to screen Paul Thomas Anderson’s hotly anticipated new film One Battle After Another in VistaVision, joining only three other venues worldwide to exhibit the film in this rare and unique format!

VistaVision was created by Paramount in the 1950s as a way of competing against other widescreen formats such as CinemaScope. VistaVision's key innovation was flipping the standard 35mm frame on its side, thus increasing the size of the frame from four perforations wide to eight. This larger negative area results in remarkable sharpness, finer detail, and reduced grain, making it one of the highest-quality film formats ever developed.

The film will be playing on original VistaVision projectors believed to be the first two prototype machines made by Century Projector Corp. in 1953, which were provided by the George Eastman Museum and fully restored by Boston Light & Sound, who are supervising their installation at the Coolidge.

Ticket prices for VistaVision screenings: $23.75 General Admission/ $20.75 Coolidge Members, Students, Seniors & Children (No member comps, no matinee discount, and no additional senior discount on Thursdays for screenings in VistaVision)