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by Matthew Martin

"The best seats are in the upper
middle folks". I walked into the
theatre and took a good look
around. I was standing in the mid-

dle of a huge dome 27 meters f
across. I took my seat in the upper

middle and looked over my press
package given to me over refresh-

ments while waiting for the trek upi fy

to the theatre.

Eventually our host introduced [

~Omnimax Film Makes for
Great Neck Exercise

herself and then started the first | |

show, "In Season".
looks at the four seasons and ex-

with spectacular aerial shots and
impressive computer designed
graphics, the sound was terrific -
only to be expected with a 12,000
watt sound system. The range was
also very impressive - from the
chewing noises a chipmunk makes
in the "In Season", to the roar of the
space shuttle taking off in "The
Dream Is Alive".

reception after the performance
was the significance of the title. In
his answer he was not explicit,
preferring to leave the interpreta-
tion of the title, on a number of
levels, to the observer. He did im-

This show f

"Scene from "The Dream is Alive"

  

"The Dream Is Alive" was shot
over 3 flights into space. It gives
“an unprecedented window seat
aboard the space shuttle". You can
almost believe you are there,
aboard the shuttle as it takes off,
almost feeling the weightlessness
in orbit.

While both movies were spec-

Other Press

 
     

photo courtesy Science World
tacular they definitely keep your
neck busy looking from one side of
the dome to the other.

"Seasons" and "The Dream Is
Alive" both receive a thumbs. up
from this reporter. The films run
consecutively daily at the omnimax
Theatre, Science World in Van-
couver.

Sanctary Continued...

part however, that Sanctuary was
written particularly for perfor-
mance at the Vancouver East Cul-
tural Center, which at one time was
a church; historically a place of
safety and refuge. Hence the name.

Besides providing the means
to a thought provoking title, tailor-
ing the work for its particular place
of performance was invaluable to
its decidedly successful debut.
Sanctuary was recorded live by

  
  
  

 

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