There Are 6 Different Ways You Can See 'Interstellar' - Here's How To See It

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"Interstellar" is in theaters and if you head out to see it, you'll have a total of six different ways to view the film.

None of them will be in 3D, since director Christopher Nolan isn't a huge fan of the format. Rather, Nolan's a big advocate of IMAX and traditional film, making the movie on both 35mm film and 65mm IMAX.

You'll be able to view the film in 70mm IMAX, traditional 70mm, traditional IMAX, 35mm, 4K digital, and standard digital.

If none of that means anything to you, here's a graphic Paramount recently released breaking down slight differences between each format.

How should you see it?

A lot of that is going to depend on where you live and what format is actually available to you.

70mm Film

If you want to see it on 70mm film, it's only playing in that format in five states in addition to Toronto, Canada. There are 11 theaters in total showing "Interstellar" in 70mm.

Here are the California and New York locations. California
Hollywood: Arclight Hollywood
Oakland: Renaissance Grand Lake Theatre New York City
Bow Tie Ziegfeld Theater
City Cinema 1, 2 & IMAX 3 Average ticket price in NY: $15 Here's the full list of theaters showing "Interstellar" in 70mm.

70mm IMAX

42 theaters in 20 states and Canada are showing the film in full-blown 70mm IMAX. This is how we saw the movie. We were definitely blown away by the IMAX scenes. Nolan shot a large portion of the film in IMAX so while tickets may be a bit pricier, you're getting your money's worth. If you're in California and New York, here's where you can catch it. California
Dublin: Regal Hacienda Crossings Stadium 21 & IMAX
Hollywood: TCL Chinese Theatres IMAX
Irvine: Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 IMAX & RPX
Sacramento: Esquire IMAX
San Francisco: AMC Meteon 16 & IMAX
San Jose: Hackworth IMAX Dome, The Tech Museum
Universal City: AMC Universal Citywalk Stadium 19 & IMAX New York
New Rochelle: Regal New Roc Stadium 18 & IMAX
New York City: AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 & IMAX
Rochester: Cinemark Tinseltown USA & IMAX
West Nyack: AMC Loews Palisades 21 & IMAX Average ticket price in NY: $20.99 Here's the full list of theaters showing the film in 70mm IMAX.

35mm

If you want to go old school, just under 200 theaters are showing the film in 35mm. Paramount's website clocks the number in at 198 screens.

Since the movie is heavily influenced by Stanley Kubrick's 1968 "2001: A Space Odyssey," and Nolan filmed much of the movie in this format, there's something nostalgic about seeing the movie on original film.

If you're in NYC, and are a Nolan fan, you may want to head to Chelsea's Bow Tie Cinema where the director himself tested the film out.

Average ticket price in NY: $15

Here's the full list of theaters showing the film in 35mm.

IMAX

313 theaters are showing the film in regular IMAX. These showings are more easily available to the public, but honestly, you're better off seeing it in the 70mm IMAX. Most "IMAX" theaters across the country aren't real IMAX sizes so if you want to see "Interstellar" in all of its IMAX glory, it's probably best to watch it on the largest screens possible. In NYC, that's the AMC Lincoln Square theater. In California, the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and AMC Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles offer large IMAX screens. Average ticket price in NY: $19.99 Here's the full list of IMAX theaters.

4K Digital and Digital

This is how the movie is widely being distributed where it's not avaialable on film and/or IMAX. Again, since Nolan put the effort into making the movie both in film and in IMAX to be viewed in those formats, it feels like you're losing something by seeing "Interstellar" in digital.

The average ticket price in New York for digital is $14.99 which is essentially the same price as a 35mm ticket ($15.00).