Why does IMAX film have to be routed all across the projector room?

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I just watched a (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3vNfYt/) of a guy in an IMAX projector room loading Dune 2 into the projector. But he first had to weave it through dozens of rollers. The film snaked all over the room, requiring the guy to duck under it to cross the room.

Why do they do this? Why can’t he just feed it straight into the projector and straight out?

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One time I saw this they were using 1 reel of film to project into 3 different theatres. They had set up pulleys and rollers and springs and had it all lined up ready to roll. It was a success, however this wasn’t IMAX, but it could be done with IMAX.

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