At the end of January I watched the documentary for Tenet that was included on the Blu-Ray. While going over the special effects, I noticed an interface I hadn't seen in a long time.

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A little afternoon digging tells me that QuickTime 7 got its last update sometime between 2009 and 2011. Apple support says QuickTime 7 isn't compatible with macOS after 10.14 Mojave, which came out in 2018. That lines up with the Touch Bar MacBook Pro clearly seen. And Tenet came out in 2020, so it all makes sense.

But seeing this in 2026 and for a movie that had a budget of $205 million, I wasn't expecting to see QuickTime 7 of all things. I wonder what QuickTime 7 does that X does not for the crew.

The real kicker isn't QuickTime 7 though—it's the monitor I saw later in the doco.

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That appears to be an Apple Cinema Display, which was released between 1999 and 2011. While I can't measure the display size from that screenshot, the design looks like it might be a 30'' model from 2004~2008. If so, that display had a resolution of 2560x1600, but only if using a dual-link DVI cable. If not, Wikipedia tells me, that it will only run at 1280x800.

You gotta wonder if this same tech was used on Oppenheimer or The Odyssey. Nolan may care about the latest IMAX tech, but it seems that the outstanding crew around him are believers in, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Impressive.