2.35 films being changed to 1.77 for DVD...
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Little shop of horrors and South park both had trailers in 2.35 but the dvds are 1.85
Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Both Little Shop Of Horrors and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut were 1.85:1.
Both Little Shop Of Horrors and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut were 1.85:1.
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Almost all of the movies shown on HBO HD (wider than ~1.78 of course) are cropped to the 1.78 ratio. It's frustrating, but there is no doubt that 16x9 pan-n-scan will become a norm in the future.
It really saddens me, but "full" screen always has ended coming out on every video format I can recall...it's disheartening.
So close, yet ever so, so far away....
It really saddens me, but "full" screen always has ended coming out on every video format I can recall...it's disheartening.
So close, yet ever so, so far away....
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From what I've heard this is widely done in Europe -- P&Sing 2.35 movies to fill a 16x9 TV screen. So, we've got a HUGE uphill battle here. That said, we must make it know that THIS SUCKS and we won't stand for it!
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Originally posted by digitalfreaknyc
*shudder*
i would prefer everything to be shown in 2.35:1. It's more cinematic in my opinion. 1.85 is just a compromise, IMHO.
*shudder*
i would prefer everything to be shown in 2.35:1. It's more cinematic in my opinion. 1.85 is just a compromise, IMHO.
Les Enfants du Paradis / A Matter Of Life And Death / The Seventh Seal /
Bicycle Thieves / Tokyo Story / the APU trilogy - to name just a very few titles - are not "cinematic"...?...
( (thinks) : digitalfreaknyc must be one of those young whippersnappers I keep hearing about...)
(signed) Old Codger
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Just when I thought it was safe and nearly every studio was doing anamorphic widescreen transfers in OAR for all new releases (except MGM now and again). Not that long ago, Disney, MGM and Fox would have spotty support of anamorphic widescreen (ie, from Dusk till Dawn is STILL non anamorphic ). the releases were so uncertain, I was scared Fight Club would be non anamorphic which would have been a tragedy. Now with this pan and scanning of 2.35 movies, a scenario that hadn't even occured to me, we must fight another battle. I hope we win.
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Originally posted by Hendrik
...ah...so... Sunrise / Citizen Kane / Alexander Nevsky / M /
Les Enfants du Paradis / A Matter Of Life And Death / The Seventh Seal /
Bicycle Thieves / Tokyo Story / the APU trilogy - to name just a very few titles - are not "cinematic"...?...
( (thinks) : digitalfreaknyc must be one of those young whippersnappers I keep hearing about...)
(signed) Old Codger
. . . . . .
...ah...so... Sunrise / Citizen Kane / Alexander Nevsky / M /
Les Enfants du Paradis / A Matter Of Life And Death / The Seventh Seal /
Bicycle Thieves / Tokyo Story / the APU trilogy - to name just a very few titles - are not "cinematic"...?...
( (thinks) : digitalfreaknyc must be one of those young whippersnappers I keep hearing about...)
(signed) Old Codger
. . . . . .
And in response to your presumption about me....yes. It is true. 25yo and have never seen any of the movies you mentioned. All About Eve is the only full screen movie I own...and nothing can be done about that.
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Storaro shot Apocalypse Now long before the advent of letterboxing on home video, so how could he have possibly been thinking ahead to how it would look on video when he shot it?
The reason why filmmakers can't show 2:1 conversions in theaters is that it's not practical. Most theaters show either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 and that's it. Most theater owners won't change matting or curtains on a screen out of laziness.
So, you'd have a nice 2:1 print of Life as a House, but the theater screen would look awkward.
It's not really a big deal to have variable ratio films. VistaVision was made, for example, to be matted anywhere from 1.66:1 to 1.96:1. Even normal 35mm can be used to create 1.33:1, 1.66:1, 1.85:1, and 2.35:1 images. It's really just a matter of people not accepting that filmmakers have better input on the presentation of their films than the consumer.
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I'm an OAR fan and always are in favor of widescreen. But I do have to admit, while watching Titanic, I thought many of the shots looked a little too tightly cropped. After Cameron mentioned he likes the larger frame I wondered why he didn't release it at 1.85:1.
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Originally posted by PatrickMcCart
The reason why filmmakers can't show 2:1 conversions in theaters is that it's not practical. Most theaters show either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 and that's it. Most theater owners won't change matting or curtains on a screen out of laziness.
The reason why filmmakers can't show 2:1 conversions in theaters is that it's not practical. Most theaters show either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 and that's it. Most theater owners won't change matting or curtains on a screen out of laziness.
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Originally posted by larry bender
SILVERADO was later corrected to its proper aspect ratio of 2:35 in a later dvd release.
SILVERADO was later corrected to its proper aspect ratio of 2:35 in a later dvd release.
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MGM released Manhattan at 1.85, although it was at 2.20 in all previous widescreen video releases. After the DVD release, they claimed that 1.85 was actually the OAR after all. Right.
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MANHATTAN was 2:35 in theaters and is about same on dvd.
MANHATTAN was 2:35 in theaters and is about same on dvd.
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Originally posted by seymouru
You're correct. I remember a discussion about one of Woody Allen's releases having been released in MAR. I thought it was Manhattan, but I guess not. I'll have to dig through the archives to figure out what it was. Man, it really sucks when the memory starts to go. Sorry for the confusion.
You're correct. I remember a discussion about one of Woody Allen's releases having been released in MAR. I thought it was Manhattan, but I guess not. I'll have to dig through the archives to figure out what it was. Man, it really sucks when the memory starts to go. Sorry for the confusion.
This isn't the only the only scope film to have the far left side of the frame mistakenly shown on home video. The widescreen Doctor Zhivago LD also showed the portion of the frame that was meant to be covered up by the soundtrack, and this mistake was also fixed for the DVD.
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Originally posted by djtoell
It was Manhattan that had such a controversy, but the DVD is in the proper AR. There was a LD release of Manhattan that mistakenly showed the entire exposed negative, including the portion on the far left of the frame that was covered up by the soundtrack when the film was released theatrically. This part of the frame was never meant to be seen. This LD had an AR of about 2.6:1. The DVD release restored the proper AR for the film, covering up the left side of the frame and showing the film in its proper 2.35:1 AR. MGM's DVD has the correct framing.
It was Manhattan that had such a controversy, but the DVD is in the proper AR. There was a LD release of Manhattan that mistakenly showed the entire exposed negative, including the portion on the far left of the frame that was covered up by the soundtrack when the film was released theatrically. This part of the frame was never meant to be seen. This LD had an AR of about 2.6:1. The DVD release restored the proper AR for the film, covering up the left side of the frame and showing the film in its proper 2.35:1 AR. MGM's DVD has the correct framing.
The letterbox bars on that copy were actually gray, because the studio thought that would be less distracting on a black & white movie. They hadn't hit their learning curve yet.
The later laserdisc remaster was 2.6:1 as you say, and had proper black bars.
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I was thinking of the Manhattan LD at 2.6 (2.55?), and I still like its composition more than the 2.35 DVD release. Maybe I was just more accustomed to seeing it the wrong way all those years. In the earlier discussion I mentioned the opening scene at Elaine's as an example, where Anne Byrne is clearly visible on the LD but partially cut off on the DVD. I thought having her more involved in the conversation helped set up Yale's later infidelity. But if Woody Allen and Gordon Willis really intended it to be 2.35, so be it. I'll continue to watch the LD, however.
Thanks DJ and Josh for clearing up my memory.
Thanks DJ and Josh for clearing up my memory.