Are 'Barton Fink' and 'Miller's Crossing' REALLY anamorphic??
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Are 'Barton Fink' and 'Miller's Crossing' REALLY anamorphic??
Either I've got my TV set up wrong (though every other anamorphic DVD I've tried in the last couple of months looks fine) or there's something wrong with the authoring of these discs. Both look weirdly squished vertically. Though I can't seem to find an online review anywhere that mentions this.
Especially 'Barton Fink', which not only never reaches the sides of the screen, but isn't even centered - there's significantly more vertical black bar on the right than on the left.
These are the Region 1 20th Fox editions, natch.
Especially 'Barton Fink', which not only never reaches the sides of the screen, but isn't even centered - there's significantly more vertical black bar on the right than on the left.
These are the Region 1 20th Fox editions, natch.
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Maybe it's just a framing issue?
The laserdisc editions were 1.33:1, but claimed on the cover that they were not pan-and-scanned, that the Coen brothers wanted the presentation in that aspect ratio. Maybe the letterboxing here is just clumsy (an open-matte negative?). (I REALLY can't think of any logical reason the image in 'Barton Fink' wouldn't at least be centered.)
The laserdisc editions were 1.33:1, but claimed on the cover that they were not pan-and-scanned, that the Coen brothers wanted the presentation in that aspect ratio. Maybe the letterboxing here is just clumsy (an open-matte negative?). (I REALLY can't think of any logical reason the image in 'Barton Fink' wouldn't at least be centered.)
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Originally Posted by PatrickMcCart
They're both 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, meaning there's thin bars on the side. You're watching them in "16x9 mode" which means the image is filling up the TV instead of being letterboxed on the top and bottom.
I've got the DVD player (Pioneer) on "wide" and the TV (Panasonic) on "full", which makes every other anamorphic disc I've tried look great. These two titles don't seem to look right on any setting.
I guess they can't be non-anamorphic, or else they'd look decent on the "4:3" setting, but they sure don't look right. On any setting.
Oh, well. I'm sure they'll get replaced with Blu-Ray editions some day.
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Originally Posted by PatrickMcCart
They're both 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, meaning there's thin bars on the side. You're watching them in "16x9 mode" which means the image is filling up the TV instead of being letterboxed on the top and bottom.
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Check your DVD player, see if it there is a setting where you tell it what kind of tv you have (16x9/widescreen vs 4x3/standard/etc). Many DVDs do not use the flag which identifies their aspect ratio to the player so they play fine regardless of the player's setting. But every once in a while a disc will be authored to correctly use the flag and if your player is not set up correctly it causes the image to be squished or stretched in odd ways.
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Originally Posted by Jah-Wren Ryel
Check your DVD player, see if it there is a setting where you tell it what kind of tv you have (16x9/widescreen vs 4x3/standard/etc). Many DVDs do not use the flag which identifies their aspect ratio to the player so they play fine regardless of the player's setting. But every once in a while a disc will be authored to correctly use the flag and if your player is not set up correctly it causes the image to be squished or stretched in odd ways.
Is there a way to permanently set the player on one setting (like, say, "wide"), so that it doesn't default when an unflagged disc is played?
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Originally Posted by wergo
Is there a way to permanently set the player on one setting (like, say, "wide"), so that it doesn't default when an unflagged disc is played?