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Not as far as I know. Very few cinemas are equipped to properly show films at Academy ratio. Since these were proper theater releases, they were shown at theatrical ratios here and abroad. Again, once these storyboards and diagrams in this book have been seen, no one will question this stuff...

Glad to see some counterpoint to Mr. Harris' earlier posting. I got a copy today and started watching it - I must say, I'm thoroughly engrossed by its first thirty minutes, and the quality is, as you guys have stated, pretty terrific. Somehow I missed this film back when it was released, which...

Seems like 2.0 to me, Stephen. As Joe Caps pointed out, quite wide across the stereo spectrum. I just managed to pick up yet more upcoming Fox titles, but one does get gun-shy about posting about them. They include Forty Guns, The Best of Everything, The Razor's Edge, and The Lady in...

Huh? I simply was curious Joe Caps. No offense meant, and I don't believe I "sling mud" at you. In fact, I think we've had several pleasant exchanges and agreed on several things, or am I misremembering. As to your apologies and the accusations, I'm afraid I'm at a loss there. As the...

I'm just curious. Joe Caps always has these threads inquiring about stereo tracks. He gets very up in arms if they do the fake mono spread thing. But here, we have confirmation that the DVD has the real stereo tracks, and not a word. My question is - is he just asking these things to find out...

You see what I'm saying, JulianE. The silence is deafening - and predictable.

The only DVD worth having of L'Appartement is from France. The others don't compare, image-wise. That Man from Rio is out in France, sans subtitles, totally faded and non-anamorphically letterboxed at 1:66. The film deserves better - one of my favorites, and one can only hope we'll get a...

Just picked up Emily and I Was a Fugitive, so I'll watch Emily this evening.

I'm sure Repulsion was shown in 1:66 in England, and I know it was shown in 1:85 here in New York.

I have the strongest feeling that the next release of these films on DVD (which I have been told is coming sooner than you might all think) will include widescreen transfers of all the films that should be done that way, i.e. The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut. I also think we'll...

1:85 or 1:66 would be acceptable. Anchor Bay DVD seems to be more 1:66 to my eye. But it absolutely should NOT be full frame.

Here is the link to the thread - you will see several of my posts after just having gotten the book - they mirror JulianE's almost verbatim. And you will see how nobody wants to hear it, or they simply go away without acknowledging what this information means...

JulianE, I have been saying the same thing for weeks, in other threads where it was once again brought up, ever since I got the book. There it is, in Mr. Kubrick's own writing. There it is in the storyboards and the back projection plate. There it is - frame for 1:85. No one wants to hear it.

Nope, not looking for a fight at all. You may feel about Columbia however you wish. And while I shan't defend their pricing practices, I most certainly will continue to defend the bulk of their transfers.

Having finished the disc, it's a disappointment. It's just not sharp enough. I think the color is okay, from my memory of prints I've seen over the years, but it's just too fuzzy-looking throughout.

Of your list, I believe only three are anamorphic transfers, which is what we were discussing. I thought The Gene Krupa Story looked terrific - what is your problem with it? And what is your problem with Lord Jim's transfer? You get no argument from me when they make stupid decisions, like...

You are certainly welcome to your opinion about "the poor quality of many of Columbia's catalog releases". And I am certainly welcome to disagree with your assessment as strongly as I care to, which I do. Democracy is a wonderful thing. Please name some Columbia anamorphic titles that you...

Oh, I see - every other studio releases their discs in OAR and at cheap prices. While the latter may be truer for most studios, the former is certainly not true for all studios. MGM/UA frequently releases DVDs not in their OAR, and other studios have routinely done so, too, like Universal. So, I...

I'm watching it now. It is actually a pretty fair representation of Trucolor - the very blue blues will tell you that. Trucolor was always a bastard child of Technicolor - but unlike the latter it was a two-color process rather than three. They did switch over to three colors at some point - not...

Well, since in the other Georgy Girl thread you said "I'll wait until I see the specs" and since the specs gave you nothing to complain about, then the price is all that's left (the price for a barebones release). But, thank you for admitting that you do like to criticize Columbia - I assume if...

Again, let's be clear, at least for me - I never said it was a failure, I said it was a moderate success. I hold to this belief.

Well, you couldn't complain about anamorphic, so there had to be something. :D ;) :) :b Now all the worry-warts can rest easy about the aspect ratio, and just limit the complaining to the price. Excellent! :D

Just to be perfectly clear, I think you'd have to walk many miles to find anything in my posts that was "less than congenial". I just have a different viewpoint - of course, some people take different viewpoints as "less that congenial" but that's not really my problem or the truth. This post...

I'll have to check out that Bronston set. I have two different versions of each film - one from France, the other from Japan. None of them are great, although they're all enhanced. The French DVDs are all 2.0 stereo. The Japanese, I think, are 5.1 but just don't sound that great, and the image...

Thanks for the info, both of you. I'm looking forward to getting this.

Funny, I don't see Singin' in the Rain on that list - that, to me, means that list is full of hooey. And they're not adjusting for ticket prices, clearly.

As you all know, I do love to sit here and scratch my head, which I am currently doing while thinking about someone who gets an advance copy of a DVD and watches everything BUT the feature to see how the quality is. Note to Mr. Avery: There aren't many here who really care about the quality of...

I said it earlier and I'll say it again - Molly Brown was a modest success financially. That's really the end of the story. It was not a huge box-office winner as the original poster would have had us believe. It did not cause MGM to want to do many more musicals, as we all know. Had it been a...

These lists are hooey. Every list is different, and there is no getting a straight story.

Yes. The 3.0 and 4.0 tracks are what they were - directional.