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5/11/09 at 9:27am
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

why is the widescreen of the robe cropped?

just check the 4:3 version while watching the widescreen version and you see that on top and the bottom some serious parts are cropped. for a full blown restoration i find this a bit odd to crop this film.
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5/11/09 at 12:03pm
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by EnricoE
why is the widescreen of the robe cropped?

just check the 4:3 version while watching the widescreen version and you see that on top and the bottom some serious parts are cropped. for a full blown restoration i find this a bit odd to crop this film.
Those are 2 different versions, one scope and one flat, shot at the same time but with different cameras. There's no cropping.
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5/11/09 at 12:50pm
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

Can you switch between them so it's possible to watch the 4:3 version in full 1080p?
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5/11/09 at 1:30pm
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

No, the Flat version is PiP only.

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5/11/09 at 4:26pm
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

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Those are 2 different versions, one scope and one flat, shot at the same time but with different cameras. There's no cropping.

They were not shot at the same time. Two different takes.

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5/11/09 at 4:57pm
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

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They were not shot at the same time. Two different takes.
If you want to get picky, some shots were done at the same time and some were not. Check the Roman baths sequence with the PiP on.
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5/11/09 at 10:25pm
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Re: A few words about...™ The Robe -- in Blu-ray

thanks for the clarification about this matter
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11/3/09 at 1:59pm
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Well, I've just finished watching The Robe. First, it's amazing what they've done with the restoration of a film that was in ruins. I thought the pq was excellent given the problems this film was facing.

As a film I thought it was ok, but I had some problems with it, and I'm actually a fan of old fashioned Roman/Biblical epics. I like Richard Burton a lot, and the actor playing Caligula certainly chewed up the sets. The script had some good parts and had some weak parts. Overall, I was not as emotionally involved as I thought I might be.

A while ago I watched Quo Vadis on blu, and I may be alone in this opinion, but I actually thought that it was a better film--more spectacular, more dramatic, funnier (Ustinov is still my favorite crazy emperor), and more emotionally involving. The pq on this film is not perfect--in fact it looks like they just ran through some very well preserved elements to make the master for the blu--as there were still a few scratches, bits of dust, etc.

I think Ben Hur and many other epics from the time are better than the Robe. But I can appreciate its historical significance, and I'm glad they restored it.

Edited by benbess - 11/3/09 at 2:10pm
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