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    Press Release BVHE Press Release: The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of the Water (4k UHD) (Blu-ray)

    You ruined blu-ray for me. The quality of this trailer is STUNNING. Scenes underwater are always, always, always plagued by terrible banding. I couldn't find a single instance here. The trailer is in HD, it last 2.03 minutes and is 2 Gig in size. I.E. an average bitrate of 127 Mbps, so way...
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    Italian conversation at Louie's between Michael and what's his name in The Godfather?

    First in sicilian as they speak it, than in current italian, then in english. Sollozzo: Mi dispiace. Mi dispiace. I'm sorry. Michael: Fissarie. Fesserie. It's nothing. Sollozzo: Tu hai sapiri ca chiddu ch'ha successu tra me e tu patri fu 'na cosa di bisinisse. Devi sapere che quello che e'...
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    How do I cancel my subscription?

    Can you at least publicly mark it as disabled? I don't want to appear as part of the community anymore.
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    You would think this, wouldn't you? And yet...
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    Can you believe it, now?
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    How do I cancel my subscription?

    I want to delete my account from this forum. How do I proceed?
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    From Across the Pacific (1942), starting at 0.33
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    This is from Hitchcock's Sabotage (1936). Is this symbolic too? (All my examples taken from Youtube)
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    Are you sure? I've seen a lot of examples that show rounded corners. From Cruise cat (1952) From Going home (1944) From Porky's preview (1941) From Puss in boots (1922)
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    It might be intersting to note that VistaVision was advertised not as a narrower than cinemascope format, but as a taller one, to underscore the benefits coming from a larger negative. http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/254253-1954-u-i-aspect-ratios/?p=3055863
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    "The Alamo"s Status?

    If it is true (and I believe it is) that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", burying films is an eccellent way to help to accomplish that.
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    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    Bob, very interesting pictures. Apparently, there is no mention of common top masking, so maybe center cropping was far more common (unless, of course, projectionists were expected to obtain common top masking by "racking" the picture). Either way, there is no mention of it.
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    Aspect Ratio Mysticism

    Maybe the reason of the success of Cinemascope was that directors got to squeeze Marylin...
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    Aspect Ratio Mysticism

    Well, finally a meaningful and very pleasant use of the otherwise annoying vertical iphonevision!
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