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...
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'...
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)
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
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.
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.