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Casper certainly works within the dominant symptomatic approach to film criticism. He tries to relate nearly everything in the film back to social issues in play when the film was made. Personally I think it is much more valuable to look at that film as an example of early CinemaScope...

Yeah that seems like a likely explanation.

Yes, it is region 4, and also region 2 (the discs are exactly the same). Look for it at Big W, I've seen it for around $13. The transfer quality is stunning. Regarding Land of the Pharaohs, I just noticed on IMDB that the duration of the Canadian version is substantially longer, it says...

I agree with you, and I'm also upset that the framing is closer to 2.55:1. My guess is that W.B. saw this as a budget release, and hence didn't go back to original elements for picture and sound. If anyone has the laserdisc it would be interesting to see how similar the framing is, and / or...

You are right that Land of the Pharaohs seems to be cropped. The image is about 851 x 357 pixels, which equals an aspect ratio of about 2.38:1. Of course it is impossible to say if the image is actually framed properly without a sample of an original print. Could it be possible that W.B...