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The other thing that is strange about this film is that it was still shot with clunky Bausch & Lomb lenses even though it was made in 1960. There is terrible distortion in all of the close-ups. It is surprising that they didn't shoot with Panavision lenses. Still it has some great cinematography...

I think it is because the film didn't have anti-inhalation backing, which is a layer in the emulsion that stops light from reflecting off 'shallow' emulsion layers back out towards the lens, which creates the appearance of a pseudo back-light around dark objects. The CinemaScope films in the...