Thomas T
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re: it being (allegedly) Lean's preference. Why would a film maker intentionally compose a film for 1.37 when he knew it would never be seen that way theatrically. Film makers are very much concerned of how their film would look when projected in theatres and for Lean to ignore that seems dubious. Anyway, he made only 4 more movies after Summertime and he certainly seemed to have embraced wide screen with Bridge On The River Kwai shot in CinemaScope, Doctor Zhivago shot in wide screen Panavision (and blown up to 70MM for roadshow engagements), Ryan's Daughter shot in 70MM. Lean wanted to shoot A Passage To India in the scope format but HBO which funded the film nixed that as it wouldn't look proper when they showed it on cable (this was pre-wide screen TVs).