Casey Neutron
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Feb 6, 2001
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- 127
Just got "The Right Stuff" dvd and it's letterboxed at about 1.75:1. The LaserDisc was 1.85:1. Comparing the two versions, it's easy to see the new dvd is cropped. I thought maybe they'd opened the matting a little on the dvd, but no, they cropped the sides of the frame. Same thing with Warner's "Natural Born Killers" dvd. Their LaserDisc version is properly framed at 1.85:1, and the Trimark director's cut dvd got it right too, but the Warner dvd is somewhere around 1.75:1, with picture information cropped off the sides. This makes me wonder about newer Warner dvds like "Femme Fatale," which is also supposed to be 1.85:1 but doesn't look anywhere near it. I've got no other version to compare it to, so I'm merely suspicious about that one. As for the "GoodFellas" SE due in the near future, let's just say I am very worried.