Full Screen DVD's...UCK! (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

John: Then those 16:9 titles will be TAR but not OAR. Personally, I'd much rather suffer the loss of resolution to get the director's intended aspect ratio.

 

[AbelM]

When I said 4:3 I meant LB...Widescreen...

 

[Ken Seeber]

and what's the ridiculous reason Lolita is not anamorphic, why do people beleive this Warner & Leon Vitalli bullshit.

My guess is within a couple of years these will all be released 16:9 and we'll just have to put up with them looking like they did at the cinema, when we would much rather see them 1:37 (shot for tv) like SK intended.

Once again, "Lolita" was filmed at 1.37:1.

The 1.37:1 ratio is not equivalent to "shot for TV." Almost all movies made before the early 1950s were filmed at 1.37:1, including "Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind" and "Citizen Kane."

 

[Nigel McN]

When I said 4:3 I meant LB...Widescreen...

and the HTF breathes a collective sigh of relief
edit: spelling d'oh!

 

[Doug Pyle]

When I said 4:3 I meant LB...Widescreen...

Put that on an application, and you'll be hired as a buyer for Blockbuster.

 

[Jeffrey Forner]

Able;
I think you need to work on your home theater lexicon!
And thank you for chosing widescreen.

 

[JohnJB]

If Lolita was shot 1:37 why is the DVD letterbox & I'm not arguing resolution over directors preffered aspect ratio for Clockwork & Barry, both DVD's are letterbox so should be anamorphic (if necessary window-boxed) or if you guys are right they should be open matte but letterbox pleases nobody.

 

[AbelM]

Jeffrey:

It is Abel not Able.

And why don't you teach me...