Green Dragon - not anamorphic? (1 Viewer)

[Jeremy Anderson]

Just borrowed the recently released DVD of a Patrick Swayze movie Green Dragon. Here's confusing for ya' -- the menu is this outstanding animated anamorphic widescreen affair... and the actual movie is letterboxed non-anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen. Why would such a recent movie get this kind of treatment? And from Columbia/Tri-Star no less!

 

[Mario Bartel]

Why would such a recent movie get this kind of treatment?

And especially one so beautifully photographed:frowning:

For anyone who may have overlooked this film at the rental store because the title, male lead and box art make it seem like somekinda B war movie, this is a slow, gentle and very personal tale of the immigrant experience for refugees from the war in Vietnam. It's directed by Tim Bui, and is a wonderful companion film to Three Seasons, directed by his brother, Tony.

 

[rbirk]

I liked the movie as well, but was very disappointed with the quality of the DVD. Here is what I wrote last year:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...threadid=96025