T r o y
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Jun 7, 1999
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Anyone know what the latest news is regarding To Live and Die in L.A. on DVD? Haven't heard anything much on this title.
Any news appreciated,
Troy
Any news appreciated,
Troy
The aspect ratio for TL&DILA in 1:85 x 1 so it was cropped for converting to VHS, not pan'n scanned.I'm not sure what you mean by this. Was the VHS version widescreen or did you crop it yourself using the DVD software?
Or if you mean that the full frame version of "To Live..." is "open matte", that is incorrect. This is a common misconception with 1.85:1, as 1.85:1 is also heavily reframed and modified to a pan-and-scan version of a film, and not a simple exposure of the full negative.
Jason
William Friedkin recorded a director's commentary for TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA early this yearThe possibility of a director's commentary pleases me greatly. I'd like to have this widescreen as my old LD is fullscreen.
Just out of curiosity, what studio owns it now? If I remember correctly, MGM had theatrical distribution, yet the video rights were by another studio.My old VHS copy was Vestron, and my understanding is that Artisan acquired much of Vestron's catalog.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's a little concerned about what Artisan might do (or not do) with this title on DVD.
Then, too, perhaps it'll be released by MGM. Hope we find out soon.
I finished a DVD of “To live and Die in L.A” about three months ago – It’s a pristine beautiful copy and I did re-did the soundtrack – remixed it – so it’s now in digital stereo – it was originally in mono all track – and so we mixed it differently and we timed the picture in a way that I could never get a print.”