The Start of Cemetery Season!!!!!

innerSpaceman · 10-23-2007, 03:25 PM

um, yeah, mousepod is right in what he writes. It was theatrical at 1.85:1 and original DVD release at 1.33:1.

I was only right about the difference, not the particulars. And I'd still like to know on whose authority it's claimed that Stanley Kubrick preferred the 1:33? Or is it simply alleged he wanted that for home release, being he - - what - didn't like matte framing on home displays? WTF? Old crackpot!

That's if any of this bears a resemblence to his actual wishes. Who's saying so, and when?

Alex · 10-23-2007, 03:36 PM

What I've always heard is that after 2001 was pan and scanned for TV he was so pissed of by this that he always composed his shots so that they would work in a widescreen theatrical projection and also in an unmatted TV presentation (that way while some of the screen image is lost he didn't have other people introducing cuts and pans to his movie).

I don't know if it is true then that he actually preferred full screen or if it was more just making the best of the technological limits.

But if that is the case then with our modernizing move to widescreen TVs then it is definitely time to start producing DVDs with the theatrical aspect ratios.

I can easily imagine "I want it shown unmatted on TV!" gaining the force of law in the Kubrick estate with the underlying reason for it being lost to the mists of time.

10-23-2007, 03:25 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	um, yeah, mousepod is right in what he writes. It was theatrical at 1.85:1 and original DVD release at 1.33:1. I was only right about the difference, not the particulars. And I'd still like to know on whose authority it's claimed that Stanley Kubrick preferred the 1:33? Or is it simply alleged he wanted that for home release, being he - - what - didn't like matte framing on home displays? WTF? Old crackpot! That's if any of this bears a resemblence to his actual wishes. Who's saying so, and when?
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10-23-2007, 03:36 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	What I've always heard is that after 2001 was pan and scanned for TV he was so pissed of by this that he always composed his shots so that they would work in a widescreen theatrical projection and also in an unmatted TV presentation (that way while some of the screen image is lost he didn't have other people introducing cuts and pans to his movie). I don't know if it is true then that he actually preferred full screen or if it was more just making the best of the technological limits. But if that is the case then with our modernizing move to widescreen TVs then it is definitely time to start producing DVDs with the theatrical aspect ratios. I can easily imagine "I want it shown unmatted on TV!" gaining the force of law in the Kubrick estate with the underlying reason for it being lost to the mists of time.
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