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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Open Matte Preservation (Released)

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Been kinda itching to get this in the same AR as the original TV show. Does anyone know if the domestic VHS releases of Fire Walk With Me are open matte like in these screenshots? (e.g. not pan and scanned during shots like these to hide equipment/set edges):

Above the convenience store
Black Lodge

So, a new book came out and we learned so much, and it is called, “Anguilosaurus, Killer of the Living”.

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It’s insane that Lynch let them get away with that kind of tampering with his shot composition. I would have panned and scanned it for a 4:3 release.

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mwah

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Hi, excellent post, who has the VCL German DVD?

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skoal said:

Hi, excellent post, who has the VCL German DVD?

I have it now. I’ve synced the English audio to it and I’ll post an encode on MySpleen sooner or later.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxmgvfXYsnE

Also, this is still just a conventional framing for 4:3 instead of a pure, reckless open matte job like the VHS screenshots above. The verdict is still out for that version.

So, a new book came out and we learned so much, and it is called, “Anguilosaurus, Killer of the Living”.

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A reply, over 2 years later, awesome!

Still interested in this, what’s the FPS and running time (how was it converted from NTSC to PAL)? Thanks.

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skoal said:

A reply, over 2 years later, awesome!

Still interested in this, what’s the FPS and running time (how was it converted from NTSC to PAL)? Thanks.

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So, a new book came out and we learned so much, and it is called, “Anguilosaurus, Killer of the Living”.

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Hi could I get a link to this if it’s still available?

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Hi, I’m also wondering if this is still available? I’d much prefer an open matte 4:3 version as it fits so much better with the rest of the series 😃
-thanks,