Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Ew! Why are people so stupid?
Originally posted by: SilverWook
Possibly the best way to frame the argument is to ask how they would feel if another movie they loved was treated so badly. Imagine the outcry if the only version of Gone With the Wind the public could ever see again was this!
Possibly the best way to frame the argument is to ask how they would feel if another movie they loved was treated so badly. Imagine the outcry if the only version of Gone With the Wind the public could ever see again was this!
Ew! Why are people so stupid?
Yeah, cropping a full-frame movie to make it into a "widescreen" movie is just as stupid as cropping a widescreen movie to make it fit on a 4:3 TV.
You can also see how the Eastmancolor print has faded red, while the Technicolor example underneath (from the DVD) is still beautiful.
My signature pic is also an example of how Eastmancolor prints fade- it's a portion of a strip of a 1977 70mm print of Star Wars that I have......