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Post #474823

Author
ChainsawAsh
Parent topic
Star Wars 1977 70mm sound mix recreation [stereo and 5.1 versions now available] (Released)
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Date created
17-Feb-2011, 1:34 PM

70mm is 2.2:1 with spherical (what you call "flat") lenses, which is very very close to the 2.39:1 of anamorphic 35mm.  So anamorphic 35mm films are shown "flat" in 70mm.

Anamorphic 70mm is 2.76:1 (Ben-Hur is the best example I can think of), substantially wider than anamorphic 35mm.