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Post #782963

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Mavimao
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Info Wanted: Hardcore - in Academy Ratio? Released or preserved? On tv?
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Date created
29-Jul-2015, 6:21 PM

Any film shot in 1.66 or 1.85 with 4-perferations is just a crop of the 1.33 academy frame. You'd be surprised at how much film is wasted doing things this way, but it was the quickest and cheapest way to get a widescreen image retrofitted into as many cinemas as possible during the 50s. 

Here's a visual example: