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- Star Wars Pan Scan
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24Quote
Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
What I'm saying is that Kubrick did shoot with hard mattes for some sequences, but the film is largely 1.37:1; in fact, if I remember correctly from the last time I saw it (~8 years ago), the shot with Slim Pickens riding the bomb looks to be 1.66:1, but once Pickens enters the frame, his image actually overlaps the mattes, showing that Kubrick is, once again, trying to confuse us. The most correct presentation for this film would still be 1.37:1, as it would preserve this moment as well as allowing the other scenes to be shown correctly.
That's true for Slim Pickens, he was shot at a 1.37:1 ratio as opposed to the background, but showing it 1.37:1 would cut off the scenes that were hard matted, so showing it in varying aspect ratios is the correct way of viewing it.
But the only way to show it in varying aspect ratios is to present it 1.37:1, since this is the size of the overall frame. Hard matting is like letterboxing; you'll only see what you were meant to see. The image will change sizes within the frame, but the frame size remains constant.
As for other movies that switch aspect ratios, here's 4: Brainstorm (the movie itself was shot flat, but sequences involving the brainwave device were shot 70mm 6-track), Fantasia 2000 (Sorcerer's Apprentice is shown in its correct 1.37:1 AR), Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (scenes with Steve & Terri rescuing animals are 1.85:1; the surrounding story is 2.35:1), and Brother Bear (first 24 minutes are 1.85:1; the screen widens to 2.35:1 after Kenai's transformation into a bear).
