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Posted by Jay G. on 04/24/07 12:46
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:01:03 -0700, dgates wrote:
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>>Well, he can buy the DVD of Gilliam's Tideland, which does indeed
>>crop the 2:35:1 theatrical ratio to 1:77:1.
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> It does? Why does it do that? Who picked which pieces to chop off?
> It surely doesn't cut straight down the middle, does it?
It's not a straight crop, as the image is opened up on the top and bottom
slightly, and the image pans left and right as needed to keep the pertinent
information in frame.
It's unknown who actually supurvised the transfer, but it seems to have
been done by the production company, as all the DVD releases so far have
used this same master. Even the UK DVD, which has a "scope" aspect ratio,
is just a vertically cropped version of the already altered master.
More info, including screenshots, available here:
http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/tidecrop.htm
Note that Terry Gilliam claims he is trying to fix the problem, and
Thinkfilm has said they'd re-issue the film on DVD in the US once they get
the proper image, although it's not clear if Thinkfilm will offer a disc
replacement program for thos who've already bought the disc.
-Jay
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