Posted by Joshua Zyber on 01/20/06 04:52

"unclejr" <watsona@kenyon.edu> wrote in message
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> Joshua Zyber wrote:
>> Side-by-side comparisons of the DVD with the movie's trailer
>> supposedly
>> show that the DVD is more cropped than open-matte, so it does seem
>> odd
>> that the director would want that.
>
> Oh, yeah... In addition, it is rumored that Saw II will also be given
> the same treatment from Lions Gate on R1 DVD.

Saw II was a 1.85:1 movie, according to IMDb (didn't see it myself).
Altering 1.85:1 to 1.78:1 is a negligible difference.

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