Posted by Jose on 03/25/06 04:54

> At the
> beginning and more often at the end of movies (eg. The Big
> Country as Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons and the character Ramón
> ride off into the distance away from the canyon, they lose the
> proper realistic proportions and go tall and thin... this is a
> deliberate look and immensely satisfying and interesting. There
> are many examples of this in movies and other media.

Are you watching them in their original format, or on TV? On TV, they
lose the cropping and simply don't decinemascope it, so that all the
words of the credits can be seen. During the film, it's pan and scan.

So, if you are seeing this on TV, it is not a choice the director made.

Jose
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