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Posted by dorayme on 03/25/06 05:25
In article <Qh2Vf.21686$NS6.2736@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com>,
Jose <teacherjh@aol.nojunk.com> wrote:
> > At the
> > beginning and more often at the end of movies (eg. The Big
> > Country as Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons and the character Ramσn
> > 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.
Yes, I must confess, the last 5 times I saw this film, it was on
DVD on a TV. But I am sure I have seen this sort of thing at the
movies on big screens too. Maybe with different films....
Better look into this business and get back to you all.
In the meantime, if you can trust me, I have a theory about art
that says that the intentions of the artist is not so
important... But if I begin to explain this, Mr. Flavell will
only roll his eyes and the chamber that holds me in BdeZ's
killfile will tighten further (I am a claustraphobic and it is
dangerous for me).
--
dorayme
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