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Then 16:9 TVs became more common and the studio released his films on the theatrical framing of 1.85. It would also please most audiences not to see the dreaded black bars on their TVs. Back when 4:3 TVs were still common, Kubrick preferred his films open matted on home media at 1.33 as that would merely give more picture information and not ruin the integrity of his compositions he had originally set for 1.85 in theaters. This is making me think of the situation with Kubrick’s films. “Cropped” may be the wrong term as that carries the connotation of altering someone’s work, like pan-and-scan did for so much of home media up til DVD changed it all.

#Jame bond blu ray full#

I don’t watch GHOST PROTOCOL and shake my head over not being able to see the full IMAX picture of Cruise scaling a building. I actually like that they all don’t do the Nolan thing, keeping IMAX a “you had to be there” experience. There’s MANY films that do the same thing of never having a full frame release. Of course, Nolan is a total weirdo with questionable taste. And THE DARK KNIGHT looks terrible constantly switching between ARs. It works great for IMAX theaters because it takes up most of the screen. Anything more is just extra picture information. The standard AR has all the vital info you need. I think they would be letting many people down with a decision to keep the film cropped as it would frankly spoil a major part of the film’s lasting artistic impact, veering away from its original glory. A few weeks ago I watched The Dark Knight on Blu-ray and the IMAX shots are still incredibly immersive even when viewing it on a TV. It would be completely wild if the ability of watching the full-scale scenes was solely limited to an experience available for 14 days that the majority of the population couldn’t even access. IMAX cameras are very expensive and scarce, so the ability of shooting a film (even partially) on IMAX is an incredible opportunity. Sad.Īgreed, it doesn’t really make any sense and isn’t economically smart. They should at LEAST put it on home media, but it seems like most of the time they don't. It just sits in a room somewhere? Seems so wasteful. So there were actually 3 aspect ratios used in the film? I missed out on IMAX, but there's a question I've had for a while now: what happens to the IMAX film? They shoot it, you go see it in a theater, then they just give you the regular 2.39 version most of the time.