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- From: randle@nosc.mil (Mike Randle)
- Subject: Re: aspect ratios
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.185453.9577@nosc.mil>
- Summary: Godfather Aspect Ratios
- Sender: Mike Randle
- Organization: /etc/organization
- References: <1992Dec21.2021.1857@channel1>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:54:53 GMT
- Expires: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:00:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.2021.1857@channel1> "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com> writes:
- >CLI>Does anyone know the aspect ratios of:
- >CLI>-Do The Right Thing
- >CLI>-Godfather I
- >CLI>-Godfather II
- >
- >Not sure about the first one, but I remember reading that Francis Ford
- >Coppola deliberately filmed the first two GODFATHER movies in the old
- >Academy aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
- >
- >A couple of people I know have disagreed with me on this, so I'm not
- >sure if this is true or not.
- >
- During TNT's recent letterbox Sunday, Coppola was interviewed about
- letterboxing. He stated that he always shot his films at Academy
- ratio so that they would not be butchered on TV. I got the impression
- that if letterboxing were the norm, he would shoot films widescreen.
-
- Mike Randle
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