Cinemascope part 1 of 2 - in praise of widescreen 1992

[conradojavier]

Cinemascope is like SUPER HD!

[conradojavier]

Try Playing Xbox in Cinemascope.

[xzaxx]

is this documentary from 1992?

[214scifi]

I love CINEMASCOPE!!!!!!

[joldges]

cinemascope inside 4:3 inside 16:9...

[8Libertine8]

I really feel that with widescreen were missing out on the feeling of height. Like for example standing besides a skyscraper, or at the edge of a cliff. I think were missing out on taking advantage of visceral human response in many, many situations.

[theinsane102]

Imagine Avatar in scope and 3D, that would probably melt your eyes.

[vdochev]

@theinsane102 It IS in Cinemascope format and 3D. Cinemascope is just wide screen in 2.35:1 ratio - a standard format these days.

[theinsane102]

@vdochev Lol, opps, pardon my ignorance.

[vdochev]

@theinsane102

Hi. I have to admit that I might be a bit wrong here. I have watched it in Digital 3D, which I'm pretty sure is 2.35:1. But IMAX movies I believe are in 1.85:1 aspect ratio. I just have never been to IMAX theater (shame on me). Anyway, they don't use the same technology now. They shoot with spherical lenses, but keep the ratio @ 2.35:1 ;)

[MetallicBill]

I somehow missed this long ago, thanks for loading it on YT of course! I was just mentioning Carpenter, having watched my LaserDisc of The Thing recently

[agfagaevart]

@MetallicBill

"Panavision makes a low budget film look expensive."

John Carpenter.

[bayernstuttgart]

is this video from a DVD or something? - I want to watch the whole thing

[MetallicBill]

He's got two parts from it. I used to buy Widescreen Review magazine on a regular basis, and contributed at Usenet on LD and DVD discussions! This is great for a supporting argument

[murifilmpictures]

Wooow! Thanks a lot for posting this video. It's very interesting.

[djs1952]

Wish the restored version of Napoleon that played cinemas around 1990 would be released to DVD. With wide-screen t.v. the three screen scenes wouldn't be shrunken down to stamp size like the home video version was.