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New Blu-ray fixes image problem


For anyone who has the HVE dvd of this film and was always bugged by how the image seemed to over-crop and sometimes cut off the heads of characters (like the swordfight on the bridge near the end), I just purchased the new Criterion Blu-ray box set of all 25 films and this problem has been corrected. Seems the HVE edition did over crop the picture losing a small amount of information around the entire frame, I'd say between5-10% on each of the 4 sides, and since this film did shoot with images very close to the edge this cropping did have a very noticeable effect.
Anyway Blu box set looks great and is the best purchase I've made this year.

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