Aspect ratio?
Can anyone tell me the original aspect ratio of '84 Charing Cross Road'? I only seem to be able to find full screen DVD's.
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It's flat widescreen - 1.85:1.
The R1 dvd is open-matte, with slight cropping from the sides & more picture top & bottom that was masked off in the cinema.
Here's a comparison. Fullscreen dvd vs my widescreen tv capture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/giveusadrink/84charingcross7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/heaver/vlcsnap-693985.png
You can get the widescreen version (R2) from amazon.co.uk or play.com for about $8+p&p, if your dvd player can handle them.
My rental from netflix (USA) was wide screen
shareQuoting heaver2000
You can get the widescreen version (R2) from amazon.co.uk or play.com for about $8+p&p, if your dvd player can handle them. End quote.
Good answer, however your DVD player must be able to handle both Region encoding as well as PAL format. The Region 2 (UK/Europe)is also a dual region release for Region 4 (Australia/New Zealand) as well.
Just watching the movie on FTA TV again (in Australia). The copy they are showing is "from the vaults", a cropped pan and scan version presented in 1.33:1 (Full frame). Wtahcing it again is a good reminder of just how with P&S/cropped versions can be. It's rather annoying watching the screen people speaking "off-camera" in the cropped sections. Thank heavens it is one of my favourite films, else I would have switched it off. (My ex-wife took custody of my excellent DVD version, but I kept the book).
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