I *think* the screen image was unusually non-widescreen when I saw it,
about 1.66.  Dennis Bingham was at this same screening, perhaps he can
confirm or deny.

Scott

On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Robert Hunt wrote:

> Re: the full-screen version of "A Bug's Life.
> This is something of a special case, since Pixar basically "remade" the film
> so that all of the elements of the original widescreen image would still be
> included in the frame.
> I find it quite surprising that a film like "Ronin" would actually add new
> visual material for a pan-and-scan version, but perhaps that will become more
> common as time goes on.
> Finally, a question.. The DVD of "Eyes Wide Shut"  declares that the film is
> in a full-screen format (as Mr. Kubrick intended"....but when I saw it in
> theatres I'm sure it was projected in 1:85 (just like every other non-scope
> film). Does anyone know if projectionists were given instructions to show it
> at 1:66?
> (My experience has been that many theatres aren't even capable of projecting
> anything except 1:85 and 2:35...)
> R. Hunt
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