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"Richard J. Leskosky" <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Jun 1994 12:33:03 -0500
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On 6/13/94, Chad Dominicis wrote:
 
>Back to the subject of squeezed images: What about those great big movie
>opens with wall to wall action and lots of big letters to get the message
>across, but put into the girdle of the tv screen. For now, what's the
>alternative, other than letterboxing and big screens?
 
What about the great opening of THE ROAD WARRIOR?  Academy ratio news clips
show how civilization falls and Max becomes mad, and then the image
explodes into scope with the camera behind the wheel (or on the front end?)
of a speeding vehicle.
 
--Richard

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