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 > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > =============================================================================== Scott Andrew Hutchins http://php.iupui.edu/~sahutchi Cracks in the Fourth Wall Filmworks/Oz, Monsters, Kamillions, and More! (with special musical guest Leila Josefowicz) "Who's John Adams?" --Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., at Monticello, after failing to recognize busts of other founding fathers. ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]