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Full Frame DVD question...


the dvd for The Big Clock is Full Frame.
so i wondering, was the film shot with that aspect ratio or has it been cropped?
thanks for your time.

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as someone kindly pointed out to me in a similar question i had about The Killing, the information about this can be located on the left hand side of the movie's main page. go down to Other Info> Technical Aspects and there will be the answer.

just letting other know incase they wondering.

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"Full Frame" is of course, a home video term -- referring to filling the TV screen, which is, basically, 1:1;33 aspect ratio. When TV became a threat in the 1950s, the studios started using "wide screen" processes (which existed before that, but were not in wide use, no pun intended). 1955's "The Robe" is the first studio released film using a wide screen process. So, that is a long winded way of saying: any American film released before 1955 is, most likely, 1:1;33, or "full frame."

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Good info harrisfam, but you need to change all or your 1955s to 1953s as "The Robe" was released in 1953 not 1955.

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