Would someone tell me if the original screen size of Night of the Iguana is fullscreen or widescreen? Here in Brazil, I only found the DVD in fullscreen, which is bad if it was originally made for widescreen, since it cuts both sides of the screen.
Many thanks.
J.S.Trevisan
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Turner Classic Movies is showing it today (19 Dec. '06) and it's letterboxed, so I assume it was shot in a widescreen process.
shareNo movie is released in theatres in "fullscreen" - fullscreen means that they have cut some of the frame to make it fill the proportions of a T.V. screen.
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>[...] fullscreen means that they have cut some of the frame to make it fill the proportions of a T.V. screen.
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Well ... not always. You can actually have *additional* picture information in a fullscreen picture compared to the widescreen version if the fullscreen picture is so-called 'open matte'.
Check out the Wikipedia article on 'Open matte'. It explains this situation pretty thorough and also includes a helpful illustration.
The DVD is indeed enhanced for widescreen TV's at a 1:85 to 1 aspect ration. The transfer is amazing-looking on my 42" screen.
Of course the bars would appear on a standard analog television.
'No movie is released in theatres in "fullscreen"'
Well, not for the past 60 years or so. But prior to the early 1950s almost all theatrical films were shot in 1.33:1 ratio, which approximately matches the proportions of pre-widescreen televisions. The way those movies were released in theaters was the same as "fullscreen" on old TVs.
My DVD is widescreen.
shareIn some cases if a movie was filmed "open matte," then they can actually create a 1.33:1 version by opening up the top and bottom of the original source instead of cutting off the sides. But many productions use that space for microphones and other equipment.
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