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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
That sounds awful, I guess the UK version must be a different transfer, I think the aspect ratio was 1:85, and there certainly wasn't any blanking on the left and right edges.
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i looked it up and the aspect ratio is indeed 1.66. so in a typical wide screen tv (16:9 = 1.78) it should have black bars on the sides. in the old-tv screen it should have bars on top and bottom.
and it was shot on 35 mm, not 16mm (the usual 1.66 aspect ratio is for super-16) so it definitely warrants a blu-ray reissue.
plus the subtitles provided are burned on the video image not built into the dvd and they look terrible.
i was re-watching the first 45 minutes last night and counting the shots. i think it was 9 or 10 by the time we stopped (it was late). amazing movie, it's like nothing else i've seen. deliciously slow. and in spite of the bad transfer and image problems-- gorgeous.