THE DVD East of Eden comes to DVD in a lovely 2.55:1, 16x9 - enhanced transfer faithful to the wider aspect ratio of early
CinemaScope titles.
Not exact matches
This is somewhat true of Damien Chazelle's La La Land, with its
CinemaScope aspect ratio (complete with Tarantino - like
title card), lush and dreamy 35 mm colors, visual nods to Singin» In The Rain, and a coda that recalls The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg.
We get a live - action piece called The Million Dollar Nickel and a
Cinemascope cartoon
titled The Vanishing Duck.
Nostalgic references to classic Hollywood — like that «Presented in
CinemaScope»
title card in the beginning and the two main characters» first date at a screening of Rebel Without a Cause — don't excite me as much as they used to, and nor does a movie that, to my mind, simple - mindedly posits the John Legend character as a kind of villain for daring to think progressively about jazz — an entirely noble and necessary endeavor, whatever you may think of the music his character actually creates — rather than remain rooted to the past like Ryan Gosling's character does.