Sentences with phrase «widescreen image»

Though mastered from a PAL source, the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen image looks surprisingly sharp and impossibly saturated, and only the sharp - eyed or the anal - retentive will notice a smattering of compression artifacts.

Respected filmmaker Kon Ichikawa (The Harp of Burma, Fires on the Plain) and an army of technicians recorded the games in widescreen images, the most striking occurring near the beginning of the film, as a runner with the Olympic torch is shown in long shot with the sunlit Mt. Fuji in the background.

Closer in metaphysical spirit to Kiarostami than to Leone, it lingers thanks to beautifully lit widescreen images of lived - in faces and barren, beautiful landscapes.

Which is not to suggest that «Tale of Tales» — sumptuously outfitted by production designer Dimitri Capuani and filmed in lustrous widescreen images by cinematographer Peter Suschitzky — is without its visual wonders.

Still, it's evident that some amount of effort went into this restoration / remaster, as the 2.35:1, 1080p widescreen image looks... appropriate.

DVD Extras The real reason to get hold of Halloween - 25th Anniversary Edition is the new high definition digital transfer, which offers superb sound and an enhanced widescreen image (2.35:1), but there is also an exhaustive (and at times exhausting) range of extras on this two - DVD set.

Maybe HiDef has distorted my perception, but the accompanying DVD's 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen image seemingly looks blurrier and more smeared than it should.

Let me say right off the bat, I was disappointed by the film's video quality; the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen image appears to have been derived from a PAL source, lending the picture a BBC feel that it does not have when excerpted for the documentary segment on the companion disc.

The 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen image reflects minimal investment in preservation / restoration and can only be described as «murky,» loaded as it is with grain and intact cigarette burns that don't exactly aid in the search for depth or nuance in the film's predominantly brown palette.

Certainly, the film features some of the most breathtaking widescreen images of the desert ever photographed (by cinematographer Freddie Young); Maurice Jarre's famous score is appropriately grandiose; and the pushing - four - hours run time more than satisfies any notions of «epic» length.

This means you're able to capture 8 - megapixel widescreen images (3264 x 1840 pixels) while recording video!

Like a series of Monet paintings come to life, the historical drama «The Guardians» luxuriates in lush, widescreen images of the French countryside.

A 16x9 - enhanced widescreen image would have greatly benefited the dance sequences in this film and be reason enough to double - dip for the few who actually will be buying this movie twice.

Cabin Fever itself quickly subverts expectations for something grainy and incompetent — the film so belies its low - budget origins (and influences) that it may have distorted my perception of the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen image, but I believe it to be above reproach, with striking contrast, hairline detail, and well - modulated saturation.

Batman appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 and in a fullscreen version on this double - sided, single - layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

Mission: Impossible appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 and in a fullscreen version on this single - sided, double - layered DVD; the widescreen image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

Zandvliet is a relatively young and inexperienced director, but his spare use of music and widescreen images is assured and even inspired.

Though the film was projected at IMAX venues in 3 - D, it's offered in 2 - D only for the home viewing audience, and the 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen image is consistently good in the face of a mélange of source media — note that the longer version relies more heavily on video - based footage originated by the MIR's electronic eyes.

Meanwhile, the quality of the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen image is transcendent.

Warner's DVD version of McCabe & Mrs. Miller is unfortunately something of a disappointment in the technical department: the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen image is too black for a film that was pre-exposed in order to decrease contrast, while digital video noise reduction looks like it was rather severely applied to the intentionally gritty images, resulting in a general lack of detail.

This is Fleischer's first film for Fox and he meets the house CinemaScope style — handsome, roomy sets, strong color, open spaces and long, fluid takes (the better to drink in the widescreen images)-- with careful staging and frames filled with little dramas, but he also puts an edge to the stories that play out in the glossy spaces.

THE DVD Released by Fox in a DVD transfer that can only be described as low - rent and murky (excuses for this are perhaps provided by The Rats» origin as a telefilm), shadow detail within the 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen image is incredibly soft and undefined.

While all films in the set ring with Hammer's trademark attention to colour process, offering bloody reds and fleshy fleshtones, Horror of Dracula's 1.77:1 anamorphic widescreen image (recropped from its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio) is sadly jumping with grain so dense it's at times almost misty.

The framing appears to be accurate, as Clooney takes advantage of the widescreen image in many scenes.

Cliffhanger appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single - sided, double - layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

Club Dread appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 and in a fullscreen version on this double - sided, single - layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

Alien3 appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single - sided, double - layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

Jaws appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single - sided, double - layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

The Techniscope format was a cheap way to get a widescreen image by only using half as much film as true CinemaScope (i.e., anamorphic) requires, and this presentation seems to reflect the reduced effective resolution of the material, evincing a softness around the edges that's sometimes exacerbated by missed focus.

Blu - Ray Details: Warner Home Video's Blu - Ray disc comes mastered in a 2.35:1 widescreen image, sparkling clean, with optional Spanish & French audio tracks and optional subtitles.

How can Mungiu's wide - widescreen images be claustrophobic, and how is it that films that are shot in a defiantly expansive aspect ratio achieve an effect of isolation and narrowness, a closing in?

Start with a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen image, downconverted from HiDef, that reproduces the blacks as pitch and for the most part downplays the softness and mutedness that mars Eastman productions of the era whilst stabilizing the harsh grain common to two - perf Techniscope prints.

This means that rather than shrinking a movie to fit the screen, Fire HD presents a widescreen image so you can enjoy the full picture — as it was intended, without compromise.

All of the video is at a 4:3 aspect ratio video, which is a departure from the widescreen image from other Nest cameras, but it makes sense on a doorstep where image height is more important than width.