The costumes, the lighting — a 1.85:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer preserves it all impeccably.
As hinted at earlier, the photography is rich, warm, and varied and the disc's 1.78:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer preserves the visuals in all their glory.
Not exact matches
Vadim shoots it in earthy color and CinemaScope and the disc
preserves both in an anamorphic
widescreen transfer.
Those like me accustomed to seeing the Indiana Jones films in the wonder of degraded pan-and-scan videocassettes should rejoice at the sight of these DVDs, which offer higher resolution and
preserve the considerable frame width in anamorphic
widescreen transfers nearer to 2.35:1 than the 2.20:1 aspect ratios widely cited.
I wish the disc's 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer * better
preserved all this mise - en - scène minutiae: the image is surprisingly soft, muted, and murky, if only mildly so on each count.
THE DVDs Fox presents A Farewell to Arms and Francis of Assisi on DVD in glorious 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfers (the latter misidentified on the box art as 1.85:1) that
preserve their CinemaScope origins and, more, honour them with popping the colours and by saturating the screen with the curious sterility of the process.
All of that is correctly
preserved on DVD, and the
transfer is anamorphically enhanced for
widescreen televisions.
THE DVD by Bill Chambers Sony presents Thumbsucker on DVD in a 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer that
preserves the movie's «scope origins.
Still, it's a very good video
transfer, and it's heads and shoulders above most other»60s and»70s live action fare that Disney releases, not to mention that it
preserves the film's 1.75:1
widescreen ratio and has been enhanced for 16:9 television sets.
THE DVD Disney brings Teacher's Pet to DVD in a «family friendly» 1.66:1 anamorphic
widescreen transfer that
preserves the film's theatrical aspect ratio, making me really pretty puzzled as to what exactly is meant by «family friendly.»
Its anamorphic
widescreen transfer comes close to
preserving the original Super Panavision70 aspect ratio (about 2:1 vs. this presentation's 2.20:1) while presenting colours with pleasing warmth and images with a wondrous clarity largely free of grain and edge - enhancement.