[opendtv] Re: Popular screen aspect ratios

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:43:31 -0600

Cliff Benham wrote:

> None of these films were shot in Cinerama.

Sumbich, Cliff, you're right!

Here's what I might have seen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinerama

"Cinerama continued through the rest of the 1960s as a brand name used 
initially with the Ultra Panavision 70 widescreen process (which yielded an 
almost similar 2.86 aspect ratio as the original Cinerama, although it did not 
simulate the 146 degree field of view.) Optically "rectified" prints and 
special lenses were used to project the 70 mm prints onto the curved screen."

... at least for "It's a mad, mad, ... world."

That's why I remember the curved screen. Turns out, there weren't any Cinerama 
theaters where I grew up. Who knew.

Bert
 
 
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