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How cropped is the 1981 laserdisc's transfer?


From IMDB:

The film - shot in 16mm - was originally intended to end up as a television program. When it was decided to use the material to produce a theatrical release, the end result (via blowup from 16mm to 35mm) matted the top and bottom of the frame, resulting in awkward picture compositions and obscuring picture information. Many shots were even repositioned (up or down) so that heads etc. would not be totally obscured. The later home video release in the early 1980's was a pan-and-scan of this matted version that cut of the sides resulting in the viewer only seeing the center of the filmed frame!

This disc is mastered from a 16mm print, cropped to death, and VERY, VERY dark.


I guess I have my answer here, but..

anyone have any more information?

"Don't believe everything you hear on the radio." - Charles Foster Kane

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Guess no one answered in the several months that have passed.

It put together a little website with some comparisons of the bootlegs: themaingate.net/lib

The laserdisc is the second image. Notice that it's been cropped TWICE: on the top, bottom, and both sides.

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nice job with the website efrankvalli

and now there's a great laserdisc-to-DVD transfer available on demonoid :)

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