Posted by John Walker at acbc0ce7.ipt.aol.com on August 17, 2001 at 16:43:12:
In Reply to: Re: It has happened before...But I have questions... posted by Vincent on August 17, 2001 at 13:55:56:
: When CLERKS was filmed, they made sure to keep the action set towards the center of the frame in case it got picked up for theatrical release, because as you say below, when shown in 35mm it would be projected in 1.85:1 and the top-and-bottom of the original 16mm frame would be cropped off. CLERKS does look nice in 1.85:1, David dida good job keeping important visual information out of the top-and-bottom of the 1.33:1 16mm frame, but my overall point is that CLERKS isn't REALLY widescreen, and the full-frame edition isn't panned and scanned, they just went back to the original 16mm frame.
: Vincent
: : I think I remember reading that CLERKS got bumped up to 35mm for theatrical release. How does that work? Does something get cut from the upper and lower third? Or is it just stretched to fit or what? And is the Letterbox version of CLERKS taken from the 35mm print if I remembered the first part correctly?
: : FearofSpam