snobbery – mtadkins https://www.mtadkins.com Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:49:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.mtadkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-12917834_1163724020327828_2043764134_n-1-32x32.jpg snobbery – mtadkins https://www.mtadkins.com 32 32 Scorsese sez: How about you ‘pan and scan’ my ass? https://www.mtadkins.com/2009/190/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scorsese-sez-how-about-you-pan-and-scan-my-ass Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:41:47 +0000 http://www.matt-adkins.com/?p=190 Whenever I start feeling a bit snooty about preferring/demanding the widescreen version of a film, it helps to watch a bit of “pan & scan” footage so I can get all uppity again.

Today Jason Kottke posted a link to the video below, in which some big name filmmakers school you on exactly what’s happening.

[This also brings to mind the Steven Soderbergh rant from a while back about how some networks (HBO, Showtime, AMC, etc) chop down the films they show:

“…it’s fucking lame to watch Jaws—a film that uses the 2.40 ratio as well as any ever produced—in the wrong format on HBO. Does Universal so badly need a few extra pennies that it’s willing to ruin a classic? And does HBO really think its viewers are so stupid as to forget movies currently come in two sizes?

The original link to the article seems to be unavailable, but a kind soul on the AVS Forums had reposted it here.]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJhM3So4y8

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