Who decided that we should have less screen state in the name of cinematography, and that you will be happy?
>>220585442You're supposed to tell the projectionist which aspect ratio you want before the movie starts, retard. Do you go to the bar and order "a beer" as well?
Think about it logistically for like three seconds.
>>220585475I've thunked about it. Now what?
>>220585442>Let's narrow down the picture so we lose a good third of what is actually filmedI actually don't know and it's fucking stupid.
>>220585442Because people wanted to shoot widescreen movies replicating the true cinemascope movies from the past while not using anamorphic lenses.It also allowed movies to be cropped for 4:3 tvs and not losing as much image as with the real cinemascope.