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Originally Posted by springjack  Splatterdragon, I think you understood me wrong.
I was mentioning to the expression "non-letterboxed" and not to any edition.
I never heard the expression "non-letterboxed" before and I ask you if what you meant was open-matte (no matte) or full frame (matted). |
My use of the term 'non-letterboxed' is simply and merely to describe a particular print of a film that was shot in widescreen but
not presented in said format for one reason or another. I believe 'letterboxed' is just another word for widescreen given the glorious rectangular nature of the cinema-friendly ratio common with productions lensed purely for theatrical exhibition.
For example, take
some of BCI's Paul Naschy DVDs. These editions i would classify as being non-letterboxed as i assume the movies in question were surely filmed in widescreen but the distinctive black bars associated with this technology are nowhere to be found on the relevant releases. The same goes for some of MGM's R1 titles too such as
Remo Williams:The Adventure Begins,
Death Wish 2-
4,
Miracle Mile and
I, Madman among others. Hope i've answered your query as i don't consider myself an expert on shooting formats and/or screen ratios so please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.
