tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460884202508888004.post5519402307849208817..comments2024-03-27T22:19:43.722-04:00Comments on PEPLUM TV: By the Gods!PEPLUM TVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737965370930852596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460884202508888004.post-53819381843623300902017-04-10T20:23:08.049-04:002017-04-10T20:23:08.049-04:00I agree entirely regarding the problem of wide scr...I agree entirely regarding the problem of wide screen (2.35:1) movies. One Hollywood director observed in the early 1950s that wide screen is "great for photographing snakes but not people." <br /><br />Hollywood thought that both wide screen and color were the keys to fighting against further loss of movie theater attendance to television. <br /><br />Color got a big boost when Eastmancolor largely replaced the expensive and cumbersome Technicolor process. Admittedly color TV did not become common until the early 1960s. Early color sets were expensive and troublesome (40+ vacuum tubes!!). <br /><br />TV had the last laugh on aspect ratio. Many films are now shot at 1.85:1 so that they will not be severely cropped when shown on HDTV (1.77:1).Scott Ochiltreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818902962971739002noreply@blogger.com