2017-08-17, 10:22 PM
The Godfather Trilogy website has a page about The Godfather videotape releases (VHS was exclusively referred) being only fullscreen (in fact, open-matte) whereas the DVD releases were only widescreen. Considering the home media timeline, I expected that pan & scan laserdiscs were also open-matte. This was confirmed later when I saw your open-matte list, which has a laserdisc for use with Blu-ray widescreen.
So I put a pair together just to see how much real estate was involved (edges are outlined for easier assessment) . .
So I put a pair together just to see how much real estate was involved (edges are outlined for easier assessment) . .
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