It would seem that you don't know what an anamorphic transfer is. It has nothing to do with anamorphic lenses and the spherical process. Anamorphic transfers for DVD means you get higher definition than regular non-anamorphic transfers. This is a mistake people used to make back in the late nineties and should be a dead issue by now.
Oh and just so you know Braindead was not shot on 16mm, it was shot on 35mm film using the spherical process. The original aspect ratio was originally cropped to 1.66-1 the European standard and not 1.85-1 (American Standard) like you claim. It wasn't untill it hit DVD that the film got cropped to 16/9 to fit the new widescreen TVs with Jacksons approval. Bad Taste was shot on Super 16. I think you might be confusing the two.
In any case the anamorphic transfers made for the European releases of the film are far superior to the old non-anamorphic transfers in more ways than just offering extra resolution, the compression work is also a lot better and so are the colors and contrast levels. These DVDs using this anamorphic transfer are probably the best we'll ever see Braindead in it's uncut original form. I have a HD transfer I recorded of a HD channel and while it offers better resolution, colors, contrast and the works it's sadly made from the butchered 97 minute version omitting several of the films best gags and special effects work.
What a waste, and this severely truncated version missing 7 minutes of the films best offerings is now Peter Jacksons preferred version of the film. It's sad when artists ruin their own art like this.
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bryntilly
13 years ago
Okay, yeah, I got my anamorphics muddled ... Thanks for the clarification.
By the way I worked on Braindead and I know for a fact that the movie was shot on Super-16mm and blown up to 35mm.
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Fedorevsky
13 years ago
Some parts like the the huge Vera creation where shot super 16 and blown up too fit the rest of the film yes, but the film itself was shot using 35 mm. I don't care if you worked on the film. I'll take Peter Jackson and the cinematographer's word for it over some anonymous wanker on the interwebz making inane claims anyday of the week thank you very much.
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