Re: Can an anamorphic movie still looked vertically stretched when projected with an anamorphic lens?

In article <1125725561.474784.326900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx says...
> I recently viewed The Island at a local theater. The AR for the film
> is 2.35:1 I think (though not sure how it was shot). I noticed during
> the movie that while it looked like the right lens was being used for
> projection, the faces of the actors looked a bit stretched vertically,
> as if the projection lens wasn't quite stretching the image on the film
> properly.
>
> I spoke to the projectionist and he assured me that an anamorphic lens
> was being used (though didn't say what manufacturer). Clearly it must
> have been, else the picture would have looked very squeezed
>
> Is it possible to have lens that is not quite right and so this
> situation occur or am I imaging it! We both agreed that the distance
> from the lens to the screen was not relevant not the distance from the
> lens to the plate
>

I can't think of anything, using modern lenses, that would cause this
effect in projection. If there was not an anamorphic lens in use it
would be very, very obvious. It just might have been one of those days
when you get an idea into your head and convinced yourself that things
looked squeezed.

Now someone can post something that totally explains how this happened.
I'd be interested in hearing it myself.

Marty
--
The American WideScreen Museum
www.widescreenmuseum.com
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