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40 YEARS AGO.

Hi Gary,

There is a pretty significant difference between how The Killers is framed and how Sergeant Ryker is framed on this release. The Killers looks a little tighter in 1.85:1, as it should, but the composition is fine. The composition on the new 2K master of Sergeant Ryker is not right. I do not want to speculate what has been done, but it looks like there is some shifting -- either pre- or after reframing, which is why I made a note in the review. Too much from the upper end of the frame is missing.

You can see below that the composition of The Killers is fine in 1.85:1.



I hope you are well, Gary

Re SERGEANT RYKER: This was made-for-TV, part of NBC's BOB HOPE anthology series, I believe. But it was released theatrically as a feature film afterward, like a good deal of U's late '60s product. RYKER was obviously shot 1.33 (or 1.37), then cropped into a faux widescreen for theatrical presentation. See also DARK INTRUDER and the Japanese release of Don Siegel's THE KILLERS (the latter composed for wide, and it looks great that way). I imagine the commentary would have mentioned all this... and the fact that SERGEANT RYKER also inspired a short-lived TV series, COURT MARTIAL, with Bradford Dillman and Peter Graves reprising their roles... only now their characters are in the Korean War, not WWII, and the hour-long show was filmed in black-and-white. Best, Gary Gerani, writer-producer-director of ROMANTIC MYSTICISM: THE MUSIC OF BILLY GOLDENBERG (included on THE UFO INCIDENT Blu-ray).

Hey, I've noticed more recently that your video scores have been very middling or poor and I think you may need your set recalibrated because some of these recwnt releases are fantastic

Thanks for your three colors 4K review! I’m sticking with my criterion BDs!

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