On the Waterfront (1954)

[#Darren]

3 aspect ratios?

I don't know the history of this film, but that seems a bit over the top.

[I KEEL YOU]

Wow, that's quarter of a way to a dozen aspect ratios.

[Dragun]

Originally Posted by #Darren

3 aspect ratios?

I don't know the history of this film, but that seems a bit over the top.

It seems like overkill to me too. I wish they'd just present it in one definitive aspect ratio.

[Petyr_Baelish]

Originally Posted by Dragun

It seems like overkill to me too. I wish they'd just present it in one definitive aspect ratio.

Someone just tell me what one to watch. I hate making my own decisions.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Petyr_Baelish

Someone just tell me what one to watch. I hate making my own decisions.

I always watch a film in the aspect ratio (if there are more than one) which shows the most video information.
So, in this case I think it's the 1.37:1.

from imdb trivia (i don't know if this has been posted before)
The film was shot by Elia Kazan at the aspect ratio of 1.37:1. It was originally offered to 20th Century Fox by Kazan, but was turned down by Darryl F. Zanuck because the film was shot in black & white and in the academy ratio of 1.37. Fox at the time was big into Cinemascope wide screen pictures. The film may have been exhibited in a few theaters at 1.66 or even 1.85, but was shot, and exhibited, in 1954, at 1.37:1

[mjcavinder]

On The Waterfront Review...

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/On-th.../44136/#Review
My question is...besides three different aspect ratios -1.67:1, 1.85:1, and 1.33:1... 3 different cuts...so more or less scenes?...I seriously wanna buy this bluray, I remember watching TCM airing a "widescreen" edition and then I bought the dvd but the dvd is full screen.

[pro-bassoonist]

Mj, only the framing is different, the content is the same.

Pro-B

[pedromvu]

Anybody knows if this will have a cardboard packaging like Seven Samurai and Night of the Hunter? i haven't seen any 2 disc release from criterion with a regular case.

Edit: I Just noticed the ones i mention state digipack on the review, but this one doesn't.