The Shining Open Matte

The situation is this as i understand it.

The shining open matte.

Other great examples of open matte versions include. The matrix seven shown above back to the future 2 the shining and almost every kubrick movie planet terror and stephen kings it. Each of kubrick s three final films the shining full metal jacket eyes wide shut was released in the united states theatrically in prints matted to 1 85 1 and in europe to 1 66 1. Open matte can be used with non anamorphic films presented in 2 20 1 or 2 39 1 but it isn t used as often.

Open matte is a filming technique that involves matting out the top and bottom of the film frame in the movie projector known as a soft matte for the widescreen theatrical release and then scanning the film without a matte at academy ratio for a full screen home video release. There are a ton more but i don t want to get carried away. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below.

The film s central character is jack torrance nicholson an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a. Former teacher and recovering alcoholic jack torrance jack nicholson interviews for a caretaker job at the overlook hotel in an effort to rebuild his life after his volatile temper lost him his teaching position the hotel manager mr. This is a process known as soft matte or open matte which refers to the fact that for theatrical exhibition the 1 33 1 image is matted to 1 85 1 in other words as described below the top and bottom of the frame are masked to create a widescreen frame. Unimportant picture information underneath the.

The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and co written with novelist diane johnson the film is based on stephen king s 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson shelley duvall scatman crothers and danny lloyd. The shining 1977 is a novel by. Shining funktioniert sowohl als drama wie auch als horrorfilm wurde so auch von mr kubrick bewusst angelegt. Now we come to the fun part where things become contentious and interpretive and just plain rocky.