Frank Wolff, Michael Forest and Barboura Morris in ATLAS (1961)
I get emails and messages from people from all over the world. I recently discovered something interesting which someone mentioned somewhere and I got new info on a film I thought I knew everything about. I like this. I also got contacted by someone claiming several things and saying how much my blog and work inspired him. Above is a screenshot of ATLAS in 'HD.' I know, it's not a good image. It's difficult to say what's going on. The emails I got were difficult to read (English is not their first language?). Anyway, he told me he was working on a ton of stuff, a lot of which interest me. He then disappeared without a trace. The HD version of ATLAS is on Youtube. I won't link to it. Anyway, the widescreen is faux widescreen meaning the image was stretched. The original posters and credits claim the movie was shot in widescreen but no copies of it in widescreen has ever surfaced anywhere.
The only copy I ever had of this was a bootleg on VHS from Sinister Cinema. It looked wonderful but it was not in widescreen, which it was when I saw it theatrically. Sadly I lent the tape to somebody to transfer it to a DVD and never saw it again. Sinister quit selling it abruptly.
ReplyDeleteSo it was in widescreen in theatres. Good to know.
ReplyDeleteWill you be sharing some of the info you learned?
ReplyDeleteYes I will. It's nothing earth shattering but it's something that's fun to know. I'll share it after the break.
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