Talk:The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth 2409:4073:4D87:4D7A:757C:4E7F:733C:39C7 (talk) 15:49, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Aspect ratio

I edited the article [1] to mention an aspect ratio of 1.19:1, as mentioned in two sources:

• Review in Variety
• Interview with cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel

However, I've since found other reliable sources claiming the aspect ratio is 1.37: [2][3]. When I stream the film from Apple TV+ to my phone or computer monitor, it comes out to 1.35 or 1.36, let's call it 1.37 because my eye is not perfect. It is very weird that in different interviews, the cinematographer of the film seemingly confirms two different ratios, 1.19 and 1.37. I wonder if the original theatrical ratio (at NYFF and in its brief commercial run) was 1.19 but the decision was made to stream it at 1.37. I can't find any source that explains this discrepancy. Mathew5000 (talk) 09:12, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Yes! So much conflicting info from good sources! Hope this helps:

Bruno Delbonnel himself directly discusses shooting in 1.37:1 Academy in this American Cinematographer interview. :

Q: You’re also shooting in black-and-white while using the 1.37:1 ‘Academy’ aspect ratio.

Delbonnel: Those were the first two decisions. An important reference for us was Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc [1928, shot by Rudolph Maté, ASC], with its many close-ups. Dreyer’s sets also have a magnificent sobriety. But I didn’t want to be ‘nostalgic’ about old black-and-white movies. Quite the opposite: I was looking for the intensity that a very sharp image gives to close-ups. We used large format because I wanted to get a very sharp 4K image. When you do a close-up in 1.37, you fill the screen. The set disappears, and you bring the face and the text to the forefront. Of course, close-ups don’t exist in theater — they are pure cinema.

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To me, that's pretty definitive.

In the ibc interview with Delbonnel, while they discuss aspect ratio, Delbonnel doesn't actually ever say 1.19 - just the author of the article. It's possible that, in both that and the Variety review, an assumption or error was made (perhaps because of the recent use of 1.19:1 in "The Lighthouse".).

Also the tech specs in Internet Movie Database say 1.37.

also defines it as 1.37:1 as does

This drove me crazy as well - (LOTS of people out there calling it 4:3 like Justice League as well).

demzer (talk) 17:18, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

demzer (talk) 17:09, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

@Demzer: thanks for your response. I guess you're right, we should go with the go with the American Cinematographer interview saying 1.37. I still wonder though, whether there was ever a 1.19 version of this film, screened either at a festival or maybe just for critics. IMDb can be, and frequently is, totally wrong. I'm more hesitant to conclude that Variety's critic Owen Gleiberman made a factual mistake like this. Mathew5000 (talk) 00:21, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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