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Author Topic: The Gods Must Be Crazy DVD Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-21-2004 05:32 PM                        I watched this movie on VHS several times back in the late 1980s and always enjoyed it. I was glad to see a DVD come out with a new anamorphic transfer. I showed the DVD to 7 friends last night, and they seemed to really enjoy it. I hadn't seen the movie in 15 years, and this was the first time I'd ever seen the movie it the proper scope aspect ratio. This movie is just as enjoyable now as it was when it was made. The special effects are so cheesy that they're hilarious and the "sped up film" and "bad lip sync" effects just add to the humor of this movie. This is highly recommended for anyone who hasn't seen it. This was a 1980 movie and the DVD transfer showed grain and small print defects from time to time, but this transfer, being 16:9 enhanced and preserving the scope aspect ratio, is superior to any previous home release. It's really nice to see an old classic movie like this be given new life on DVD, allowing us to see the movie in its original form.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-21-2004 10:42 PM                     quote: This was a 1980 movie and the DVD transfer showed grain and small print defects from time to time This appears to have been originated in Techniscope (one of the last such productions) and transferred from a release print.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-22-2004 09:01 PM                        After reading your post, I put the DVD in and examined the image up close. It definitely looks grainy in many scenes (although in some scenes the grain disappears although the image softness remains). I didn't see any evidence of anamorphic lenses being used.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-24-2004 01:00 PM                     quote: I didn't see any evidence of anamorphic lenses being used. Why would there be? The movie was shot with spherical lenses. (Techniscope uses spherical lenses during photography.) Edited to correct a misspelled word. [ 03-24-2004, 05:20 PM: Message edited by: Michael Coate ]  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-29-2004 08:14 PM                     They ought to make one called The Projectionists Must Be Crazy!" I remember the "Gods Must Be Crazy" film as being side splittingly funny. Since they were "Crazy" it may have been extracted from the Super 8 format...... Mark  |  IP: Logged

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