16:9 Spoils the Cinema Experience

Went to see The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus at the Putney Odeon recently, and as the commercials finished I kept waiting for the curtains to open up and give me the full Gilliam experience…
But no, the whole film was shown on the paltry screen in a livingroom-inducing aspect of 16:9.
Surely there must be better standards in British cinema?

Tags: Cinema

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