HEROES OF TELEMARK (1965) was on BBC2 today and flagged as being in HD. If it was HD then I'm a monkey's uncle! Picture quality was abysmal; looking worse than standard definition and to add insult to injury it was shown in the wrong aspect ratio of 16:9. Only the titles were shown 2.35:1.
For some reason the film has never looked good. I saw it when it premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square, Christmas 1965 and recall the picture looking poor then, compared to other films at that time. I think it was mainly financed independently which may have had something to do with it. I also expected the film to be so much better - despite the talent in front of and behind the camera, it was a very mediocre film.
For some reason the film has never looked good. I saw it when it premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square, Christmas 1965 and recall the picture looking poor then, compared to other films at that time. I think it was mainly financed independently which may have had something to do with it. I also expected the film to be so much better - despite the talent in front of and behind the camera, it was a very mediocre film.
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