I found it odd that much of the anticipatory buzz surrounding the rollout of the new restoration of William Friedkin's Sorcerer (which I discussed a few weeks back) emphasized that this would be the first time that many viewers would be able to see the film in its original aspect ratio. True, all home video releases of Sorcerer have presented it in the Academy ratio of 1.37:1, which is noticeably boxier than the film's theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1.…
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