Words and Pictures, which opens in Chicago tomorrow, might be the first American, star-driven romantic comedy in years to use the wide-screen frame purposefully—and the achievement is all the more remarkable when you realize how much of it takes place indoors. I've gotten so used to American genre movies taking the format for granted—giving the audience what are essentially 1.85:1 images with the tops and bottoms sliced off—that I no longer bother to express disappointment about it (not that often, anyway).…
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