The Development of Inexpensive Color Film Stocks

1935: Three-strip Technicolor (three strips of film running through the camera) made feature-film debut with Becky Sharp

Source: Modern Mechanix.

Source: "The Color-Space Conundrum," American Cinematographer, January 2005.

1950: Kodak released single-strip Eastman Color Negative Safety Film 5247 and Color Print Film 5281

Source: "The Color-Space Conundrum," American Cinematographer, January 2005.

Widescreen and DVD

Cinerama Projection

Source: Wikipedia.

Resulting in a wide image (1:2.59), as in this screen shot from How the West Was Won (1960), the first Cinerama feature film (note the image seams):

Source: The American WideScreen Museum.

Letterboxing Versus Pan-and-Scan

He Said, She Said Aspect Ratio Illustrations.

DVDs often include both versions of widescreen (anamorphic) films--usually one on each side of the disc. The Ronin DVD allows you to compare the two versions.

Extra Material on DVDs
Menu: an interface much like one on a computer or video game allows you to select additional materials.	Scene Selections: choose to go to a specific point (sometimes called "chapters") in the film.

Special Features: including audio commentary by the director, John Frankenheimer, and an alternate ending that was not used in the film as it was released (frame grabs from the alternate ending).	Languages: English and French--in both the spoken language and the subtitles. This is particularly appropriate for Ronin since it stars several French actors.