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Ried, I'd like directors to start shooting in 3.60:1. That would be something.
Because I'm bored, here's a random sampling of directors and their preferred ratios...
Steven Soderbergh: usually 1.85:1
Martin Brest: 1.85:1
Steven Spielberg 2.35:1 until E.T.; Now almost always 1.85:1
John Landis: always 1.85:1
Bob Rafelson: usually 1.85:1
Ridley Scott: usually 2.35:1, excepting Hannibal, Duelists, Someone to Watch Over Me.
Tony Scott: always 2.35:1
Michael Bay 2.35:1 since The Rock
Woody Allen 1.85:1 except Manhattan
David Lynch usually 2.35:1 except Mulholland, Twin Peaks, Eraserhead
James Cameron 2.35:1 since The Abyss
Brian DePalma goes back and forth, but is best in 2.35:1
Robert Altman usually (and best in) 2.35:1
Wes Anderson 2.35:1 now
PT Anderson 2.35:1 always
John Carpenter always 2.35:1
Clint Eastwood goes back and forth, but is a master of wide composition
Sam Peckinpah went back and forth
Sergio Leone wide except OUATIA
Roger Donaldson usually 2.35:1
Philip Noyce usually 2.35:1
Wes Craven 1.85:1 until SCREAM
Sam Raimi back and forth
Bryan Singer 2.35:1
Cameron Crowe 1.85:1
David Cronenberg 1.85:1, but one of the few directors whose compositions benefit from that framing, because he's a genius.
Paul Verhoeven usually 1.85:1, but can do wide quite nicely too
Stanley Kubrick shot flat after 2001, but his geometrically precise, centered framing suits the narrow ratio
Walter Hill 1.85:1
Martin Campbell 2.35:1
Adrian Lyne 1.85:1
Michael Cimino 2.35:1
Wolfgang Petersen (The Master) goes back and forth, best in wide.
And on and on....
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