'Three Days of the Condor' Film Panel

The video discusses the efforts of the American Society of Cinematographers in standardizing film formats to protect artist rights. A two-to-one format was proposed as a compromise, but the 16:9 format was adopted instead. The importance of preserving the original aspect ratio of films is emphasized, using the analogy of not altering a Rembrandt painting to fit a space. The video concludes with a call to maintain the integrity of films.

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