Watchmen 2009 Directors Cut Open Matte 1080 Exclusive -

The man on the clipboard had a list of names. Elias’s name was at the top, highlighted in glowing Manhattan-blue.

Forget the cramped 2.40:1 theatrical letterbox. This open matte version (sourced from the now-unavailable IMAX/HDTV master) reveals ~33% more picture on the top and bottom. Snyder framed the Director's Cut for this ratio, and the results are stunning. watchmen 2009 directors cut open matte 1080 exclusive

The "1080" here is crucial. This is not a cheap DVD rip. It is a high-bitrate, H.264 or VC-1 encoded 1080p transfer sourced directly from the master files created for broadcast or web exclusives. The man on the clipboard had a list of names

Similar to how certain sequences in modern blockbusters expand to fill the screen, the open matte presentation provides a "grander scale" for a home viewing environment. The "Exclusive" 1080p Fan Projects This open matte version (sourced from the now-unavailable

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Most viewers are familiar with the 2.40:1 "Scope" aspect ratio, which features black bars at the top and bottom of a standard widescreen TV. However, Watchmen was shot on film. In this process, the camera captures a much taller image than what is eventually "matted" or cropped for the theatrical release.

It was a director's cut that wasn't Snyder's. It was someone else's edit. A ghost editor from the post-production purgatory of 2009, who had smuggled their own version of the film onto the only medium that would survive the studio's purge: an open matte tape for a projector that would never turn on.