Yes, I occasionally read the Amazon reviews.
Film buffs will be interested in this old comment from David M. Kusumoto of San Diego who is clearly a classic film maniac.
This is why this film (and you'll be surprised to hear), many, many classic films will never be produced in widescreen. They don't exist. You should buy this DVD because of the video quality and the extra "goodies." Gone with the Wind in widescreen? Nope, never was, even though it was blown up to 70mm and cropped horribly in the 1968 re-issue. What's out there on DVD on Gone with the Wind is standard 35mm "TV semi-square" framing, because that's the way it was shot. Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Citizen Kane? Nope, never shot in anything greater than 35mm. It's a Wonderful Life? No again.
Read the whole comment here where it was originally given in year 2000 for the Hitchcock film, Strangers on a Train.
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