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“Watching them on VHS is closer to the old drive-in or grindhouse theater, the way the director intended it to look.” Practically no director intended for the f
by Kaedon 10y ago
“Watching them on VHS is closer to the old drive-in or grindhouse theater, the way the director intended it to look.” Practically no director intended for the films to look terrible on VHS tapes, it was a limitation of the technology. I understand enjoying the look of the technology as a consumer and I doubt the producers cared for it.
- thaw13579 10y agoMaybe they didn't care about it, but I guess they accounted for it. For example, the medium can hide costume or makeup elements that would otherwise break the suspension of disbelief (personally I find this to be the case when watching HD remasters of older scifi).