VistaVision Visits Austria
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In 1955, Austria, which had been divided into four zones since the War, was reunited. The following year, Paramount celebrated that fact with this travelogue about the country, starting with the image of that Ferris Wheel that played such a central role in THE THIRD MAN.
The cameras rove from Tyrolia talking about the Romans, along the Danube, and ends up in Vienna to the strains of, in the end, waltzes and cheer that Vienna is again Vienna.
Vistavision was Paramount's response to widescreen, basically turning the standard 35mm. Film stock on its side and extending a frame to eight sprockets. Directors hated all the wide-screen format at first. Fritz Lang claimed it was good only for filming snakes. But judging by the casual ease with which every frame is set here, the brilliance of the overlit color, they learned quick.
The cameras rove from Tyrolia talking about the Romans, along the Danube, and ends up in Vienna to the strains of, in the end, waltzes and cheer that Vienna is again Vienna.
Vistavision was Paramount's response to widescreen, basically turning the standard 35mm. Film stock on its side and extending a frame to eight sprockets. Directors hated all the wide-screen format at first. Fritz Lang claimed it was good only for filming snakes. But judging by the casual ease with which every frame is set here, the brilliance of the overlit color, they learned quick.
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