The Apartment (1960), and the Beauty of Anamorphic Black and White

Britt Michael Gordon examines The Apartment from 1960 directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray, and the long-lost art of anamorphic black-and-white filmmaking as well as a brief history of the cinematic widescreen.

Special thanks to Corey Atad for his thought provoking blog:

"Anamorphic Black-and-White and the Death of Film."
https://justatad.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/anamorphic-black-and-white-and-the-death-of-film/

and...

John Hess and everyone over at Filmmaker IQ for exploration of Aspect Ratio and its history:

"The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CgrMsjGk7k&t=851s

Learn more about Cinemascope here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bve8wGAPhIg&t=649s

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