Almost everyone involved in the film, including director Franklin Schaffner, was opposed to opening the film as Mr. Coppola had written it, with Patton addressing the audience while standing in front of a screen-filling American flag.

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Look at Amy Adams in closeup, for instance, all the scarier for being so perky and correct, her features filling the screen as she quizzes the reprobate.

NEWYORKER: Sail Away

Seen properly, the best early movies were a revelation, particularly the sight of actors in closeup filling a screen fifty feet or more across the diagonal, they presented a new landscape of flesh that astonished viewers.

NEWYORKER: The Artists

Once you see The Sopranos or a baseball, football or basketball game in high def, filling a big, sharp screen, you'll wince at having to go back to fuzzy regular TV.

FORBES: The Big Picture

You burn things as quickly as you can, spending tomorrow stamps to get items faster and filling the fireplace with so much detritus that the flames reach the top of the screen.

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