Turns out that the film BETWEEN (shown on BBC 2 on Saturday night) was filmed at 2.35:1, but the Beeb's print was cropped/reframed. There was some obvious pan-scanning going on, and a check of various DVD versions confirmed the sorry truth about the original ratio.
By the way, here's an odd thing: Just saw the horror film JOSHUA which premiered on Film 4 last week, framed at 1.78:1. The closing credits (white text against a black background) were seemingly letterboxed at 2.35:1, with obvious mattes at the top and bottom of the screen. However, research confirms the film was shot and exhibited at 1.85:1, so I'm not sure why the credits should have been arranged this way.
By the way, here's an odd thing: Just saw the horror film JOSHUA which premiered on Film 4 last week, framed at 1.78:1. The closing credits (white text against a black background) were seemingly letterboxed at 2.35:1, with obvious mattes at the top and bottom of the screen. However, research confirms the film was shot and exhibited at 1.85:1, so I'm not sure why the credits should have been arranged this way.




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