A Recreated Opening Widescreen Shot of "Varan The Unbelivable" (1962)
Channel: OverdueVideoRentals
Date: 2021-12-31

When watching the U.S. version, I noticed a shot that takes place right after the opening credits is textless. Compared to the original Japanese version, the same shot is covered with credits.

It makes me have a theory that the editors were using a textless version of the movie, to make the U.S. cut. Which is sort of supported, that the U.S. version use's textless scenes from the Japanese trailer. That doesn't appear in the Japanese version.

So I took two screenshots from the Japanese opening credits, to make one textless screenshot. It was done through Microsoft Paint. Using Movie Maker 10, I overlayed the screenshot over the shot. I exported it in 24fps, and in the 2:35:1 aspect ratio. 

Which expl;ains why there black bars on the sides. The Japanese version was presented in 2:00:1, but the U.S. version was filmed in 2:35:1. I didn't want to crop or stretch this shot, so I'll leave it as it is.

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