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For the uninitiated: Open matte is when a film shot on 35mm (originally protected for a 4:3 TV frame) is presented without cropping the top and bottom. The widescreen version is a slice of the full negative. The open matte version unmasks that slice, revealing extra visual information—often boom mics, crew, or just... emptiness.
American Psycho (2000), shot by cinematographer Andrzej Sekuła, is a goldmine for this format. american psycho open matte
That’s the open matte experience.
Now, imagine that same shot... with . Lots of it. You see the ugly floral wallpaper stretching up to a water-stained ceiling. You see the empty landing above him. You see the space he isn’t filling. For the uninitiated: Open matte is when a
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