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    This is an interesting historical recapitulation, but you might want to try and include a more direct conclusion of what this ultimately means with regards to answering the question asked. Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 15:57
  • @NapoleonWilson - if you can pick out a specific question in there, I'd be interested to know what it is. I'm merely attempting to provide some clarity to a post which indicates some misconceptions about how aspect ratios and cropping works. Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 16:00
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    This talks about aspect ratios in general, but doesn't answer the question asked in that I was wondering if there are movies filmed using a frame that is larger than all the cropped aspect ratios that would come from it (it appears so, and though not a movie, the Friends example linked in the comments seems to be a good example). Letterboxing isn't' really germane to this question. Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 16:02
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    Well, the simple answer is, "yes," but your question was (and still is) confusing. Would you mind clarifying what a good answer would look like? It is, in fact, quite common for movies filmed with IMAX systems to use the native IMAX ratio, which is taller than standard cinema formats, and would be cropped accordingly. Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 16:04