•Via Les Cahiers du cinéma: “Formats” by Jean-Luc Godard, June 2004, p. 78
Basically, he’s saying that 1,37 is for human beings, 1,66 represents the credit card, 1,85 is the ratio of the dollar and finally scope (2,39, used to be 2,35) is death. It’s not to be taken as an absolute rule of thumb : Godard was fond of Jules and Jim (Truffaut, 1962) which was shot in Cinemascope (2,35). Learn more about aspect ratio.
