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This brings us to the original VHS.

The file is more than a movie. It is a time capsule of an era when home video was lawless, when film art was dangerous, and when a 12-year-old Brooke Shields became the most controversial actress in Hollywood.

The original film was shot with an intended 1.85:1 aspect ratio, but many DVD releases cropped the image vertically (up-and-down) to fit widescreen formats. Some older VHS versions provide an "open matte" 4:3 view, which—though not the director's intended framing—shows more of the original image at the top and bottom of the frame.