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Stanley Kubrick Collection (Widescreen) (9 Discs)

Jack Nicholson (Actor), Shelley Duvall (Actor), Jan Harlan (Director), Stanley Kubrick (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
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With the 1957 release of Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick confirmed his early promise and joined the ranks of world-class filmmakers. The age of the auteur had arrived, and Kubrick was a prime candidate for inclusion in the pantheon of directors later canonized by critic Andrew Sarris in his influential book The American Cinema. Ironically, this was also the period during which Kubrick left his native soil for permanent residence in England, and from that point forward, the Kubrick mystique inflated to legendary proportions. But if Kubrick was no longer bringing himself to the world, he was certainly bringing the world to his films. From the comfort of his rural England estate and locations never far from London, Kubrick would command cinematic odysseys to isolated Colorado (in The Shining), battle-ravaged Vietnam (Full Metal Jacket), upscale New York City (Eyes Wide Shut), and, of course, Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite (in 2001: A Space Odyssey).

The New Stanley Kubrick Collection includes all eight of Kubrick's films from Lolita on--a quarter-century of brilliant, challenging cinema. This second edition adds Eyes Wide Shut to the previous collection and remastered sound on five of the films plus a new anamorphic edition of 2001. Purists have complained that Kubrick's last three films have been released in full-screen format only; this was in compliance with Kubrick's wishes, and the films do not suffer unduly from full-screen formatting. This set also features a new full-length documentary made by longtime Kubrick assistant Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. The diversity of Kubrick's work is truly astonishing, even though the director's technical precision and steely perspective on humanity may strike uninitiated viewers as cold and even misanthropic. His films almost always received mixed (and sometimes scathingly negative) reviews upon their release, only to benefit from glowing reassessment as they grew entrenched in the public consciousness. Here, in all their glory, are the collected films of a genuine master, ripe for study and appreciation for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon

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The new Stanley Kubrick Collection includes eight of the great director's masterpieces in stunning all-new digital transfers, restored picture and new digital audio. Titles include: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacke

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not pan and scan but full frame, July 25 2001
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Jerry "Jerry Hunt" (Nashville, TN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stanley Kubrick Collection (Widescreen) (9 Discs) (DVD)
To counter a comment made by a disgruntled reviewer, these "full frame" DVDs are NOT pan and scan. They are cropped in a ratio per Kubrick's wishes; See the many interviews with Kubrick's colleagues if you doubt it.

All in all, a great set and a vast improvement over the first Kubrick DVD box released. However, I do wish more extras had been included; (the pie fight from "Dr. Strangelove", the original ending from "The Shining".)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Wait for them to be dead, then defile their memory, May 31 2001
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Jeff Kushner "Jeffrey" (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stanley Kubrick Collection (Widescreen) (9 Discs) (DVD)
Stanley Kubrick never intended for some of these films to be presented in Dolby 5.1 digital surround sound. Kubrick would definitely have to be dead for anyone to purposely defile his intention as an artist. Next they will re-mix a color version of City Lights, with dialogue (for the first time ever in color, sound and digital 5.1 discreet matrixing.) How dissapointed I was when I heard that Citizen Kane would not be re-mixed in 5.1, and would remain in it's boring original version; not a restored post mortem pre-release editing room rough cut version. When filmmaking is as important to someone as it was for Stanley Kubrick, there is nothing lower or more offensive than to change their work as soon as they are unable to defend themselves; to take advantage of them when they are at their most vulnerable, ie.dead....
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3.0 out of 5 stars The term "pan and scan" does not apply here!, Aug 21 2001
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This review is from: Stanley Kubrick Collection (Widescreen) (9 Discs) (DVD)
After reading the umpteenth observation concerning the letterboxing, or lack of letterboxing on some of the movies included in the "Stanley Kubrick Collection", I am compelled to point out for the umpteenth time that the term "pan and scan" does not apply here! The films "The Shining", "Full Metal Jacket", and "Eyes Wide Shut" were each filmed with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (actually 1.37:1) and then masked to a ratio of 1.85:1 for theatrical presentation. For these DVD's the image was simply not masked at the top and bottom. Nothing you saw in the theater is missing! Areas of the image you were never intended to see, however, are visible, which is why (for example) you can see the tips of helicopter blades at the top of the screen in the shots following the Volkswagen through the mountains at the beginning of "The Shining". The image from side to side is all there, nothing is missing!
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