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A must for me..but perhaps you should wait for HD DVD versions........2007-09-11
Kubrick was a technical perfectionist, one who never forgot that always movies are at first a visual craft.
I doubt if he considered future television presentations of his movies, as he was well aware of the coming widescreen HD television and that exactly when it would be in place was very uncertain.
I first viewed HD t.v.'s for sale in Japanese department stores, when my Japanese wife, in an over-reaction, most appropriate for Japanese, wanted to replace overnight all of her televisons with HD t.v. sets. This was in 1993!!!
if you are a Kubrick affectionario, and value image quality as very important, as it should be for Kubrick's masterpieces, then please reflect on the following:
resolution WILL degrade when these non-anamorphic negatives are blown up for widescreen t.v.'s.
Proper presentation would be matted, as Kurbrick most certainly would have probably desired, to match the original theatrical presentation WITH NO 16X9!
However, this is a marketing no no, and Kubrick was well aware of both this and the visual degradation that would occur if released 16x9 with VGA resolution. You want bigger, so then accept the price. Hopefully with HD, we get it all. However, so far with every new digital "improvement" aesthetic quality has been compromised...such as downloadable music has very sloppy sound, but it can be marketed. Theoretically, it is possible that these DVD's will be better in some ways then when they are released on HD DVD's. We are living in a world of trade offs where marketing rules. Those with patience usually do the best.
Yes, with the proper matted version, you will have to sit closer to your tube monitor, (still the best viewing quality), to watch the restored, properly matted movies at maximum resolution, or instead, please wait until the HD DVD editions.
For an example of the degradation that will occur, see the current widescreen DVD of Full Metal Jacket.
Logic would be to wait one or two years for this set to be released on HD DVD. If you can't, then using a step up converter DVD player via a HMID connection to a HD television, probably will lessen the degradation to an acceptabele level. However..if you value highly the visual quality, you will toss away these VGA's soon for the HD DVD copies. Myself...I do not plan to move on to HD. Only to retain my personal library of approximately 1,000 DVD's, (which I will prune to 700), and step up my VGA to HD using my three DVD players (for back up so I can play them for at least 10 years from now). Therefore..I will be buying all of these new versions, with the proper matting, and have acceptable minimal resolution degradation. In the future, I will begin building a library of HD DVD's but only for new movies and for new releases of "old" movies which are better on HD. Many may not be better, or as good. HD may be "too good" for early 4:3 black and white movies which thrive on grain. The future may not bode well for Kubricks early masterpieces, or for almost all pre 1954 movies.
Just To Clarify. . ........2007-09-10
Stanley Kubrick is undoubtedly a master filmaker, and this new set of his films is certainly long overdue, even if some of his best films (Dr. Strangelove, Barry Lyndon, Lolita) are not included. However, just to clarify for some of the "HD widescreen purists" who have been disapointed in the full frame versions of some of the films (eg The Shining, Full Metal Jacket), Stanley Kubrick intended them to be released for home viewing in that format. Rather than traditionally shooting those films in widescreen, then chopping off the sides for the home release, Kubrick shot those particular films in a standard aspect ratio, then removed the top and bottom of the frames to create a widescreen ratio for the theatrical exhibition. Then, for the home version, he reinserted the additional parts of the frame. So the full screen versions of Full Metal Jacket and The Shining actually show more of the image and were Kubrick's intended versions. However, most people are unaware of this fact. If Kubrick wanted the films to be released in the larger full frame, did Warner Bros. disregard his wishes when producing this set, or has the Kubrick family approved the move? Regardless of the aspect ratios, this set will still benefit from the inclusion of numerous special features and the anamorphic version of A Clockwork Orange, which was previously only available in a nonanamorphic widescreen version.
16 x 9 for (mostly) full frame films?.......2007-08-29
This is in response to another review here. With the exception of 2001 and Clockwork Orange (which was 1.66:1 I think) none of these films were shot in widescreen in the first place. All of his last three films were shot full frame/ academy ratio and masked for cinema presentations. So what we've been seeing on video is actually the whole of what was shot at the time of production and exactly what Kubrick wanted people to see, knowing that the films would often be viewed on standard televisions.
Eyes Wide Shut????.......2007-08-25
Does anyone know if Eyes Wide Shut will be released the way Kubrick intended it to be? I would love to see his real vision of the film. To bad Paths of Glory didn't make the cut.
About time... but.......2007-08-21
OK-- I don't own this fine-looking collection, but I want to echo the sentiment that it's about time that some of these titles are at last released in their original widescreen presentation. (I also agree that the tags "16:9" or "anamorphic" are essential on DVD product descriptors.)
But, please... release these puppies individually! I'm not a huge "Shining" fan, but I've jonesed for a widescreen "Full Metal Jacket" ever since I bought my first DVD player. Let me buy it!!!
Thanks for listening.
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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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Realize that a new Kubrick boxed set is due October 2007.......2007-08-02
On October 23, 2007 Warner Home Video will be launching a new "Stanley Kubrick Collection". Included are brand new versions of:
2001: A Space Odyssey - Special Edition (2-disc)
A Clockwork Orange: Special Edition (2-disc)
Eyes Wide Shut: Special Edition (2-disc)
Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition
The Shining: Special Edition (2-disc)
All titles have been restored and remastered and will offer both archive and new bonus features. The documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" will also be included in this set. Apparently missing from this set, but also being released in new versions individually on October 23, are Lolita and Barry Lyndon. Eyes Wide Shut will include both the rated and unrated versions. No new release of Dr. Strangelove is planned. The new boxed set will retail at eighty dollars. All titles contained in the boxed set will be available separately including the documentary.
Great Documentary.......2006-03-18
The documentary about Stanley Kubrick included in this collection ("Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures") makes it worth having. A truly great collection of movies, perfect for a Kubrick enthusiast looking to establish their DVD collection, or for people unsure about Kubrick to make them fans!
A box set featuring the films of the world's greatest director.......2005-07-03
The Stanley Kubrick Collection features 9 amazing DVD's, eight of them films. The films include Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, the documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures and more.
First of all, the sound/picture quality is amazing. If improves vastly over the sound/picture quality over the original, now out-of-print Stanley Kubrick Collection from 1999.
Also, the films are brilliant, except the vastly overrated A Clockwork Orange. For my review on this film, visit A Clockwork Orange on amazon.com
Every Kubrick fan should own this item!
The master of his domain.......2005-07-03
"Genius is the fire that lights itself." That could very well describe the mystique of, and the body of work from, Stanley Kubrick, arguably one of the greatest filmakers of the 20th century. This collection represents 8 of his works, from 'Lolita' to 'Eyes wide Shut', released after his sudden death in March 1999. Although other directors have a larger number of films to their credit, it only took 13 directions to go in for Kubrick to cement his legacy in the annals of movie history. From my perspective, two flicks stand out to define his greatness: 'Spartacus' (not included in this collection) and '2001: a Space Odyssey'. To do something no one else has done before, and for everyone to pull from that influence since, is a testament to his courage and perfectionism. He is listed in the Guiness book Of World Records as the director who demanded an astonishing 600-plus takes for one scene in 'The Shining'. Needless to say, Shelley Duvall was not happy after that week of shooting in the cold. But the actors who were fortunate enough to work on one of his films became major stars because of their apearances, from James Earl Jones in 'Dr. Strangelove', to Malcolm McDowell in 'A Clockwork Orange', to R. Lee Ermey and Vincent D'Onofrio in 'Full Metal Jacket', and Lelee Sobieski in 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Kirk Douglas was so fond of his talent, he made sure he got to work with him three times.
This is an excellent overview of a master artisan. Purchasing this along with the Criterion Collection version of 'Spartacus' will give you viewing enjoyment that will last a lifetime. Also check out 'A.I.: Artifical Intelligence', a Steven Spielberg product that was based on a screenplay given to him by Kubrick from ideas written in the books by Isaac Asimov. It was the last script Kubrick never finished making a movie of.
Much better set.......2005-05-30
Includes a couple more films and Vivian's feature-length documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures. One look at this set may be as a cash generator (after all, WB already released a Kubrick collection), but second look is Kubrick's artifact, an in-depth, beautifully remastered, feature-packed set. At last, gone are the days of Kubrick rolling in his grave from the original clunker set. He can now rest in peace, as his films are now preserved at highest imaginable quality with immersive 5.1 surround. Bless you, Vivian.
2001 was the only film in the original set to get the 5.1 treatment. Now, four other films (Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket) have been touched by the magic wand, and given a massive makeover, including-- you guessed it-- 5.1 surround. The features on the separate discs are essentially the same as the original set (we still get Vivian's Making of The Shining documentary, only with a restoration job done), but the real highlight is A Life In Pictures. After only seeing three of his films (2001, A Clockwork Orange, and Shining), I must agree that Kubrick is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, director(s) that ever lived.
Now WB has listened to the wailing Kubrick estate, and given his films the respect they deserve. Avoid the original clunker. Buy this one.
P.S. The films that are in fullscreen were shot that way, and the original aspect ratio is preserved according to Kubrick's wishes. So stop complaining about it!
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- One of the best stories about the Roman Empire
- Sometimes too many cooks _don't_ spoil the broth
- An old fashioned Hollywood Spectacular with more substance than many of them
- Spartacus
- Excellent movie, excellent price
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Stanley Kubrick was only 31 years old when Kirk Douglas (star of Kubrick's classic Paths of Glory) recruited the young director to pilot this epic saga, in which the rebellious slave Spartacus (played by Douglas) leads a freedom revolt against the decadent Roman Empire. Kubrick would later disown the film because it was not a personal project--he was merely a director-for-hire--but Spartacus remains one of the best of Hollywood's grand historical epics. With an intelligent screenplay by then-blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (from a novel by Howard Fast), its message of moral integrity and courageous conviction is still quite powerful, and the all-star cast (including Charles Laughton in full toga) is full of entertaining surprises. Fully restored in 1991 to include scenes deleted from the original 1960 release, the full-length Spartacus is a grand-scale cinematic marvel, offering some of the most awesome battles ever filmed and a central performance by Douglas that's as sensitively emotional as it is intensely heroic. Jean Simmons plays the slave woman who becomes Spartacus's wife, and Peter Ustinov steals the show with his frequently hilarious, Oscar-winning performance as a slave trader who shamelessly curries favor with his Roman superiors. The restored version also includes a formerly deleted bathhouse scene in which Laurence Olivier plays a bisexual Roman senator (with restored dialogue dubbed by Anthony Hopkins) who gets hot and bothered over a slave servant played by Tony Curtis. These and other restored scenes expand the film to just over three hours in length. Despite some forgivable lulls, this is a rousing and substantial drama that grabs and holds your attention. Breaking tradition with sophisticated themes and a downbeat (yet eminently noble) conclusion, Spartacus is a thinking person's epic, rising above mere spectacle with a story as impressive as its widescreen action and Oscar-winning sets. --Jeff Shannon
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Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends-including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator that led a Roman slave revolt-in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new Hollywood era. The assured acting, lush Technicolor cinematography, bold costumes and visceral fight sequences won Spartacus four Oscars©; the blend of politics and sexual suggestion scandalized audiences. Today Kubrick's controversial classic, the first film to openly defy Hollywood's blacklist, remains a landmark of cinematic artistry and history.
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One of the best stories about the Roman Empire.......2007-09-07
A classic of epic porportions! Kirk Douglas fighting the Romans. What more do you want? A gem of a movie, far surpassing today's digital products, and an excellent print with an excellent cast. Well written story! Another classic they don't make anymore, with great battle scenes! "A CAST OF THOUSANDS"
You won't be disappointed!
Sometimes too many cooks _don't_ spoil the broth.......2007-07-24
This film is perhaps the only one where Kubrick did not have his oh-so-important "absolute control" and it is the better for it. Don't get me wrong, Kubrick was an outstanding director and his films from the 1960s and 1970s are all excellent, but in case of "Spartacus", the vivacity of the film is largely due to the fact that behind the scenes there was a similar clash of egos, talents, and opinions. While this might sound like a recipe for disaster, the wonderful script somehow gives this movie coherence.
It cannot be said that this film is particularly historically accurate, but then again the purpose of art is to create something beautiful out of the fragments of a flawed reality, and this is certainly achieved here. Artistic truth can trump historical truth sometimes, if the artistic truth has something important to say about the human condition.
What the artistic truth seems to say here is that Spartacus, as valid as his struggle was, simply came at a very unfortunate time for his quest and that his Hamlet-esque inner turmoil doomed him in the end. He simply should have taken Rome when his military power was at its peak and in many ways history might have been quite different (or not). But he did not, and at least in this film, those political power struggles in Rome are what did him in.
Besides, the end of the movie -- if there is anything modern directors can learn from these old epics is how important it is to wrap the plot up in a way that does justice to the scale of the film. If you watch a three-hour movie, you expect a momentous denouement. And in Spartacus, the denouement fills the last 30 minutes or more (everything after the "I'm Spartacus" scene is basically part of it). It is the mother of all endings, an unrelenting tear jerker that manipulates you as hard as possible, and that is a very good thing in this case, for if this ending were not there, the whole movie that had gone before would have been cheapened.
And yes, that spitting-and-punching scene (you will know what I mean) works, because it shows how powerless both Spartacus and Crassus are in a way. They can fight the other side, yet it will never go away, because their conflict mirrors an eternal conflict between the powerful few and the powerless many that has been going on throughout history, or at least since Roman times. And that enrages them enough that they fly off the handle in (almost) private.
I also find the self-important opening narration about how slavery was "abolished" two thousand years later fairly funny. Oh really? I think there are plenty of people in third-world countries working without any safety precautions, exposed to harmful chemicals, with low pay, under horrible conditions on plantations etc. who would mightily object to that assertion. Not even to mention "wage slaves", those who may be free in theory to do what they want but have only the exciting career path of burger-flipping open to them in practice. Slavery by any other name indeed.
But as far as Roman epics go, this is still my favorite. "Gladiator" was the slightly demented version of this (where "oooh, look at the suggested incest" replaced the "ooh, look at the suggested homosexuality" in this version), but generally the dumbing-down of the intellectual level of movie scripts since then has made it impossible for a similar effort to surface. Besides, today it would be very difficult to find actors like Laughton and Olivier who can carry this kind of movie. And maybe that's a good thing, because some things cannot be improved upon. Like this movie.
An old fashioned Hollywood Spectacular with more substance than many of them.......2007-07-10
My youngest son had never seen this old fashioned Hollywood spectacular, so we got it out and watched it together. I enjoyed watching it more than I had remembered. Yes, its Cold War / McCarthy Black List sentiments are displayed a little heavily, but only if you remember that period. My son hadn't a clue and took it as a straight human dignity story and I took it that way through his eyes.
What he was most amazed about was that all those people marching around were actually people instead of computer programs. And when the Roman armies are arrayed against Spartacus and his slave army, it is really amazing to behold. And the bigger screen you can watch it on, the better it would be. As my son noted, if you saw an army moving with that kind of precision and size against you, it wouldn't make sense to not be frightened. And that was a big part of the point, wasn't it.
This movie really does mix in the personal relationships with the spectacular scenes quite well. And the performances of leads are very fine. I particularly loved Peter Ustinov's Batiutus and Charles Laughton's Gracchus. Laurence Olivier is thoroughly patrician and sinister as Crassus and Kirk Douglass hits all the right notes as Spartacus. Jean Simmons has always been lovely, but never more than as Varinia in this movie. And I always get a kick out of Tony Curtis as Antoninus hightailing it out of Crassus' palace after Crassus makes the none too subtle comment about enjoying both oysters and snails. A funny moment in a movie without a lot of laughs.
So, if you haven't seen it, take a look. Remember this is 1960. If you have seen it, get your children or grand children around you and watch it with them. You will enjoy hearing what they see and explaining to them what they are seeing, who the actors were, and maybe a bit about the historical Spartacus (look it up before you watch the film).
Very good.
Spartacus.......2007-06-28
This rousing epic was disowned by Kubrick after a contentious, difficult production, but "Spartacus" still offers grand-scale entertainment, thanks to bold, sure-handed direction and a powerhouse cast. The brawny, clench-jawed Douglas shines in his signature role, while Olivier is suitably poisonous as the cold-blooded Crassus. Other notables include the rotund Peter Ustinov providing comic relief as a cowardly slave-trader, and Charles Laughton, who lends gravitas as a senior Roman senator. If you're craving generous portions of spectacle and sweep, here's your movie.
Excellent movie, excellent price.......2007-06-28
I bought this as a gift for my husband. Received promptly,pleased with packaging. The movie is a definite classic, must have for the DVD collector.
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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).
Released on VHS and DVD just prior to the July 1999 theatrical release of Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, The Stanley Kubrick Collection includes all seven of Kubrick's films from Lolita to Full Metal Jacket--a quarter-century of brilliant, challenging cinema. Authorized by Kubrick prior to his sudden death in March of 1999, the boxed set represents a cooperative effort among the Warner, Columbia, and MGM labels (with Killer's Kiss, The Killing, and Paths of Glory released simultaneously by MGM). All films retain the superior digital mastering of their earlier releases on laserdisc and DVD, and although purists have complained that The Shining and Full Metal Jacket have been released in full-screen format only, this was in compliance with Kubrick's wishes and both films do not suffer unduly from full-screen formatting.
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. From the rich, black comedy of Lolita to the bleak heart of darkness explored in Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick's 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
Customer Reviews:
Get The New Box Set!.......2004-05-04
Of course, Kubrick was a genius and all these films are great, but this set is really lacking, with horrible sound and atrocious picture quality. Happily, WB quickly rectified the mistake by msking "The New Stanley Kubrick Collection." What sounds like a cash cow turns out to be a carefully planned, beautifully remastered set with ample special features that I'm pretty sure would satisfy Kubrick, and I'm completely sure will satisfy any fan. Go order that set.
PS: This set is out of print now, and for good reason.
Great collection!.......2002-02-02
This is the greatest seven-title collection on 8 VHS tapes from the legendary director Stanley Kubrick.
The Disembodied Voice of Stanley Kubrick Does Not Approve.......2001-11-30
These DVDs are the reason I bought a DVD player. Each film in this collection (with the possible exception of Lolita) is a masterpiece. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered the lack of care and effort that went into these DVDs. The transfers are poor and unrestored, the audio is plain old vanilla stereo, a few films are pan-and-scanned, and not a single special feature of note to be found. This could have been a 4-year film school in a box. It isn't anywhere close.
A must have movie masterpiece!.......2001-07-13
The Stanley Kubrick collection does a spectacular job of comprising his best works into one beautiful tome. the DVD playback quality is excellent, and the movies themselves, well, Kubrick was a master at the art, no doubt. More than just movies, his films were each works of art. It's a shame he passed away; there are so few great directors left anymore.
Kubrick.......2001-03-17
A woman is screaming as the centre of the door splits in two and a manical face bursts through, grotesquely quoting a late night TV show. A young boy's eyes are held open while he is forced to watch horrible brutality while being made sick by an experimental drug. A child girl shoots down one after another trained soldiers as she herself is hunted by the bravest of them. A terrifying parallel is revealed between the age of primitive man and future sivilization as we are dazzled by the same black rock.
These are images, sometimes disturbing, sometimes glorious, that Kubrick was the master of. To offer the ultimate movie connoseur(sic) a chance to own every movie made by this great director is a wonderful thing.
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