NoirFan

Wasn't there some noise at one point about a re-release of 2001, possibly including the recently discovered deleted footage as an extra?

jackson walker

Just a FYI: the Barry Lyndon Blu-ray is on sale for $7.99 at my local BJ's.

Rizor

Yes, but noise is all that is was.

Someone took a comment by Douglas Trumbull out of context. The next thing you know, there are essays everywhere discussing the morality of inserting cut footage back into the movie as though there'd been an official press release or something.

It turns out Warner Bros and the Kubrick estate have known exactly which salt mine they buried the footage in 50 years ago. And they intend to let it stay buried.

Mr. Cinema

I'm holding out hope that Criterion remasters Spartacus. Also, I thought there was talk of a new anniversary release of Full Metal Jacket next year.

NoirFan

Blu-ray.com lists a 5/30 release for the Lolita 50th Anniversary Edition.

Edit: Had incorrect link.

applesandrice

That links to "The Awakening" ...

I think this is what you meant to use: Lolita 50th Anniversary

5/30/12 release date.

GreenVulture

And they released the specs for the 25th Anniversary Edition of Full Metal Jacket (no release date yet). For the lazy:

* Commentary with Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, and screenwriter/author Jay Cocks
* Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil behind-the-scenes featurette
* Theatrical trailer
* Stanley Kubrick's Boxes documentary

Boxes was an excellent documentary, and seeing as how I don't have the original Blu, I'll definitely pick this up. Wished they ditched the digibook design, though.

Solid Snake

YES. Fucking Yes for Lolita.

damnit for FMJ. How long is that Doc on the BD? Also...might be the same transfer?

PopcornTreeCt

Barry Lyndon needs a super edition. After all, it is Kubrick's best film.

Solid Snake

this was another film I held off on. I just couldn't buy a skin and bones edition of that film. So gorgeous.

Living Dead

I won't deny that it's barebones, but the transfer is very nice. And I don't see them rushing out an uberedition of one of his least popular films, despite it's quality.

Superdaddy

IMDB says 48 minutes. The blu-ray.com news item for this release lists the other extras as the same as what's available now, so I would assume it's the same blu-ray as currently available, with the DVD tossed in.

Mabuse

Yeah that sounds like the same features plus the Boxes doc. Boxes is REALLY GOOD. I have it saved on my DVR from a Sundance Channel broadcast. It could have been twice as long and held my interest.

Josh Z

Even though I love Kubrick, I still find Barry Lyndon a tedious slog to get through. It's the only of his movies that bores me senseless.

GreenVulture

Huh, weird--I feel the same way, except replace Barry Lyndon with The Shining.

Superdaddy

I had actually never heard of it until this announcement, but now after looking it up, I am very much intrigued by it.

Guru Askew

I also feel exactly the same way except replace Kubrick with Fred Dekker and replace "The Shining" with "Monster Squad" and then change the part about finding it a chore to watch to say that its overrated but perfectly watchable. So yeah, it's the same thing.

GreenVulture

So we're in agreement then: Kubrick should have directed The Monster Squad.

CloverClover

They better release it with an option for the 1.66 aspect ratio. I watched the blu-ray and then the 1.66 DVD the next week and it is was two different experiences. Full Metal Jacket 1.33 was a lot better as well but best not to get into that debate.

lamphorn

I'm still waiting for that Sydney Pollack commentary track from Eyes Wide Shut to show up someday.

Solid Snake

What was the reason to not put it out?

lamphorn

No idea. I don't even know if it was recorded. All I know is up until release day, all the advertising and product descriptions had it listed as an extra feature, but when the disc came out... it wasn't there. No comment from Warners and as far as I know, no one has come forward who knows anything about it. If the recording does exist, I would really be eager to hear it.

applesandrice

http://timessquare.com/Film/Film_Int..._On_New_Ideas/

In that interview, Jan Harlan stated the following:

"I am glad there is no commentary on “Eyes Wide Shut.” The film is complex. Stanley Kubrick worked on the script, on and off, for three decades. Explanations are bound to fail. Every viewer will be an expert on sexual fantasy and jealousy and will find his or her individual connection to this complicated film–or not, as the case may be. Let it suffice to say that Stanley Kubrick considered “Eyes Wide Shut” his greatest contribution to the art of the cinema. Let the audience try to tune in to Kubrick’s frequency–it’s worth the trouble. It may take two or three viewings, though."

Doctorossi

That's a great argument for why a commentary should not be a part of the movie, itself. However, if one is saying that a commentary should not be an available option, they may as well be saying that the movie should never be discussed or described by anyone. Would Harlan also prefer there be no books featuring essays on the movie?

Drexl

Every commentary is different. It doesn't have to be a blow-by-blow analysis of what's "really" going on. I'd like to just hear thoughts about what it was like to work with Kubrick, the MPAA regarding the orgy, etc.