Kubrick HD boxset

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by: Ben Barna May. 31, 2007

A writer over at The Reeler recently had the chance to sit down and speak with Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick's assistant for a quarter of a century and found out, among many other Kubrickian nuggets, that a Kubrick HD boxset is in the works:

But, as you know, in high-definition there a whole color science that goes on. I'm sure a lot of DP's and directors who shoot film going into the digital intermediate or digital negative, they realize that it doesn't always translate right across. So you really have to get into it. But they did a really good job. I went in to look at the titles, which were 2001, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, and A Clockwork Orange -- all we really needed to do was just place-to-place shift it a little bit. They looked really, really fine.

Kubrick has always been a visual director, so to have his films restored in High Defintion will most likely be a delectable treat for those of you who have the funds to shell out for this sucker, and of course the digs to watch it. Any fan of Kubrick, or of movies as an art form will want to check out the rest of the extensive interview HERE. No word yet on when the boxset will be released, but JoBlo.com will most certainly keep all y'all informed on its progression.

Source: The Reeler

Extra Tidbit: Vitali was a producer on Todd Field's LITTLE CHILDREN. Field had a role in EYES WIDE SHUT.

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11:00PM on 06/01/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
To me personally, I view the Monolith as more a symbol of strength within us - the spark that brough the apes to use tools and the higher learning that brought Dave to be reborn - rather than an intelligent alien being that forced us into it. I'm know this is how Arthur C. Clarke intended it, but I like the way Kubrick presented it better, myself... I do like 2010, though, and still hold that w...
To me personally, I view the Monolith as more a symbol of strength within us - the spark that brough the apes to use tools and the higher learning that brought Dave to be reborn - rather than an intelligent alien being that forced us into it. I'm know this is how Arthur C. Clarke intended it, but I like the way Kubrick presented it better, myself... I do like 2010, though, and still hold that while a good film, The Abyss definitely ripped it off. I have yet to read Clarke's books but I've heard they're not all that great after the initial ideas are gone...
 
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6:33PM on 06/01/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Barry was an
excellent film, Mod. It takes some patience, but its definitely in the top two of O'Neal's career. I still see people devoid of any depth of character in his flicks. And so utterly in control they're totally mad. They're either truly despicable, brainless, or they just serve a single purpose like automatons. Its wierd. 2001 is another example. Everyone is polite and sterile. But is you're hope...
excellent film, Mod. It takes some patience, but its definitely in the top two of O'Neal's career. I still see people devoid of any depth of character in his flicks. And so utterly in control they're totally mad. They're either truly despicable, brainless, or they just serve a single purpose like automatons. Its wierd. 2001 is another example. Everyone is polite and sterile. But is you're hope that we'll be forced to transform by a more advanced society? No thanks. Can only come from within. As I get older, hating is just one more thing that takes way too much effort w/ too little payoff.
 
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11:07AM on 06/01/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I don't think there was an original cut of Eyes Wide Shut... what I had heard was that Kubrick died after filming but before the heavy period of post production could begin, so the editors went on the best cues they could from their knowledge of his filmmaking style and clue he had dropped during production.

As for new Kubrick stuff... hell yeah, I'm all for it... but like I hint...
I don't think there was an original cut of Eyes Wide Shut... what I had heard was that Kubrick died after filming but before the heavy period of post production could begin, so the editors went on the best cues they could from their knowledge of his filmmaking style and clue he had dropped during production.

As for new Kubrick stuff... hell yeah, I'm all for it... but like I hinted at before, I wish his many other masterpieces would stop getting brushed aside. The Killing, Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory etc...
 
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3:05AM on 06/01/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hmm...Does this mean we may actually get some extras with A Clockwork Orange, for once? How about the original cut of Eyes Wide Shut?

I'm all for new Kubrick stuff, but do it right, people!
Hmm...Does this mean we may actually get some extras with A Clockwork Orange, for once? How about the original cut of Eyes Wide Shut?

I'm all for new Kubrick stuff, but do it right, people!
 
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12:50AM on 06/01/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Definitely misanthropic, man! I'm with him, too. I hate people. But at the same time, I see hope... like in his ending to 2001. BTW, Barry Lyndon is probably my second favorite of his next to 2001 - hope you like it through and through :)
Definitely misanthropic, man! I'm with him, too. I hate people. But at the same time, I see hope... like in his ending to 2001. BTW, Barry Lyndon is probably my second favorite of his next to 2001 - hope you like it through and through :)
 
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8:02PM on 05/31/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Umm....did any of you see this yet??
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It's been announced, and it's official.
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It's been announced, and it's official.
 
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6:10PM on 05/31/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Speaking of geniuses
It is hard to argue that Kubrick probably was...a genius. I am currently watching Barry Lyndon and it isn't a moving picture, its a moving painting. But I also get the distinct feeling from watching Kubrick movies that he was clearly misanthropic. He hates people. Can anyone give me an example of a truly sympathetic character in his films? Dave Bowman, maybe? Joker?
It is hard to argue that Kubrick probably was...a genius. I am currently watching Barry Lyndon and it isn't a moving picture, its a moving painting. But I also get the distinct feeling from watching Kubrick movies that he was clearly misanthropic. He hates people. Can anyone give me an example of a truly sympathetic character in his films? Dave Bowman, maybe? Joker?
 
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2:43PM on 05/31/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
kubrick has always been a visual director? i had no idea.
kubrick has always been a visual director? i had no idea.
 
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2:13PM on 05/31/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Cool. I don't have the funds or the digs, but cool. So what does that mean for Kubrick's other movies? I was kind of hoping for an entire filmography... I mean, this one's gonna cost up the ass anyhow, why not just throw the rest in there and jack it up some more? Anyway, cool tidbit on Todd Field. His role as Nick Nightengale is the reason I checked out In The Bedroom and eventually plan on re...
Cool. I don't have the funds or the digs, but cool. So what does that mean for Kubrick's other movies? I was kind of hoping for an entire filmography... I mean, this one's gonna cost up the ass anyhow, why not just throw the rest in there and jack it up some more? Anyway, cool tidbit on Todd Field. His role as Nick Nightengale is the reason I checked out In The Bedroom and eventually plan on renting Little Children.