Nicker on 30/7/2010 at 09:10
Quote Posted by Bluegrime
Brazil was better.
Yeah, in terms of mood Brazil really got the horror and the callousness moreso than Clockwork Orange, or just about any dystopian film I can think of. Considering how overtly absurdist Brazil is, that's quite an emotional feat. It's too genuinely creepy to watch very often. It really nails the evil of banality and vice versa.
Don't get me wrong, I love Orange but Kubrick never makes the world visceral. I feel like an analyst watching a fascinating case history.
That emotional distance works well in Barry Lyndon, reflecting the reserve of the aristocracy, but it's an impediment in other films.
EvaUnit02 on 30/7/2010 at 17:12
Quote Posted by Nicker
Real immortality is being able to provoke controversy from your grave.
In a lot of more recent cases it has more to with Leon Vitali being a giant douche.
I'm glad that Warner eventually finally gave that asshat the two finger salute during the more recent round of remasters. The likes of FMJ and The Shining were released in 1.78:1 widescreen, none of this open matte bollocks.
But the douche's influence is still felt to this day, we're stuck with the 5.1 remixes for the lot of the films. I want to hear 2001:ASO in mono as it was intended, dammit.
Queue on 30/7/2010 at 17:26
Brazil is one of those films that I always manage to watch every couple of months. It is a nearly perfect film--like Barton Fink, Goodfellas, and The Shining.
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Kubrick himself hated the idea of releasing letterboxed/widescreen editions of his films on home video, much preferring the fullscreen 1.33:1 ratio being that it was the vision he saw through his viewfinder while filming.
EvaUnit02 on 30/7/2010 at 18:03
Quote Posted by Queue
Kubrick himself hated the idea of releasing letterboxed/widescreen editions of his films on home video, much preferring the fullscreen 1.33:1 ratio being that it was the vision he saw through his viewfinder while filming.
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http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=11149750#post11149750) Ummm, no. Again, thank douche bag Vitali for perpetuating that bullshit for years.
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Here ya go....
The original DVD was open matte.
The extra info on the top, (a bit on the bottom) was not shown in the theaters. The way it is now is the way it was composed.
The OAR was 1:85-1.
The 4x3 being his "preferred AR" thing came about because he was horrified when he saw how 2001 was butchered on TV, panned and scanned.
Kubrick "protected" for 4x3 but told his DP and 2nd unit director to compose for 16x9.
there is a book called "The stanley kubrick archives where...
From The Stanley Kubrick Archives, page 452:
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Inline Image:
http://i.imgur.com/0apLh.jpgNote the faded red marker frame labeled "1-1.85", and the indication top right:
THE FRAME IS EXACTLY 1-1.85
Obviously you compose for that
but protect the full 1-1.33 area."
These are from Kubrick himself.
Why would you want to see what was never originally suppossed to be in the film the way it was meant to be seen in the theaters?
I and many other have always wanted the shining in it's true OAR. We finally have it.
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http://forums.highdefdigest.com/hd-dvd-software-general-discussion/22429-shining-high-def-digest-review.html#post381930) source
242 on 30/7/2010 at 19:09
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From The Stanley Kubrick Archives, page 452:
Pretty interesting.
I don't remember that view in The Shining BTW.
I love how meticulous he was.
15th October, 1968
To: Dianna
From: Stanley
"Please check with the weather bureau and find out what the barometric pressure in London was last Friday 11th October between 6pm and 4 am in the morning.
Also, find out what the average barometric pressure is on most days of the year, what is considered extremely high and what is considered extremely low and how they would describe the pressure on Friday 11th, October during the times I mentioned"
Queue on 30/7/2010 at 19:22
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Again, thank douche bag Vitali for perpetuating that bullshit for years.
Good to know. I thought I was remembering something in which Kubrick stated that he preferred the full screen for video release, but obviously I'm just remember some bullshit this Vitali guy spouted off.
