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The Early Films of Stanley Kubrick (Updated)
Posted August 6, 2012 10:20 PM by
Independent distributors Kino Lorber have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray a collection of early films directed by Stanley Kubrick. The collection will include Day of the Fight (1951), The Flying Padre (1951), Fear and Desire (1953), and The Seafarers (1953).
Kino Lorrber have indicated that the release is expected to street in Fall 2012.
Update: Kino Lorber have now set a preliminary release date for Fear and Desire: October 23rd. The film has been restored at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia, and the Blu-ray release will represent the first ever proper video release of the film in any format.
Oh Hell Yes!!!! now if Criterion could do a proper Spartacus then we would have every Kubrick on blu, the Universal release is passable, not as good as it should have been
DetroitSquirrel: They've got to be in one package. I certainly I wouldn't pay for those three shorts individually, or if it were the three together. SEAFARERS is an infomercial for a workers union! FEAR AND DESIRE is the draw here.
Wow...this is great news, even if "Fear and Desire" is a little hard to watch. It was recently shown on TCM and, even as a big Kubrick fan, I don't know how often I'd watch it. Still, I've always been curious to see his early documentaries.
This is unexpected, but totally awesome. These are the only films of Kubrick's I have not seen. Blind buy for sure, if for no other reason than to be a completist.
I was REALLY hoping this exact set of films would get the Criterion treatment some day soon. I haven't seen any Kino blu rays yet, but the reviews have always been good for their work on the Buster Keaton films, Birth of A Nation, Metropolis, etc.
ckyrico: Yes, I believe Kino Lorber and Kino Video are related. In any case, as far as I can see, Kino's blu-ray presentation are reliably of high quality. This should fit Kino well, given the studio's record for releasing old, somewhat niche classics (silents, early-career films, obscure films, etc.) on blu with high technical quality and good extras.
In any case, this is exciting news. With the addition of this set I would have in my library all but two of the films directed by Stanley Kubrick, long one of my favorite directors. And they would all be in high def (blu-ray), to boot.
This certainly fills in that gap that was the long unavailability of Kubrick's earliest films in high quality editions, much less on blu-ray. Thank you, Kino.
So that completes Kubrick on Blu doesn't it? I'm excited to see Fear and Desire. The Killing/Killer's Kiss Criterion I'll be grabbing from the next B&N sale, Full Metal Jacket I'll pick up when the price is right and I'll probably bite the bullet and get Strangelove for completist sake. Call me nuts, but Strangelove is my least favourite of his work.
Someone designing a photo does not make it fake. It would be fake if the info was fake, or the person on the photo wasn't Kubrick. When Kino Lorber release the official cover art...then you could have official cover art.
To get the complete Stanley Kubrick in HD, you'll also have to wait for "The Spy Who Loved Me", as Kubrick did the lighting for the supertanker set. The DoP and the artistic director (Ken Adam, <i>Dr Strangelove, Barry Lyndon</i>) had issues with setting the lights, Ken Adam was still in touch with Kubrick who was happy to spend a few hours toying with the lights on a James Bond movie set, provided that nobody else knew he was there.
"Kino Lorber have indicated that the release is expected to street in Fall 2012."
Not saying it won't happen, but what's the source for this information? I found nothing on kinolorber.com, and kino.com/blog doesn't seem to mention it either. Leaves us - as far as I can tell - with nothing but a custom-made cover on Facebook - as every other blog running this story seems to be linking it back to the information here on blu-ray.com.
One has to admit there's never been any lack of unfounded Kubrick rumours on the web (though admittedly not necessarily all as... colourful as the Keitel - Kidman one )
Good. We now have an actual release date for this set. Now, we just need to be able to preorder it on Amazon. This fall is looking very crowded for blu-ray for me.
Good news. Finally we will be able to watch the first Kubrick film in decent quality - unlike the "confidential releases" quite a few of us kept on their laptop! (The larger picture is actually an adaptation of the cover art of such an unofficial release.)
Here's an important note: This Blu-ray will include Kubrick's short subject film The Seafarers as an extra, also restored by The Museum of Modern Art & The Film Foundation and presented in HD.
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Independent distributors Kino Lorber have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray a collection of early films directed by Stanley Kubrick. The collection will include Day of the Fight (1951), The Flying Padre (1951), Fear and Desire (1953), and The Seafarers (1953).
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When Kino Lorber release the official cover art...then you could have official cover art.
