$600 Criterion box set brings Stanley Kubrick's filmography to 4K
Overview & Key Takeaways
The Complete Kubrick brings all of Stanley Kubrick's feature films and shorts into one package, including The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut.
We finally have details on Criterion’s previously teased Stanley Kubrick collection, The Complete Kubrick, and it is quite a doozy. This 30-disc package includes 4K restorations of all 13 of the seminal director’s feature-length films. Of these movies, Lolita and Eyes Wide Shut hadn’t previously been released in 4K in the United States. The collection also includes three shorts and a lot of bonus content.
This cinematic bliss won’t come cheap, though. The Complete Kubrick costs $599.95 at full price, although it’s currently on sale for $479.96. It’s being released on Oct. 20.
As for the extras, the collection includes 25 hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; the international cut of The Shining (which is 20 minutes shorter than the American release); a 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick’s behind-the-scenes documentary Making “The Shining;” new commentary tracks from Kubrick experts Michael Benson and Lee Unkrich; unseen Lolita screen tests and Full Metal Jacket behind-the-scenes footage; packaging with photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick; an essay by critic Nathaniel Rich, and more.
The full list of feature-length films included are as follows:
- Fear and Desire
- Killer’s Kiss
- The Killing
- Paths of Glory
- Spartacus
- Lolita
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- A Clockwork Orange
- Barry Lyndon
- The Shining
- Full Metal Jacket
- Eyes Wide Shut
And the shorts are:
- Day of the Fight
- Flying Padre
- The Seafarers
Kubrick is considered by many to be one of the great film directors of all time, with a diverse oeuvre spanning genres and subject matter. Some of his most celebrated works are 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining, but nearly all of his movies are still frequently referenced in pop culture.
In particular, Kubrick is known for a sharp visual style defined by some of the most iconic shots and cuts; for example, 2001, with its legendary bone-into-spaceship match-cut, captured the imagination of a generation of filmmakers. Whether that’s worth slamming down $600 remains to be seen, but between Criterion’s positive track record and the quality of the films themselves, many cinephiles will likely find this package difficult to resist.
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