dwk wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 5:29 pm
Someone on reddit asked Criterion about the behind the scenes footage of Full Metal Jacket and posted Criterion's response
“The “18 hours of footage” you’re referring to is unedited, unsynchronized 16MM material that was shot by Vivian Kubrick around the filming of Full Metal Jacket. This footage was not made available to us, however, Criterion were granted permission to include a short excerpt of largely unseen behind-the-scenes material, edited in 2005 by filmmaker and musician Katie deVidas, that was part of the touring Stanley Kubrick Exhibition organized by the German Film Museum and the Stanley Kubrick Archive. This excerpt is unique material that is different from the behind-the-scenes Full Metal Jacket footage featured in Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes and Jan Harlan’s Stanley Kubrick: Life In Pictures and not available on previous home video editions.”
I remember some of these clips. Kubrick actually addresses the camera at a few points and remarks about how impressive the pyrotechnics are
DimitriL wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 3:00 pm
Yup. At least some of that Whitney footage appeared on the Criterion 2001 laserdisc, IIRC.
And like I mentioned, has all been recently restored in 4K by his estate along with his brother's work.
I'm still very curious about what they get from Graphic Films. Apparently the negative for Voyage to the Moon is currently stored at Fotokem in Burbank.
pzadvance wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 6:02 pm
Really wish they would just put out a list of all the features instead of slowly teasing them out!
Yes, this gradual reveal of extras is incredibly annoying. Freaked up by some social media expert, no doubt
EDIT I meant dreamed up but the autocorrect works too
Especially because the main reason the get this set of extremely popular and repeatedly released films would be for the exclusive extras! Why are you drawing out your primary selling point?
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but is there consensus of what transfers this is getting and if they are exclusive? Considering the rollercoaster reception the Criterion Eyes Wide Shut got, I wonder if this set will be further differentiated from the existing studio releases. Personally, I would sit this one out, as Kubrick is a little too saturated, but if it has the definitive transfers of my favorites that Criterion isn't otherwise selling individually, I might be tempted.
pzadvance wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 11:59 amWhy are you drawing out your primary selling point?
Was that asked with a straight face?
Because the answer couldn't be more glaringly obvious: by drip-feeding the info, the box gets discussed constantly in the run-up to its actual release. It's a textbook marketing strategy.
They could announce a full list of extras up front and still tease them out with clips and spotlights in the lead-up to the actual release. As someone who already owns all these movies, I’m not pulling the trigger on buying this until i know the full breadth of what’s included, and i have to think im not the only one like this, so I’d argue the marketing strategy is keeping them from securing at least some sales for now
Zot! wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 12:18 pm
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but is there consensus of what transfers this is getting and if they are exclusive? Considering the rollercoaster reception the Criterion Eyes Wide Shut got, I wonder if this set will be further differentiated from the existing studio releases. Personally, I would sit this one out, as Kubrick is a little too saturated, but if it has the definitive transfers of my favorites that Criterion isn't otherwise selling individually, I might be tempted.
What roller coaster reception? It was rather widely praised by the physical media community barring a few nut heads who could not move on from the video-y look of the '07 Blu-ray and looked the other way when evidence was presented.
As far as other films are concerned, no complete redo is expected. Maybe noticeably better encodes since FiM is doing all but Barry Lyndon. Are there any specific issues with existing transfers that you don't like about?
For me, the PQ uptick is not something that would motivate me to sell all my Kubrick discs to get this box. The yet to be fully announced extras are the key selling point here.
pzadvance wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 12:39 pm
They could announce a full list of extras up front and still tease them out with clips and spotlights in the lead-up to the actual release. As someone who already owns all these movies, I’m not pulling the trigger on buying this until i know the full breadth of what’s included, and i have to think im not the only one like this, so I’d argue the marketing strategy is keeping them from securing at least some sales for now
...while at the same time spinning out the conversation so that potentially more people notice and pre-order, thus neatly cancelling out that objection (which I seriously doubt makes a statistically significant jot of difference anyway).
And announcing something that they haven't announced before will have more impact in terms of keeping the conversation going than just posting clips from stuff that we already know is going to be on there.
Zot! wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 12:18 pm
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but is there consensus of what transfers this is getting and if they are exclusive? Considering the rollercoaster reception the Criterion Eyes Wide Shut got, I wonder if this set will be further differentiated from the existing studio releases. Personally, I would sit this one out, as Kubrick is a little too saturated, but if it has the definitive transfers of my favorites that Criterion isn't otherwise selling individually, I might be tempted.
What roller coaster reception? It was rather widely praised by the physical media community barring a few nut heads who could not move on from the video-y look of the '07 Blu-ray and looked the other way when evidence was presented.
As far as other films are concerned, no complete redo is expected. Maybe noticeably better encodes since FiM is doing all but Barry Lyndon. Are there any specific issues with existing transfers that you don't like about?
For me, the PQ uptick is not something that would motivate me to sell all my Kubrick discs to get this box. The yet to be fully announced extras are the key selling point here.
Sorry, that was probably a poor analogy, but there was a lot of film-bro attempts to take umbrage with the (intended and appropriate) heavy grain of the Criterion in lesser forums, the same way the Boogie Nights 4K from the IP was similarly misjudged. At the time I think even those of us who saw the film theatrically during it's original run were pleasantly surprised by how pronounced the Criterion edition difference was. I just wonder if any of the other films might have a similarly dramatic improvement from current editions.
Probably atypically, I have the opposite problem you do, where I no longer own ANY of these films in any format, and no time to watch extras, and I would only buy the entire box is if the transfers were topped out. Otherwise I might just pick up my favorites on the cheap, damn the sexy Criterion livery.
MichaelB wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 12:48 pm
And announcing something that they haven't announced before will have more impact in terms of keeping the conversation going than just posting clips from stuff that we already know is going to be on there.
And what extra could do that? The pie fight sequence as an Easter egg is the first thing that comes to mind.
