The Complete Kubrick

[nicolas]

Getting the international cut in 4K is the biggest plus of the set for me. It’s the cut I’ve watched first and always preferred to the US version for the reason Newman stated and its more organic buildup of tension. I never got the impression that the film is incomplete either, which is hard to believe with 25 minutes “missing.” Looking forward to revisiting that cut after almost a decade.

[Tuppence]

Yes, there's no difficulty understanding any of the characters' backstories in the international cut. When I finally saw the US version for the first time, I was shocked by how redundant and borderline graceless a lot of the exposition within the extra material seemed (the child psychologist scene certainly, but also Jack's "deja vu" conversation during breakfast was particularly egregious). I find the film is much more concentrated and intense in the international version.

[Roger Ryan]

… I was shocked by how redundant and borderline graceless a lot of the exposition within the extra material seemed (the child psychologist scene certainly…

I’ve not seen the international cut yet, but my favorite moment in the film is when Kubrick holds on Wendy for an extended period as she makes excuses for Jack’s behavior in classic co-dependent fashion then cuts to the psychologist looking aghast but trying to keep her facial reaction neutral - the effect is darkly comic and always makes me laugh. I don’t know that I would enjoy the film as much without that scene.

[Stefan Andersson]

In-depth description, and some analysis, of scenes cut from the international version of The Shining:

POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN LINKED TEXTS:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/films/cutshining.htm
https://www.kingwiki.de/index.php/Shini ... ittbericht (German language)

Movie-censorship.com and Schnittberichte.com also have detailed pages. Both sites are down and the moment.

[Finch]

This is what somebody did to their copy after struggling to get the discs out.

[FrauBlucher]

Oh my. How do they not realize some of their packaging is a problem

[nicolas]

Michael Chaiken was asked about the packaging and said this:

Yeah! I mean, I know that some collectors absolutely hate the sleeve discs, which I was unaware was such a controversy among physical-media collectors. […] I know these conversations were happening when I was working with the art department, and they did do some sort of test. There’s a plastic-lined pack to help with the disc going in and out, so it won’t be scraping against paper. [...]

[Laughs] But I did ask, “How serious is this?” They said, “We don’t get a lot of returns. If anything, we get a lot of returns from people who have broken the center of the jewel cases.”

[James Stock]

Does he not know what a jewel case actually is?

[domino harvey]

If anyone involved in the process is actually unaware that actual movie watchers (not recipients of sets like this as executive gifts and museum shop curios) don’t want slots, I don’t know what to say. Learn your industry better?