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We’ve been waiting for this for a while now, but as you may know Criterion last week finally teased their Stanley Kubrick 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray box set with a trailer last Wednesday—we shared it here on the site.

Well today, they officially unveiled The Complete Kubrick, a 30-disc collection that includes all thirteen of Stanley Kubrick’s feature films from Fear and Desire (1952) to Eyes Wide Shut (1999), and his three short films as well—Day of the Fight, Flying Padre, and The Seafarers—in both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray!

The set will include over 25 hours of both newly produced and legacy special features, among them new commentaries with director Lee Unkrich (on The Shining) and author Michael Benson (on 2001: A Space Odyssey). Criterion has also secured “rare films from Graphic Films and computer-animation pioneer John Whitney that inspired the special effects in 2001,” not to mention unseen Lolita screen test footage, and more!

The street date is October 20th, and the SRP is a whopping $599.95. But Criterion is selling it for $479 on their website (click here), and of course there are the usual 30% off and 50% off sales that they do fairly regularly.

At the moment, it doesn’t yet look like Criterion is going to be selling Kubrick’s Lolita (1962)—which is the only one of his films not yet released in 4K—separately, as they did last year with Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and The French Dispatch when The Wes Anderson Archive came out. But that’s something that could still happen eventually.

You can see the cover artwork for the set at left, and also below the break. [Read on here...]

Oh man… this is something we’ve known was in the works for a long time now, but we’ve kept quiet in public for not wanting to spoil it for you guys.

But subscribers to our Digital Bits Patreon page know—because we first told them about it months ago—this year’s 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray box set from The Criterion Collection is all about Stanley Kubrick!

Well, Criterion has finally just teased the release on their social media with the YouTube video below.

This set is expected to include EVERY film. Tons of legacy extras.

And LOTS of new special features too!

Watch for the official details to be officially announced soon by Criterion.

We can’t wait!

- Bill Hunt

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We have two more new disc reviews to share with you today here on The Bits, with more on the way...

Tim has reviewed Walter Colmes’ Woman Who Came Back (1945) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

And Stephen has offered his thoughts on Tai Katô’s Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) on Blu-ray from Toei via Radiance Films.

Now then, the big news today is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has apparently conducted another of its “A-List” Community surveys asking which of its many catalog titles fans would like to see the studio release in 4K Ultra HD. And of course, as happens every time, the details of that list got leaked immediately online and so it becomes something we have an obligation to report on here at The Bits. In any case, dozens of people have shared the information either privately or widely online. Because of course they’re going to—they’re enthusiasts.

Having said that, it’s probably unreasonable to assume that the studio will get around to every one of these titles any time soon, but if more of them start being released in 4K UHD, that would certainly represent a big improvement in the studio’s 4K catalog release strategy to date. So which titles were on this list? [Read on here...]