Kubrick Blu-ray aspect ratios

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

1.66 is common across home video releases for those films, which is no indication of the actual ratio. My post from months ago are the ratios that are supported by contemporary documentation (and since there is none that I know of, ACO was left out).

Well, seeing as 1.66 is a common throughline with how three separate companies have interpreted Kubrick's works (Sony, Criterion, Warners), I'm happy with that. It's a nice compromise between the height of the old 4:3 editions which were Kubrick approved well into the era of OAR home video and the theatrical 1.85 masking which Kubrick knew full well his films would be exhibited at.

This isn't a contemporary report, but I saw Clockwork Orange at 1.85 when they re-released it after Kubrick's death in 1999. Love the 1.66 Blu-ray though.