Kubrick Blu-ray aspect ratios

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Originally Posted by radewagon

Think about it, if Anchor Bay can make it happen for a director like Sam Raimi (great but certainly not of Kubrick's caliber), why can't Warner do the same to preserve Kubrick's intentions AND keep his catalog up to date in a widescreen age?

I think it boils down to most people not wanted letterboxing or pillarboxong on their movies, so as technology has changed people have gone from not wanting letterboxing on their 4:3 televisions to people not wanting pillarboxing on their widescreen TV's. The OAR crowd is a minority (with John Q Public) as people don't even like 2.35:1 films and would prefer fullscreen widescreen.

The Evil Dead is a niche market were buyer's appreciate the difference. I think with Kibrick he composed the shots for 4:3 televisions so stations couldn't butcher them with pan and scan the cinema release was a compromised image he was happy with.

It would nice to have both versions on a disc as I hate it when I know I'm missing out some visual information even if it's on the borders of the screen.