The Shining 4K UHD (1980)

[zafisher94]

One of the main reasons I decided to start buying UHDs is because I knew I couldn't resist getting this whenever it inevitably got released.

So happy the day has come!

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Bernardo A.

Making a new BD would be a no-brainer. Several studios do that, but not Warner.

They did for 2001 and The Matrix trilogy.

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by jtu128

Can we just get The Shining from Criterion already.

what the hell are you talking about?

[Bernardo A.]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

They did for 2001 and The Matrix trilogy.

I hope they do it again. The current transfer is not that bad though...

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by JezelleGHartman

Only if it’s 1.33:1 I’m in

why? Kubrick didnt film it for that ratio.

[Bernardo A.]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

why? Kubrick didnt film it for that ratio.

Of course he did not, but Warner did a very good job convincing people otherwise. There’s a Brazilian DVD release that has these exact words written on the back cover “This film is presented in a 4x3 aspect ratio as Kubrick intended”.

I could’t help buying the DVD

I don’t know if it happened in other countries’ releases too.

[hulkreborn]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Also comes with swag like a bear costume and that poster above Scatman's bed. I wants it.

There's a company (can't remember which) that's releasing a Dog/Bear Man mask for Halloween.

[kristoffer]

First link is dead, but day one!

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by hulkreborn

There's a company (can't remember which) that's releasing a Dog/Bear Man mask for Halloween.

Do we even know who the actors were that played the guy in the bear suit and the man in the tuxedo? I’ve always wondered who they were and why they never got interviewed to maybe give an answer to what Kubrick was thinking when he filmed that scene. Lmao

And don’t tell me it was from the book. I know there was something similar in it. I’m sure Kubrick had a different reason for using it then King did.

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Maybe it's been said in the last seven pages, but that link doesn't work. Whatever was there has been taken down..

Originally Posted by kristoffer

First link is dead, but day one!

Pic of the headline

[Member-425016]

https://www.4kfilme.de/stephen-king-...-ray-remaster/

Better in German

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

After Ready Player One this just HAD to happen!

Didn’t we get Blade Runner theatrical cut on 4K too? So this completes the trilogy of Warner Bros films on 4K that use footage from The Shining!

Inevitable after 2001 4K but this is very welcome. I doubt they’ll produce anything new for the release - besides perhaps some deluxe packaging and a short book, maybe a steelbook - aside from the transfer(s) and encoding. However I did come across extensive making of footage on YT recently

I believe Room 237 is finally getting a UK BD soon also, although I can’t rate the doc highly besides the incredulity at the insane readings and conspiracy theories. But there’s so much really great literature discussing The Shining that can be found online and in books and it really is its own maze.

Can we expect a BD or 4K of the travesty of the 1997 miniseries too?

EDIT:
Staircase to Nowhere is probably the definitive making of doc, besides the doc by Kubrick’s (then) teenage daughter, Vivian. Maybe WB can license it?

Also, there’s another Kubrick exhibition in London soon running this year! Bet there will be some Shining related material from its production.

[kristoffer]

Thanks , that documentary is on YouTube and I have never heard about it before!

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Didn’t we get Blade Runner theatrical cut on 4K too? So this completes the trilogy of Warner Bros films on 4K that use footage from The Shining!

Nope, just the Final Cut.

[Matthew.H]

Already have the EU cut UK Blu ray and the HMV Premium Collection US cut Blu ray.
Would probably pick the 4K up day 1 if they have both cuts of the film.

[jasonlives314]

Originally Posted by hulkreborn

There's a company (can't remember which) that's releasing a Dog/Bear Man mask for Halloween.

It's Trick or Treat Studios
https://www.trickortreatstudios.com/...gman-mask.html

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Bernardo A.

Making a new BD would be a no-brainer. Several studios do that, but not Warner.

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

They did for 2001 and The Matrix trilogy.

Unforgiven, too.

Not that the new BDs are all that great, with highlights being as blown-out as they are.

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

why? Kubrick didnt film it for that ratio.

Well actually he sort of did, any 1:85 film has the whole of the 1:33 frame exposed, & the prints are masked at 1:85. I think it's easy, the ratio shown at the cinema is the correct ratio, in fact 16:9 would suit me, & do away with those tiny black lines top & bottom.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

They did for 2001 and The Matrix trilogy.

And Unforgiven.

[-shadow-]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

Well actually he sort of did, any 1:85 film has the whole of the 1:33 frame exposed, & the prints are masked at 1:85. I think it's easy, the ratio shown at the cinema is the correct ratio, in fact 16:9 would suit me, & do away with those tiny black lines top & bottom.

I thought that the film was composed for 1.66:1 like most of his work and had it protected for 1.33:1 and 1.85:1.