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From what I recall of reading some of Kubrick's comments, the guy shot full frame because he wanted the 'best' version available in both markets, theatre and home theatre. IMO, in this respect Kubrick was an idiot because he did not know what his fans preferred and/or he obviously had no clue where home theatre was heading, and heading there very quickly.
Myself, I'm all for director's respect/intent/vision, but only to an extent. When I buy a film, I want it to be as close to the theatrical experience I had as possible. Which usually means some sort of widescreen ratio. I still don't get why Warner could not have released a dual layer or double-sided disk with both versions as they have in the past. It would have fulfilled Kubrick's 'last wish' and also given us finicky bastards something to chew on. But not doing the unrated is just plain silly...WB needs to be slapped for that, as well as teaming with AOL...I don't want to start seeing AOL adverts on my dvds!
Clortho
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