Agreed. Everybody wins, except in the case of the Full Metal Jacket HD-DVD which isn't available 1.33. I think it's interesting to have both versions available, but on those 3 films the 1.33 version should be considered definitive. I seriously doubt we'll ever see a 1.33 version of The Shining...
Sorry, but he did say that. It took some digging, but here is the exact quote from Leon Vitali: "That is because at the time (of The Shining) 1.85:1 was becoming an industry norm in the United States, so what he did was, he shot his original negative, then he made the interpositive, then for...
I'm not sure if I have the exact quote, but I believe it was: "Stanley hated 1.85. He liked height." It was a general comment but not related directly to EWS.