Question regarding the Apocalypse Now extras on disc 3. Is there a way to zoom-in on the screenplay pages? I find it difficult to read. I tried hitting what appears to be the "middle" button on the navigation at the bottom, but nothing happens. I am missing something? Thanks.
Vincent Thanks for confirming the odor. This is a great Criterion Blu-ray. The extras are great. The one tidbit I found fascinating is that Malick would sometimes have the actors do the scene as written, with dialogue, and then later that day, do the same scene again, but this time with no...
Did anyone else have an odor problem with the booklet inside? I have plenty of Criterion, and none of them smell like the Thin Red Line booklet. It's like the ink they used was bad or something. Stunk up my whole room. Just wondering if anyone else smelled the same thing?
Does anyone know why the audio commentary recorded with Janet Leigh, Charlton Heston and Rick Schmidlin was not released with the 1998 restored version DVD? Listening to the track it is obvious that it was recorded at the time the Restored Version had a theatrical run, so why wasn't it included...
Word (or gossip) was that Barry Lyndon was left out of the last Stanley Kubrick Box Set because there was not enough time to complete the Supplementary disc. Warner Bros said that a re-mastered, anamorphic (16:9) special edition of Barry Lyndon was being worked on. Any updates?
Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows" ended up on a variety of "Best of 2006" lists. (See latest issue of Film Comment) I saw it twice in a theater in 2006 and I'm wondering when it will be released on DVD in Region 1. Is Criterion planning on releasing it?
During the discussion Warners mentioned that the new Kubrick SE discs will be released in 16:9, which I am extremely grateful. Then they mentioned that the aspect ratio will be 1.77. I'm wondering why they chose that ratio, when in at least two books (The Stanley Kubrick Archives being one)...