What you said, Mike. :) Shane is a much less clear-cut instance than something like The Shining or the LD releases of some of James Cameron's films. Kubrick and Cameron stated a preference for a certain kind of home video presentation based on three things: 1) Low resolution of home...
O.A.R. (not "oar") = "Original Aspect Ratio", that is, the ratio in which a film was originally exhibited theatrically. I'm not sure what is confusing about that. Regards, Joe