Shew. What a week it’s been so far. I am still in “come down” mode from the brain-melting stress of the past weeks. But I have received the files for two freelance jobs. So, freelance work, Halloween festivities, and the bevy of movies I need to see should be able to distract me for a few days (at the very least).

But at least my copy of The Complete Kubrick arrived earlier this week (purchased at the Criterion 50% Off Flash Sale last week, thanks to my side hustle). Whenever I get something like this, as a designer, I always wonder what it would be like to have free rein to come up with a collector’s set like this. It is pretty spectacular in the way it’s designed (IMHO). BUT the internet forums are lit-the-fuck-up over how the discs are housed. Aesthetically, I like the way the discs are stored. But in practice, they are quite pesky to remove. For me, the disc with the international version of The Shining is particularly hard to take out and put back in.

Who knows. Maybe I will get a wild hair and do the individual case thing for the various movies. I need to investigate just what it will cost to get the cases and art files to make that happen. Time will tell!

Criterion is going to bankrupt me in October with the release of their The Complete Kubrick box set. Do I have most of these films on Blu-ray or 4K already? Yes. Will I shell out $300 for this at the next B&N 50% Off or Criterion Flash Sale? HELL YES! I haven’t been peddling my ass on OnlyFans for nothing.

THIRTY-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR’S SET FEATURES

• 4K restorations of Kubrick’s thirteen features, including Fear and Desire, and three shorts, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered
• Over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials
• Kubrick’s international version of The Shining
• New 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick’s behind-the-scenes documentary Making “The Shining”
• Newly recorded commentary tracks featuring filmmaker Lee Unkrich (editor of the book Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”) and author Michael Benson (Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece)
• Rare films from Graphic Films and computer-animation pioneer John Whitney that inspired the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Unseen Lolita screen tests with actors James Mason and Sue Lyon and rare Full Metal Jacket behind-the-scenes footage
• Newly recorded conversation with novelist Jonathan Lethem and film historian Kevin Wynter on Kubrick and authorship
• Essay by author and critic Nathaniel Rich
• Deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director’s legendary archive
• And much more . . .

*DROOLS!*

Thanks to Criterion, it will be Christmas in June when they release 4K editions of John Waters’ Desperate Living and Hairspray! Squee!!!

Yeah. I am working on getting back to posting here. Life has seriously been a struggle lately … since the end of October really. Things have finally felt like they have been getting back to some sort of normalcy over the last few weeks. Maybe one day I’ll type all the craziness and mental anguish here. Beginnings. Endings. Nakedness. All sorts of shit.

Meanwhile, Criterion is bringing it in May with a 4K release of Thelma & Louise and a Blu-ray of Peter Bogdanovich’s underrated first feature film, Targets. Color me stupidly excited!