{"id":11371,"date":"2026-06-23T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=11371"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:41:00","slug":"meanwhile-meanwhile-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=11371","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile Meanwhile …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criterion is going to bankrupt me in October with the release of their The Complete Kubrick<\/strong><\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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THIRTY-DISC 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR\u2019S SET FEATURES<\/h4>\n
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  • 4K restorations of Kubrick\u2019s thirteen features, including\u00a0Fear and Desire,\u00a0<\/em>and three shorts, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered<\/li>\n
  • Over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials<\/li>\n
  • Kubrick\u2019s international version of\u00a0The Shining<\/em><\/li>\n
  • New 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick\u2019s behind-the-scenes documentary\u00a0Making \u201cThe Shining\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Newly recorded commentary tracks featuring filmmaker Lee Unkrich (editor of the book\u00a0Stanley Kubrick\u2019s \u201cThe Shining\u201d<\/em>) and author Michael Benson (Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  • Rare films from Graphic Films and computer-animation pioneer John Whitney that inspired the special effects in\u00a02001: A Space Odyssey<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Unseen\u00a0Lolita<\/em>\u00a0screen tests with actors James Mason and Sue Lyon and rare\u00a0Full Metal Jacket\u00a0<\/em>behind-the-scenes footage<\/li>\n
  • Newly recorded conversation with novelist Jonathan Lethem and film historian Kevin Wynter on Kubrick and authorship<\/li>\n
  • Essay by author and critic Nathaniel Rich<\/li>\n
  • Deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director\u2019s legendary archive<\/li>\n
  • And much more . . .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    *DROOLS!*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[50,2,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blu-ray4k","category-daily","category-directors","category-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8EnCu-2Xp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11377,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371\/revisions\/11377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}