After decades of fragmented home video releases, The Criterion Collection announced this week that Stanley Kubrick's complete filmography is being released as one box set. Cinephiles are already preordering.
The Complete Kubrick drops on October 20. It includes all 13 of Kubrick's feature films, three short films, 30 discs total, and hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes material. Each frame has been restored in 4K, with remastered 5.1 surround sound.
The price is $599.99. Preorders are running $479.96 on Criterion's site, with a 30% discount at Barnes & Noble right now. For completists, this is the first time his entire legacy sits in one collection.
Some of Kubrick's most famous films — A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove — have never received the Criterion treatment before. The company has released individual titles over the years (Paths of Glory, Spartacus, The Killing), but never together.
The box also comes with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself.
Criterion called him "a titan of cinema whose influence extends across visual art, philosophy, politics, technology, fashion, and beyond." His films 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining are among the most influential in their genres. The Complete Kubrick joins other director retrospectives from Wes Anderson, Agnes Varda, and Akira Kurosawa in Criterion's catalog.
