The reason is that Kubrick was filming in Academy though the viewfinder, and he composed some breathtaking scenes in the fullscreen ratio. I would suggest taking in the film in fullscreen again.
Kubrick filmed with an Arriflex in Academy ratio (1.37:1) but Kubrick's framing was still matted for 1.33:1, and he often shot wide so that some screens wouldn't be chopped too much in widescreen. This is probably one of only a few films that have been blocked this way. I have watched the fullscreen PAL DVD from Europe as well as the 1.78:1 US Blu-Ray (there is also a Blu-Ray from France that shows it in the 1.85:1 ratio it was screened in theaters in, but I haven't seen that one.)Īfter framing some of his earlier movies for the standard 1.85 theatrical aspect ratio, Kubrick had been appalled at the butchered cropping to 1.33:1 for VHS releases, and then the fullscreen DVD releases that were prevalent in the nineties.įor Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick resolved to do his own framing for 1.33:1, 1.78:1 and 1.85:1, and specified the matting for all scenes.
Not that I can imagine any fan wanting to go back to the censored cut, but it would've been neat if they included the shots with the extra CGI people as a deleted scene, just for the novelty value. You are never given the option to watch the R-rated cut, and I ripped the whole disc just to check: the censored version isn't even on the disc. But still, you should know, it ain't true. If you had to leave off one version, at least they went the right way. The 2007 DVD only features the unrated version. It reads on the back, "Selectable in Both Rated and - and for the First Time Ever in North America - Unrated Versions." But this is simply not true. It's here that I should point out, too, that the 2007 DVD packaging lies. German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. Plus, it has a whole host of subtitles options: English, English HoH, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, But of more interest is its additional uncompressed PCM 5.1 mix of the audio track, giving us two English options for the first time. The blu-ray goes a good bit farther, though, including the English and French 5.1 mixes, plus additional 5.1 dubs in Spanish, Japanese, German and Italian.
The 2007 DVD has the same 5.1 track, but adds optional English subs, plus other language options, specifically a 5.1 mix of the French dub, plus French and Spanish subs. The original DVD does have a 5.1 audio track, but that's it. Audio-wise, things have improved a little better.
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