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Kubrick's Odyssey: Secrets Hidden in the Films (2011) Review

Kubrick's Odyssey: Secrets Hidden in the Films (2011)
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First off, let's set the record straight, at no time does Jay Weidner say we did not go to the Moon. What Weidner states is that much of what we saw was faked. What he does nicely is show how this was done technically and does so convincingly. He then demonstrates how this explains much of what Richard Hoagland and Mike Bara have detected in NASA footage and photos from the Moon.
The second half of the video is brilliant. This is where the author goes through The Shining on a level that is nothing less than mind-blowing and is alone worth the price of the DVD.
For those who think Weidner is reaching or grasping at straws, I recommend taking one course on films, either on-line or at a community college. I learned from a course on Westerns that there's more in the most basic John Ford Western than I imagined possible. In addition, Kubrick was the 'man of a thousand takes' supposedly using as many as 148 takes on a single scene. If it's in a Kubrick film, it's there intentionally.

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This provocative and insightful film is the first in a series of documentaries that will reveal the secret knowledge embedded in the work of the greatest filmmaker of all time: Stanley Kubrick. This famed movie director who made films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut, placed symbols and hidden anecdotes into his films that tell a far different story than the films appeared to be saying.In Kubrick's Odyssey, Part I, Kubrick and Apollo, author and filmmaker, Jay Weidner presents compelling evidence of how Stanley Kubrick directed the Apollo moon landings. He reveals that the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey was not only a retelling of Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's novel, but also a research and development project that assisted Kubrick in the creation of the Apollo moon footage. In light of this revelation, Weidner also explores Kubrick's film, The Shining and shows that this film is, in actuality, the story of Kubrick's personal travails as he secretly worked on the Apollo footage for NASA.

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The Shining (1980) Review

The Shining (1980)
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I own both the 2001 and 2007 DVDs of this film. I really don't have any interest is who is 'right' with the aspect ratio argument, I compared both versions and found that you're missing some of the video image regardless of which version you buy. I took screenshots of both DVDs and overlayed them on top of each other. I found that with the 2001 release, you get the 1:33:1 aspect ratio where the far left and right of the screen image is clipped. With the 2007 release, you get the 1.78:1 aspect ratio where the top and bottom of the screen image is clipped off. You can see what I mean by viewing the 'customer image' I posted, above. The blue border is for the 2001 release and the red border is the 2007 release.
Both DVDs are 'digitally restored and remastered', however the 2007 release is noticeabley brighter and more vivid. The 2001 image seems faded and dull.
This release has all the other special features of the 2001 DVD release, with the addition of optional commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter and three new featurettes.

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The psychic powers of a young boy bring out the evil in an old hotel and drive his father insane, to the point that the father tries to murder everyone with an ax.Item Type: DVD MovieItem Rating: RStreet Date: 09/14/04Wide Screen: noDirector Cut: noSpecial Edition: yesLanguage: ENGLISHForeign Film: noSubtitles: noDubbed: noFull Frame: yesRe-Release: noPackaging: Sleeve

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