A reputedly enhanced 4K version of Stanley Kubrick‘s Lolita (’62) has screened two or three times at the Venice Film Festival. The restoration was handled by the Criterion Collection in partnership with Warner Bros. It will turn up as a 4K Criterion Bluray disc later this year or early next.
Except the current Bluray version, which first popped in 2011, looks really good. Needle-sharp detail, rich blacks, etc. So what could Criterion’s 4K bump possibly render? What could they offer that would make their newbie worth $30 or whatever they’re going to charge?
All I can figure is that their 4K disc might present the film in a Kubrick-approved aspect ratio (mostly 1.37 with occasional crops to 1.66) that was last seen on a 1992 Criterion CAV disc.
