It's missing Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths Of Glory and Spartacus, but this box set contains Stanley Kubrick's complete catalogue from 1962 to 1999, a grand total of eight films in 37 years. But what films: Lolita, Dr Strangelove (included as a bonus disc), 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and, er, Eyes Wide Shut, precision-made movies that obsess over war, technology and the black stains on the human soul. Watch them carefully and you'll see they also contain more humanity than this "cold, clinical" director is ever given credit for, with the marvellous Barry Lyndon, in particular, pulsing with emotion.
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