This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director’s customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.

BONUS FEATURES:

• New audio commentary by critic Gary Giddins
• Excerpt from a 1966 audio interview with director Stanley Kubrick
• Television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas
• New video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer Jan Harlan, Paths of Glory producer James B. Harris, and actress Christiane Kubrick
• French television ouece about a real-life World War I execution that partly inspired Paths of Glory
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: An essay by Kubrick scholar James Naremore