Note that The Criterion Collection has released this on Blu-ray (1080p), in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, which was mastered from Universal's 4K restoration. The copy here is playing at 16:9, and likely looks good enough for most folks.

star wars stole this movie

the incredible shrinking man , the film, is pure GENIUS

it has a philosophical ending towards ALL of HUMANITY not aliens or space creaures

47 years after, I‘m gonna watch it for the second time now and tell you about it later.
It will probably be a rather extraordinary experience. I‘ve been remembering this film a couple of times throughout the decades, for no special reason (as I believe). The last time I was reminded of it, was that one time too many to let it slip back into my subconscience again. There is something about this film and me. What impressed me so, that I never forgot it? Is this memory strong enough to be a portal? Can I merge emotionally with my eight years old me? Will I be able to reactivate lost synapses and retrieve buried pebbles of memory to add to the mosaic of my personality?
I will watch this film fully aware, conscious and intentionally for scouting my emotional condition at the age of eight. See you later!
Berlin, 16.02.2023
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Oh wow, now I know why I never forgot that movie. It’s a brilliant definition of b-picture genius. Outstanding cinematography and exemplary mid-century style production on the surface, and a paranoid, claustrophobic, helplessly Angst-loaden atmosphere throughout, that sinks in deep. You should rather not watch this movie alone at night, when you’re eight years old. I didn’t manage to really put me in the shoes of myself at eight, watching it for the first time, because the movie impressed me so much, once again. But I remembered some feelings I had then, quite clearly, 47 years later. I believe that it at least pushed, if not triggered, the hypochondric episode I developed around that time, which was a pest to get rid of as a teenager. The movie explained to me in a very logic and comprehensible manner (at the age of eight), that the symptoms are there, even though nobody else can see them. There’s no use in seeing a doctor, because they will just confirm your fears without being able to save you. There is no cure, from now on it will only get worse. Jack Arnold‘s genius is in creating an intense psychological condition, of enchanting integrity in every minute of film, that you just cannot resist following in. If you don’t yet know the underlying psychological patterns and contemporary mechanisms of inducing fear, it feels so real you just believe it. The whole production benefits from a lack of abundance, forced by the basic budget, that leaves your mind plenty of room to indulge in the horrors of the incredible shrinking man. Must see, but check your set and setting beforehand ;)

The Incredible shrinking man; motion picture. By Universal Pictures...
Type of Work: Motion Picture
Registration Number / Date: RE0000237078 / 1985-02-19
Renewal registration for: LP0000007706 / 1957-01-21
Title: The Incredible shrinking man; motion picture. By Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Copyright Claimant: Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)

Variant title: The Incredible shrinking man
Names: Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Universal City Studios, Inc.