Heck, where I am Aftersun is only just starting to hit cinemas.

Kubrick breaks the 180° rule, too, which is even more directly related to the OP.

It's available on the Blu-ray, has been for years.

Yeah, there's only ever been one cut.

This never happened. There's only one cut of Prometheus.

For everything other than film, yes. But the expense of restoring film to look its best means it does actually benefit in a meaningful way. With a book, the words are the same regardless of how they're printed, and any complete copy of the book will give you enough to produce a perfect version no matter how crumpled or stained it might be.

Or Detour. Sure. But it's easier to manage as an occasional thing than it being their entire output. Even more so for labels where prestige and extras aren't a selling point.

Plus it'd be a return to the silent days where storing archival material is a waste of money because there's no future profit potential, so negatives would be junked and films would be lost at a far higher rate.

Yes, but would they bother doing anything if a public domain label could just put the same film out for much cheaper?

Does it though? Look at everything put out by Warner Archive, Criterion, Eureka, etc. Imagine none of that exists...

That said, as someone argued on Blu-ray.com the fact that they're still covered by copyright means there's an incentive for studios and labels to put the effort into restorations that allow them to look as good as possible. If they were public domain we'd be putting up with blurry, scratched, nth-generation prints.

OP has a post in the Star Wars sub asking if he's the only one who watches the OT.

Troll?