It's out on DVD just not out on HD DVD.
The story is slow to develop but it's worth the long journey. It's set in a period in history that I'm not too familiar with so it was kind of cool to see a movie set in that time (kind of like
Gangs of New York).
The lighting, costumes and acting are perfect for a movie set in that era. It's one of Kubrick's "forgotten" classics (but then again all his movies are classics)