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Despite "Spartacus" (1960) being a box-office success & winning four Oscars, Stanley Kubrick disowned the movie as he had no creative control & constant disagreements with Kirk Douglas, Dalton Trumbo & producer Edward Lewis. Kubrick considered the script to be "Pretty dumb". Kubrick believed he achieved only limited success...

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According to Kirk Douglas, during the filming of "Paths of Glory" (1957), Stanley Kubrick made the veteran actor Adolphe Menjou do the same scene 17 times. After a few takes, Menjou said to Kubrick, "That was my best reading. I think we can break for lunch now." It was well past the usual lunch time but Kubrick said he wanted another take. Menjou went into an absolute fury. In front of Kirk Douglas & the entire crew he blasted off on what he claimed was Kubrick's dubious parentage, and made several other unprintable references to Kubrick's relative greenness in the art of directing actors. Stanley Kubrick merely listened calmly, and, after Menjou had spluttered to an uncomplimentary conclusion, said quietly: "All right, let's try the scene once more." With utter docility, Menjou went back to work. Douglas said, "Stanley instinctively knew what to do." Douglas felt that Kubrick's air of Knowledge can infuriate an actor at first, but then, "You settle down and admire him." ("'2001': Offbeat Director In Outer Space", Hollis Alpert, The NY Times, 1966) P.S: Remembering the Legendary Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick on his 98th birthday!
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According to Kirk Douglas, during the filming of "Paths of Glory" (1957), Stanley Kubrick made the veteran actor Adolphe Menjou do the same scene 17 times. After a few takes, Menjou said to Kubrick, "That was my best reading. I think we can break for lunch now." It was well past the usual lunch time but Kubrick said he wanted another take. Menjou went into an absolute fury. In front of Kirk Douglas & the entire crew he blasted off on what he claimed was Kubrick's dubious parentage, and made several other unprintable references to Kubrick's relative greenness in the art of directing actors. Stanley Kubrick merely listened calmly, and, after Menjou had spluttered to an uncomplimentary conclusion, said quietly: "All right, let's try the scene once more." With utter docility, Menjou went back to work. Douglas said, "Stanley instinctively knew what to do." Douglas felt that Kubrick's air of Knowledge can infuriate an actor at first, but then, "You settle down and admire him." ("'2001': Offbeat Director In Outer Space", Hollis Alpert, The NY Times, 1966) P.S: Remembering the Legendary Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick on his 98th birthday!

DepressedBergman

223,915 views • 2 months ago

Spartacus is Stanley Kubrick’s fifth feature film & one of his best. As the years have gone by, I feel like this film isn’t mentioned enough as a top-tier Kubrick film, it just feels a little forgotten relative to films like Eyes Wide Shut (which has transformed into a cult classic over the last few decades), 2001: A Space Odyssey, or even Barry Lyndon. This movie also reunited Kubrick with Kirk Douglas just a few years after Paths of Glory. I think I prefer Spartacus to Paths of Glory by the slightest of margins.
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Spartacus is Stanley Kubrick’s fifth feature film & one of his best. As the years have gone by, I feel like this film isn’t mentioned enough as a top-tier Kubrick film, it just feels a little forgotten relative to films like Eyes Wide Shut (which has transformed into a cult classic over the last few decades), 2001: A Space Odyssey, or even Barry Lyndon. This movie also reunited Kubrick with Kirk Douglas just a few years after Paths of Glory. I think I prefer Spartacus to Paths of Glory by the slightest of margins.

Cinema Tweets

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Since Stanley Kubrick had saved money by shooting his documentary shorts without sound and adding the soundtrack afterward, he tried the same method with his first feature film, 'Fear and Desire' (1952). However, because post-synchronizing a soundtrack for a feature film is more complex than dubbing sound for a short subject, Kubrick ran into problems that added to the $9,000 already spent on shooting the picture. As a result, 'Fear and Desire' never earned back its initial investment though independent distributor Joseph Burstyn was able to book the film on the art-house circuit, where it garnered good reviews. When 'Fear and Desire' was previewed in Los Angeles, Kubrick got some negative feedback from members of the audience who thought Mazursky’s performance of In was overwrought. A member of the film’s crew who was present recalled that Kubrick wept when some moviegoers had tittered at Mazursky’s performance during the film. That only showed, he explained, how much Kubrick cared about his movies. Nevertheless, the film got some positive reviews. More than one critic singled out some scenes, such as the one in which an enemy general is shot, as visually compelling. ("The Stanley Kubrick Archives", Edited by Alison Castle, 2005) P.S: On this day, 74 years ago, 'Fear and Desire' (1952) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Italy.
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Since Stanley Kubrick had saved money by shooting his documentary shorts without sound and adding the soundtrack afterward, he tried the same method with his first feature film, 'Fear and Desire' (1952). However, because post-synchronizing a soundtrack for a feature film is more complex than dubbing sound for a short subject, Kubrick ran into problems that added to the $9,000 already spent on shooting the picture. As a result, 'Fear and Desire' never earned back its initial investment though independent distributor Joseph Burstyn was able to book the film on the art-house circuit, where it garnered good reviews. When 'Fear and Desire' was previewed in Los Angeles, Kubrick got some negative feedback from members of the audience who thought Mazursky’s performance of In was overwrought. A member of the film’s crew who was present recalled that Kubrick wept when some moviegoers had tittered at Mazursky’s performance during the film. That only showed, he explained, how much Kubrick cared about his movies. Nevertheless, the film got some positive reviews. More than one critic singled out some scenes, such as the one in which an enemy general is shot, as visually compelling. ("The Stanley Kubrick Archives", Edited by Alison Castle, 2005) P.S: On this day, 74 years ago, 'Fear and Desire' (1952) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Italy.

DepressedBergman

25,194 views • 1 month ago

James Cameron on spending his 40th birthday with Stanley Kubrick explaining to him how "True Lies" (1994) was made: "Meeting Stanley Kubrick was my 40th birthday present to myself. I was on vacation in Europe, and I called him up and said, "I'm coming over," and went to his house in England. My wife at the time was freaked out that I wasn't going to be back home for my birthday. But I said, "I'm going to meet Stanley Kubrick. There's no present, no surprise party, no nothing you could give me that would supersede that." So I went to see this reclusive guy knocking around this big house and he just totally wanted to know how 'True Lies' (1994) was made. He had a print of it on his KEM down in his basement, and made me sit there and tell him how I had done all the effects shots. So I spent the whole time talking about my movie with Stanley Kubrick, which was not where I thought the day was going to go. But I want to be like Stanley, I want to be that guy. When I'm 80, I want to still be the guy trying to figure it all out." (James Cameron's interview to Jeffrey Resner, DGA Quarterly, 2008) P.S: On this day, 32 years ago, "True Lies" (1994) premiered in Westwood, California, USA.
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James Cameron on spending his 40th birthday with Stanley Kubrick explaining to him how "True Lies" (1994) was made: "Meeting Stanley Kubrick was my 40th birthday present to myself. I was on vacation in Europe, and I called him up and said, "I'm coming over," and went to his house in England. My wife at the time was freaked out that I wasn't going to be back home for my birthday. But I said, "I'm going to meet Stanley Kubrick. There's no present, no surprise party, no nothing you could give me that would supersede that." So I went to see this reclusive guy knocking around this big house and he just totally wanted to know how 'True Lies' (1994) was made. He had a print of it on his KEM down in his basement, and made me sit there and tell him how I had done all the effects shots. So I spent the whole time talking about my movie with Stanley Kubrick, which was not where I thought the day was going to go. But I want to be like Stanley, I want to be that guy. When I'm 80, I want to still be the guy trying to figure it all out." (James Cameron's interview to Jeffrey Resner, DGA Quarterly, 2008) P.S: On this day, 32 years ago, "True Lies" (1994) premiered in Westwood, California, USA.

DepressedBergman

972,145 views • 2 months ago

Stanley Kubrick was "The biggest fan of 'Spoorloos' (1988)" according to its director, George Sluizer. Kubrick saw the movie 10 times. When Sluizer was working in Los Angeles, Kubrick called and discussed the movie shot by shot with him. Kubrick said, "It's the most terrifying film I have ever seen in my life." Sluizer asked, "But have you seen 'The Shining' (1980)?". Kubrick replied, "'The Shining' (1980) is just child's play. It is not frightening at all compared to your movie." P.S: On this day, 38 years ago, "Spoorloos" (1988) premiered at the Montréal Film Festival, Canada.
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Stanley Kubrick was "The biggest fan of 'Spoorloos' (1988)" according to its director, George Sluizer. Kubrick saw the movie 10 times. When Sluizer was working in Los Angeles, Kubrick called and discussed the movie shot by shot with him. Kubrick said, "It's the most terrifying film I have ever seen in my life." Sluizer asked, "But have you seen 'The Shining' (1980)?". Kubrick replied, "'The Shining' (1980) is just child's play. It is not frightening at all compared to your movie." P.S: On this day, 38 years ago, "Spoorloos" (1988) premiered at the Montréal Film Festival, Canada.

DepressedBergman

238,406 views • 1 month ago

David Cronenberg on why "The Shining" (1980) is not a great film & the "Commercial-minded" nature of Stanley Kubrick: "I think I’m a more intimate and personal filmmaker than Kubrick ever was. That’s why I find 'The Shining' (1980) not to be a great film. I don’t think he understood the (horror) genre. I don’t think he understood what he was doing. There were some striking images in the book and he got that, but I don’t think he really felt it. In a weird way, although he’s revered as a high-level cinematic artist, I think he was much more commercial-minded and was looking for stuff that would click and that he could get financed. I think he was very obsessed with that, to an extent that I’m not. Or that Bergman or Fellini were." ("David Cronenberg at TIFF: Evolution, Mugwumps and Kubrick", Peter Howell, Toronto Star, 2013)
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David Cronenberg on why "The Shining" (1980) is not a great film & the "Commercial-minded" nature of Stanley Kubrick: "I think I’m a more intimate and personal filmmaker than Kubrick ever was. That’s why I find 'The Shining' (1980) not to be a great film. I don’t think he understood the (horror) genre. I don’t think he understood what he was doing. There were some striking images in the book and he got that, but I don’t think he really felt it. In a weird way, although he’s revered as a high-level cinematic artist, I think he was much more commercial-minded and was looking for stuff that would click and that he could get financed. I think he was very obsessed with that, to an extent that I’m not. Or that Bergman or Fellini were." ("David Cronenberg at TIFF: Evolution, Mugwumps and Kubrick", Peter Howell, Toronto Star, 2013)

DepressedBergman

288,116 views • 7 months ago

Vincent D’Onofrio says Matthew Modine helped him land his breakout role in Full Metal Jacket after telling him to audition for Stanley Kubrick. Rich Eisen : “How old were you when you were in Full Metal Jacket?” Vincent D’Onofrio : “I was 24.” Rich Eisen : “How did you get that gig?” Vincent D’Onofrio : “Matthew Modine was a friend of mine.” “He stopped by while I was working as a doorman at the Hard Rock Cafe and told me Stanley Kubrick was making a movie in England.” “He said there was a part available and told me I should audition.” “We rented a huge camera, taped a monologue from a play I was doing, and sent it to Kubrick.” “They asked for another tape.” “Then Stanley called me himself, gave me some lines to record, and I sent those too.” “The next thing he said was, ‘You’d have to gain some weight for this part. Would you be into doing that?’” “De Niro had just done it for Raging Bull, so I said, ‘Of course. If De Niro can do that, I can do it.’” “And then I got the job.”
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Vincent D’Onofrio says Matthew Modine helped him land his breakout role in Full Metal Jacket after telling him to audition for Stanley Kubrick. Rich Eisen : “How old were you when you were in Full Metal Jacket?” Vincent D’Onofrio : “I was 24.” Rich Eisen : “How did you get that gig?” Vincent D’Onofrio : “Matthew Modine was a friend of mine.” “He stopped by while I was working as a doorman at the Hard Rock Cafe and told me Stanley Kubrick was making a movie in England.” “He said there was a part available and told me I should audition.” “We rented a huge camera, taped a monologue from a play I was doing, and sent it to Kubrick.” “They asked for another tape.” “Then Stanley called me himself, gave me some lines to record, and I sent those too.” “The next thing he said was, ‘You’d have to gain some weight for this part. Would you be into doing that?’” “De Niro had just done it for Raging Bull, so I said, ‘Of course. If De Niro can do that, I can do it.’” “And then I got the job.”

KΞRL_✂️

202,334 views • 2 months ago

Stanley Kubrick is one of the most famous Movie Directors of all time with a career spanning over 50 decades. He died in 1999 - but before he did, he gave this interview. In it Kubrick claims “ALL the moon landings were fake….and I was the person that filmed it” “A huge fraud involving the United States & NASA” It’s almost like a deathbed confession? I’m sure this will get Community Noted with a link to dying legacy media Reuters - but judge for yourself - this interview is absolutely legit.
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Stanley Kubrick is one of the most famous Movie Directors of all time with a career spanning over 50 decades. He died in 1999 - but before he did, he gave this interview. In it Kubrick claims “ALL the moon landings were fake….and I was the person that filmed it” “A huge fraud involving the United States & NASA” It’s almost like a deathbed confession? I’m sure this will get Community Noted with a link to dying legacy media Reuters - but judge for yourself - this interview is absolutely legit.

Concerned Citizen

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Steven Spielberg saw Stanley Kubrick for the first time in 1980 while he was building sets for "The Shining" (1980). After the movie was released, Spielberg went to Kubrick's house for dinner. Kubrick asked him if he liked the movie. Spielberg, who didn't like the movie in the first viewing, started to tell Kubrick all the things he liked about the movie, rather than telling that he didn't like the movie. Kubrick saw right through him and said, "Steven, you obviously didn't like my picture very much". Spielberg replied, "There is a lot of things that I like about the picture". Kubrick stopped him and said, "But there is a lot of things you didn't love about the picture, probably a lot more that you didn't than did. So tell me what you didn't like about it." Spielberg pinpointed Jack Nicholson's performance. He called him a "great actor" and a "great performance", but a "Great Kabuki Performance", almost like Kabuki theater. Kubrick then asked, "You mean you think Jack went over the top?". Spielberg replied affirmatively. Kubrick then asked Spielberg to name his top 5 favourite actors of all time without thinking much. Spielberg listed Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Cary Grant and Clark Gable. Kubrick said, "Stop" & questioned, "Where was James Cagney on that list?" Spielberg said that he is up there high, Kubrick then said, "But not in the top 5". Finally Kubrick said," You don't consider James Cagney as one of the 5 best actors around, but I do. This is why Jack Nicholson's performance is a great one." Since then, Spielberg has caw "The Shining" more than 25 times & considers it one of his favourite pictures. P.S: Remembering the legendary American actor James Cagney on his 127th birthday! Clip from: One, Two, Three (1961) Director: Billy Wilder
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Steven Spielberg saw Stanley Kubrick for the first time in 1980 while he was building sets for "The Shining" (1980). After the movie was released, Spielberg went to Kubrick's house for dinner. Kubrick asked him if he liked the movie. Spielberg, who didn't like the movie in the first viewing, started to tell Kubrick all the things he liked about the movie, rather than telling that he didn't like the movie. Kubrick saw right through him and said, "Steven, you obviously didn't like my picture very much". Spielberg replied, "There is a lot of things that I like about the picture". Kubrick stopped him and said, "But there is a lot of things you didn't love about the picture, probably a lot more that you didn't than did. So tell me what you didn't like about it." Spielberg pinpointed Jack Nicholson's performance. He called him a "great actor" and a "great performance", but a "Great Kabuki Performance", almost like Kabuki theater. Kubrick then asked, "You mean you think Jack went over the top?". Spielberg replied affirmatively. Kubrick then asked Spielberg to name his top 5 favourite actors of all time without thinking much. Spielberg listed Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Cary Grant and Clark Gable. Kubrick said, "Stop" & questioned, "Where was James Cagney on that list?" Spielberg said that he is up there high, Kubrick then said, "But not in the top 5". Finally Kubrick said," You don't consider James Cagney as one of the 5 best actors around, but I do. This is why Jack Nicholson's performance is a great one." Since then, Spielberg has caw "The Shining" more than 25 times & considers it one of his favourite pictures. P.S: Remembering the legendary American actor James Cagney on his 127th birthday! Clip from: One, Two, Three (1961) Director: Billy Wilder

DepressedBergman

396,766 views • 2 months ago

Stanley Kubrick died just four days after presenting Warner Bros. with what was reported to be a final cut of the film. His friends & family, as well as the cast and crew of the film, all claimed that Kubrick's death was completely unexpected and that he never seemed to be in poor health while making the film. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Through on this film The movie is full-blown R-rated and involves a Satanist cult ritual.
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Stanley Kubrick died just four days after presenting Warner Bros. with what was reported to be a final cut of the film. His friends & family, as well as the cast and crew of the film, all claimed that Kubrick's death was completely unexpected and that he never seemed to be in poor health while making the film. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Through on this film The movie is full-blown R-rated and involves a Satanist cult ritual.

illuminatibot

3,504,224 views • 1 year ago

Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?
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Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?

illuminatibot

48,483 views • 4 months ago

Stanley Kubrick died just four days after presenting Warner Bros. with what was reported to be a final cut of the film. His friends & family, as well as the cast and crew of the film, all claimed that Kubrick's death was completely unexpected and that he never seemed to be in poor health while making the film. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Through on this film The movie is full-blown straightforward R-rated and the story involves a Satanist cult ritual.
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Stanley Kubrick died just four days after presenting Warner Bros. with what was reported to be a final cut of the film. His friends & family, as well as the cast and crew of the film, all claimed that Kubrick's death was completely unexpected and that he never seemed to be in poor health while making the film. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Through on this film The movie is full-blown straightforward R-rated and the story involves a Satanist cult ritual.

Vicky Verma

6,815,209 views • 2 years ago

Those who have followed Stanley Kubrick’s films have long felt that Eyes Wide Shut was slightly off, almost as if it wasn’t entirely his film. And it got validated when Roger Avary, co-writer of Pulp Fiction, told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience (December, 2024) that the original script of Eyes Wide Shut was far darker than the film we saw. According to Avary, it centered on uncovering an elite pedophile ring. After an early cut, the studio allegedly pushed Stanley Kubrick to remove those elements. Kubrick resisted. Kubrick died just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut (1999) to the studio, before the film’s premiere. Avary has also claimed the original ending implied that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s characters ultimately sell their child to the very circle they expose. Kubrick’s film depicts secretive, ritualistic elite gatherings -imagery that many now view differently in light of what has emerged in the Epstein files.
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Those who have followed Stanley Kubrick’s films have long felt that Eyes Wide Shut was slightly off, almost as if it wasn’t entirely his film. And it got validated when Roger Avary, co-writer of Pulp Fiction, told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience (December, 2024) that the original script of Eyes Wide Shut was far darker than the film we saw. According to Avary, it centered on uncovering an elite pedophile ring. After an early cut, the studio allegedly pushed Stanley Kubrick to remove those elements. Kubrick resisted. Kubrick died just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut (1999) to the studio, before the film’s premiere. Avary has also claimed the original ending implied that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s characters ultimately sell their child to the very circle they expose. Kubrick’s film depicts secretive, ritualistic elite gatherings -imagery that many now view differently in light of what has emerged in the Epstein files.

The Cinéprism

736,433 views • 7 months ago

Tom Cruise explains how people's preconception affected Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" (1997) "Cruise: People had a preconception about 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1997). And I see how that affected the picture. I think they expected some big s€x movie. As opposed to— and Stanley was very specific about it— s€xual obsession and jealousy. It’s not about s€x. And there were rumors out there about how Stanley was going to make a p0rn0gr@phic picture. But that wasn’t the movie he was making. You can see that they didn’t quite grasp what the movie was, even when they saw it, because they carried the baggage in. They read [screenwriter Frederic] Raphael’s ridiculous book [which portrayed Kubrick as a self-serving collaborator]. And they kind of reviewed it based on that. Interviewer: Do you think the teaser trailer had something to do with the expectation of a more p0rn0gr@phic movie? Was he toying with those expectations? Cruise: Probably. That [trailer] was the first stage for him. You have to understand: it’s Stanley Kubrick. It’s not going to be what you think it is. And he’s not going to tell you everything. So even the people who think they know Stanley Kubrick’s movies... missed it. Because whatever preconception you have, you’ve got to take it on its own merits and not the surrounding elements. In the same way, when I look back at 'Ryan’s Daughter' (1970) and I hear and read the stuff that David Lean went through ... It’s a very painful, lonely, desperate picture. [Shakes head.] And a great one. (Tom Cruise's interview with Cameron Crowe, Vanity Fair, 2000)
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Tom Cruise explains how people's preconception affected Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" (1997) "Cruise: People had a preconception about 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1997). And I see how that affected the picture. I think they expected some big s€x movie. As opposed to— and Stanley was very specific about it— s€xual obsession and jealousy. It’s not about s€x. And there were rumors out there about how Stanley was going to make a p0rn0gr@phic picture. But that wasn’t the movie he was making. You can see that they didn’t quite grasp what the movie was, even when they saw it, because they carried the baggage in. They read [screenwriter Frederic] Raphael’s ridiculous book [which portrayed Kubrick as a self-serving collaborator]. And they kind of reviewed it based on that. Interviewer: Do you think the teaser trailer had something to do with the expectation of a more p0rn0gr@phic movie? Was he toying with those expectations? Cruise: Probably. That [trailer] was the first stage for him. You have to understand: it’s Stanley Kubrick. It’s not going to be what you think it is. And he’s not going to tell you everything. So even the people who think they know Stanley Kubrick’s movies... missed it. Because whatever preconception you have, you’ve got to take it on its own merits and not the surrounding elements. In the same way, when I look back at 'Ryan’s Daughter' (1970) and I hear and read the stuff that David Lean went through ... It’s a very painful, lonely, desperate picture. [Shakes head.] And a great one. (Tom Cruise's interview with Cameron Crowe, Vanity Fair, 2000)

DepressedBergman

42,868 views • 5 months ago

Stanley Kubrick on why he doesn't like to explain about his movies: "Interviewer: All the books, most of the articles I read about you—It’s all conceptualizing. Kubrick: Yeah, but not by me. I thought I had to ask those kinds of questions. No. Hell, no. That’s my... [He shudders.] It’s the thing I hate the worst. Interviewer: Really? I’ve got all these questions written down in a form I thought you might require. They all sound like essay questions for the finals in a graduate philosophy seminar. Kubrick: The truth is that I’ve always felt trapped and pinned down and harried by those questions. Questions like [reading from notes] “Your first feature, 'Fear and Desire', in 1953, concerned a group of soldiers lost behind enemy lines in an unnamed war; 'Spartacus' contained some battle scenes; 'Paths of Glory' was an indictment of war and, more specifically, of the generals who wage it; and 'Dr. Strangelove' was the blackest of comedies about accidental nuclear war. How does 'Full Metal Jacket' complete your examination of the subject of war? Or does it?” Those kinds of questions. Interviewer: You feel the real question lurking behind all the verbiage is “What does this new movie mean?” Kubrick: Exactly. And that’s almost impossible to answer, especially when you’ve been so deeply inside the film for so long. Some people demand a five-line capsule summary. Something you’d read in a magazine. They want you to say, “This is the story of the duality of man and the duplicity of governments.” [A pretty good description of the subtext that informs Full Metal Jacket, actually.] I hear people try to do it— give the five-line summary — but if a film has any substance or subtlety, whatever you say is never complete, it’s usually wrong, and it’s necessarily simplistic: truth is too multifaceted to be contained in a five-line summary. If the work is good, what you say about it is usually irrelevant. I don’t know. Perhaps it’s vanity, this idea that the work is bigger than one’s capacity to describe it. Some people can do interviews. They’re very slick, and they neatly evade this hateful conceptualizing. Fellini is good; his interviews are very amusing. He just makes jokes and says preposterous things that you know he can’t possibly mean. I mean, I’m doing interviews to help the film, and I think they do help the film, so I can’t complain. But it isn’t... it’s... it’s difficult." (Stanley Kubrick's interview with Tim Cahill, 1987) Clip from: Full Metal Jacket (1987) Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick on why he doesn't like to explain about his movies: "Interviewer: All the books, most of the articles I read about you—It’s all conceptualizing. Kubrick: Yeah, but not by me. I thought I had to ask those kinds of questions. No. Hell, no. That’s my... [He shudders.] It’s the thing I hate the worst. Interviewer: Really? I’ve got all these questions written down in a form I thought you might require. They all sound like essay questions for the finals in a graduate philosophy seminar. Kubrick: The truth is that I’ve always felt trapped and pinned down and harried by those questions. Questions like [reading from notes] “Your first feature, 'Fear and Desire', in 1953, concerned a group of soldiers lost behind enemy lines in an unnamed war; 'Spartacus' contained some battle scenes; 'Paths of Glory' was an indictment of war and, more specifically, of the generals who wage it; and 'Dr. Strangelove' was the blackest of comedies about accidental nuclear war. How does 'Full Metal Jacket' complete your examination of the subject of war? Or does it?” Those kinds of questions. Interviewer: You feel the real question lurking behind all the verbiage is “What does this new movie mean?” Kubrick: Exactly. And that’s almost impossible to answer, especially when you’ve been so deeply inside the film for so long. Some people demand a five-line capsule summary. Something you’d read in a magazine. They want you to say, “This is the story of the duality of man and the duplicity of governments.” [A pretty good description of the subtext that informs Full Metal Jacket, actually.] I hear people try to do it— give the five-line summary — but if a film has any substance or subtlety, whatever you say is never complete, it’s usually wrong, and it’s necessarily simplistic: truth is too multifaceted to be contained in a five-line summary. If the work is good, what you say about it is usually irrelevant. I don’t know. Perhaps it’s vanity, this idea that the work is bigger than one’s capacity to describe it. Some people can do interviews. They’re very slick, and they neatly evade this hateful conceptualizing. Fellini is good; his interviews are very amusing. He just makes jokes and says preposterous things that you know he can’t possibly mean. I mean, I’m doing interviews to help the film, and I think they do help the film, so I can’t complain. But it isn’t... it’s... it’s difficult." (Stanley Kubrick's interview with Tim Cahill, 1987) Clip from: Full Metal Jacket (1987) Director: Stanley Kubrick

DepressedBergman

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WATCH: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?
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WATCH: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?

redpillbot

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WATCH: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?
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WATCH: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?

illuminatibot

243,853 views • 10 months ago

WATCH: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?
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WATCH: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut had a lot of secret truths hidden in it. Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just a few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead... What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the real masked parties? The director was found dead on March 7th, 1999, at his home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, just six days after screening the final cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Brothers executives. As a result, he was unable to control the release of what was to be his final film... Considering the theme of Eyes Wide Shut, the fact Stanley Kubrick had first thought of casting actor Woody Allen as the lead actor in the movie only hyperbolizes the so-called conspiracy theories about the film. The director also considered Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Hanks for the leading role. What was Stanley Kubrick trying to tell us in this movie from 1999?

illuminatibot

132,954 views • 9 months ago

Matt Damon says Stanley Kubrick spent days lighting a miniature version of the Overlook Hotel just so he could recreate the exact same lighting on the real set of The Shining. “I worked with the production designer, who the last film he did was The Talented Mr. Ripley, and he was Kubrick’s guy.” “And he told me this great story about when he was designing that movie. Stanley Kubrick had a scale model of the Overlook Hotel in their production office, and they would stand around, and this is like 1978 or ’79, and he would set these lights on, you know, to shoot this little hotel.” “He would set miniature lights, and he would get them he would take hours doing this while his production heads were standing around. And then he’d take a photograph, and then he’d hand it to an assistant who would go and run off, and this is before one-hour photo, and develop it and come back with an 8-by-10.” “And Kubrick would look at it for about five minutes, and then he’d put it down and he’d go back and he’d start setting the lights.” “And this process would go on for days.” “But what Roy said was incredible was when you were on the set, Kubrick had come up with some algorithm by which he could kind of transpose the numbers of the lights.” “So he would set it just how he wanted, and then he would record what each light was at. He knew his sources were coming from exactly the same place in the big world when he did it, and he came up with this algorithm by which he could just go, and he had all the things set, and he would just set the lights up.” “And Roy said you could hold the 8-by-10, stand in the hallway, hold the 8-by-10 in front of your face and pull it away, and you would see the exact same thing that he’d shot on the miniature model.” “Which is just, like, the level of artistry slash insanity and obsession is just so beautiful.”
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Matt Damon says Stanley Kubrick spent days lighting a miniature version of the Overlook Hotel just so he could recreate the exact same lighting on the real set of The Shining. “I worked with the production designer, who the last film he did was The Talented Mr. Ripley, and he was Kubrick’s guy.” “And he told me this great story about when he was designing that movie. Stanley Kubrick had a scale model of the Overlook Hotel in their production office, and they would stand around, and this is like 1978 or ’79, and he would set these lights on, you know, to shoot this little hotel.” “He would set miniature lights, and he would get them he would take hours doing this while his production heads were standing around. And then he’d take a photograph, and then he’d hand it to an assistant who would go and run off, and this is before one-hour photo, and develop it and come back with an 8-by-10.” “And Kubrick would look at it for about five minutes, and then he’d put it down and he’d go back and he’d start setting the lights.” “And this process would go on for days.” “But what Roy said was incredible was when you were on the set, Kubrick had come up with some algorithm by which he could kind of transpose the numbers of the lights.” “So he would set it just how he wanted, and then he would record what each light was at. He knew his sources were coming from exactly the same place in the big world when he did it, and he came up with this algorithm by which he could just go, and he had all the things set, and he would just set the lights up.” “And Roy said you could hold the 8-by-10, stand in the hallway, hold the 8-by-10 in front of your face and pull it away, and you would see the exact same thing that he’d shot on the miniature model.” “Which is just, like, the level of artistry slash insanity and obsession is just so beautiful.”

agim𓍯

73,533 views • 26 days ago

VIDEO | Actor Saif Ali Khan says producer Shah Rukh Khan gave the team of "Kartavya" a free hand to make the film the way they wanted. In fact, Shah Rukh was the one who called Saif to inform about the script that they were developing at Red Chillies. "He said, ‘There’s a lovely script, and I would like you to hear it, and do it’. Then I listened to it and met the director. Once the film was complete, he said, ‘It has come out as a lovely movie’. He was very happy,” Saif said. “Sometimes the presence (of Shah Rukh) can be overwhelming on sets and I think he understands that. He gave us room to make the film on our own. I felt I was working for his production with his kind of sensibility,” the actor added. Directed by Pulkit of "Bhakshak" fame, the film stars Rasika Dugal opposite Saif and the actor said he is a huge fan of the "Mirzapur" star. #ShahRukhKhan
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VIDEO | Actor Saif Ali Khan says producer Shah Rukh Khan gave the team of "Kartavya" a free hand to make the film the way they wanted. In fact, Shah Rukh was the one who called Saif to inform about the script that they were developing at Red Chillies. "He said, ‘There’s a lovely script, and I would like you to hear it, and do it’. Then I listened to it and met the director. Once the film was complete, he said, ‘It has come out as a lovely movie’. He was very happy,” Saif said. “Sometimes the presence (of Shah Rukh) can be overwhelming on sets and I think he understands that. He gave us room to make the film on our own. I felt I was working for his production with his kind of sensibility,” the actor added. Directed by Pulkit of "Bhakshak" fame, the film stars Rasika Dugal opposite Saif and the actor said he is a huge fan of the "Mirzapur" star. #ShahRukhKhan

Press Trust of India

252,574 views • 4 months ago