"It was... magnificent." "One of his pictures are equivalent..." "... totenof somebodyelse's." "and shake his head." "And nobody ever really knew him." "He was known..." "... asa kindof futurethreat." "One of the all-time great motion picture makers." "A future threat to peace and quiet." "Legendary..." "... meanness." "At times he drove me crazy." "He was a very loveable individual." "and the next I could kill him." "Maybe the smartest man I ever met." "He got fascinated with Nescafé commercials..." "Did you see the film Groundhog Day?" "... becausetheytoldstoriessofast." "That's what it was like." "This man was born to push the envelope..." "There is still a part of Stanley that is a great mystery." "... andhealwayspushedit." "You expect someone like that to be different from us." "We were too scared of him over here." "Everybody pretty much acknowledges he's the Man..." "... andI stillfeel that underrates him." "This film is about the life and work of Stanley Kubrick:" "one of the great artists of our time." "Stanley Kubrick was an enigma to many people." "In his films he was extrovert..." "and ready to break conventions." "But Kubrick himself was intensely private:" "Shunning publicity and fiercely guarding his anonymity..." "... happiestatworkand athome  with his family..." "... anda largecircleoffriends." "He was a chess player in every sense." "Both cautious and aggressive..." "... hetookgreatrisksbutevaluated each move with the greatest of care." "Stanley was born in New York and remained a New Yorker all his life..." "... eventhoughhe andhis familylived in England for nearly 40 years." "1 999." "This film will make use of unique material which has never been seen." "It is a document about a man who remained silent..." "... whetherhewasbeingapplauded or damned." "1 928." "was a doctor..." "... who'dmarriedGertrudePerveler the previous year." "in 1 934." "a lot of people that have kids that are that far apart..." "... theyencouragetheolderoneto nurture the younger one as a baby..." "... sotheygettolove them ." "But I gather Stanley was very jealous..." "that I was there." "though." "He was very good to me." "Nobody ever accuses him of being playful." "he was playful..." "... likeonTheAddamsFamily kind of playful." "I think they considered him kind of a sissy..." "... becausehejustwasn't like your typical boy." "He read a lot." "He always had a book." "my mother read all the time." "and she really believed it." "There's nothing you can't do." "She always was supportive of him." "I think." "Gert and Jack?" "No." "Never." "He always did what he wanted." "when Stanley was 1 2 years old..." "... hewentto TaftHighSchool in the Bronx." "Stanley turned to me..." "... astheclassopenedandsaid..." "why not?" "The next day he asked the same thing." "and before I knew it he was doing it every day." "So after about a week or ten days..." "... Ifinallygotupenough aggressiveness to say:" "why aren't you doing your homework?" He said simply..." "... andinwhatIlearnedwashis characteristic quiet way:" "I'm not interested." "It wasn't as if he were stupid." "He was simply not interested..." "... andacteduponthat." "quite passionate about photography." "by the general lights of the time..." "as they had their own home." "They could have a darkroom." "His father was interested in photography..." "... andI thinkhe encouragedStanley to use it and become a photographer." "actually..." "... wasoneof thebedrockthings..." "... thatenabledhimtodevelop a very high level..." "... ofsophistication about photography..." "... andthenfinallycinematography." "Stanley was fascinated by photography." "He was the photographer on the school newspaper and looked for pictures..." "... thatwouldcapturethe imagination." "We interrupt for a special news bulletin." "A press association has just announced that President Roosevelt is dead." "Roosevelt was a god to us." "That's what my mother said." "She said:" "when he died." "whoa." "It made everybody that saw it cry." "They'd just start to cry." "He looked like just the world had ended..." "... andStanleyjustgot that." "It was this photograph of a news vendor mourning the death of Roosevelt..." "... thattransformedtheamateur into a professional." "Stanley was just 1 6 when he sold this picture to Look  oneofAmerica'sgreat illustrated magazines." "he joined Look as a photographer..." "... takingthousandsof pictures..." "... experimentingandgainingexperience for the next stage of his career." "Kubrick shot several features on boxing for Look  oneontherisingyoungfighter Walter Cartier." "Passionate about the sport..." "... herealizedhe 'dfound the subject for his first film." "Day of the Fight was Stanley's first effort at filmmaking." "I was his assistant on that..." "... andI 'mveryproudofthefact that I operated the second camera..." "which is a real fight." "And we were alternating with each other:" "I was shooting when he was loading." "I got the knockdown because Stanley was loading." "He's done it." "He's KO'd Bobby Jane." "Walter Cartier." "He's just moved up one more place in a line that may end with the championship." "Kubrick quit his job at Look  anddevotedhimself to making films." "He moved to Greenwich Village and supported himself..." "hustling chess in Washington Square..." "... andplayingtournamentsfor money that wouldn't be enough..." "... tofundan entirefilm." "Kubrick's father cashed in his life insurance..." "... tohelphisson make Fear and Desire  afilmaboutafictitiouswar." "It was Kubrick's first feature." "She'll see us." "Shut up." "He was absolutely and totally involved..." "... inthemakingofthis movie." "He knew nothing about acting." "I probably didn't know much more." "He was not a bohemian." "Left Bank figure." "He was a kid from the Bronx who was smart." "I don't think he had much education." "He was a very good chess player." "The intensity impressed me." "I thought he had a vision of someplace he was going." "Fear and Desire was a youthful apprentice exercise." "Kubrick would later withdraw the film from circulation." "It got him noticed and helped to get financial backing for his next feature." "Killer's Kiss revealed Kubrick's extraordinary ability..." "... toplaywithlight." "Stanley was making his second film..." "... andI wantedverymuch to be the still photographer." "I also wanted to see somebody discovering and learning." "I knew I'd be seeing that." "This was Stanley at a point where he had no physical resources at all." "he dismissed the company for a couple of hours..." "... wenttotheunemploymentline and collected his unemployment check..." "... becausethat'swhathe was living on." "It was $30 a week." "He just about made it." "He was very ambitious and he knew this was gonna help him..." "and the crew..." "... wasn'tbeingpaidmucheither." "Everyone was in a bad mood." "He said:" "why don't we just take the afternoon off?" "I was amazed he was giving us the day off." "I said:" "Why are you always so nice to everyone?" "nobody's going to get anything out of this movie but me." "The release of Killer's Kiss brought Kubrick to James Harris' attention..." "... anup-and-comingproducer who had access to finance." "They teamed up to form Harris-Kubrick Pictures." "we didn't have anything to do." "We had no subject to deal with." "That night I left the office and went to a bookstore..." "... andfoundabook about the robbery of a race track." "I don't suppose there's dinner." "darling." "There are all sorts of things." "potatoes... ." "I don't smell nothing." "You're too far away from it." "Too far away from it?" "do you?" "It's all at the store." "I thought he was a kid." "Both he and Jim were so very young." "but I think Stanley was only 26 at the time." "I don't think anything was difficult for Stanley." "He had this tremendous confidence and if he hadn't..." "... Idon'tthinkhecouldhaveworked  with Lucien Ballard as he had." "The cameraman was Lucien Ballard." "won an Academy Award..." "... wasregardedas oneofthetop12  or so photographers in the business." "married to Merle Oberon..." "... aclassicexampleoftheold-style cinematographer." "Stanley had done his own photography on his two previous films..." "and I think that Ballard..." "... resentedthiskidfromNewYork." "first shot..." "... Stanleysetup ashot." "It was quite complex." "It was a long dolly shot." "And he's lined it up specifically with a 25 mm lens." "Fine" ..." "... andbegantheelaboratebusinessof lighting and setting a dolly track." "Stanley went over to talk to Jimmy or do something..." "... andlookedbackoverhisshoulder and noticed that the dolly track..." "... wasmuchfurtheraway from where he had set the camera." "Lucien?" "you're pulling it way back." "Why haven't you put it where I've asked?" "I haven't changed anything." "I'm using a 50 mm lens..." "... togiveyoupreciselythesame coverage that you've asked for..." "... butwiththe50." "Itmakes..." "... myjobalot easierandit'll go a lot faster." "Stanley listened to this and said:" "What about the change in perspective that occurs?" "That doesn't matter." "That particular piece of information is dead wrong." "The perspective changes." "It's a different shot." "Stanley was aware that Lucien was simply bulling past him..." "... butalsowhatparticularly nettled him was the assumption..." "... thathewouldn'tunderstandthis  or wouldn't care about it." "Stanley said:" "with the lens that I asked for..." "... orgetoffthe set  and don't come back." "very softly..." "... andtherewas a look between them..." "... andLucienchangedthe setupand moved the camera where it had to be..." "about anything." "check it through." "I'm sure you'll find our service to your complete satisfaction." "and what he did..." "... inmorecomplicatedways with later films..." "... isimplicitin thissimplemovie about a meticulously planned crime." "The sense the Sterling Hayden character has that he's on top of it..." "... hereallyknowswhathe's doing." "At the end of it..." "... thelittleyappingdog  gets loose..." "... andthemoney blows all over the place." "It's a brilliant and existential movie." "If existentialism basically posits that we define ourselves by doing..." "... andthatchanceistheonething we can never quite fully comprehend..." "or whatever... ." "It's a brilliant statement of that." "The Killing was not a commercial success..." "... butitdidsucceedinbuilding Kubrick and Harris' reputation." ""My God." "Stanley's gonna make it." "This is good." "But it's Paths of Glory that turned it all around." "as we usually did as kids..." "...Paths of Glory." "who were war-film buffs..." "or quite like..." "... thetoneof it ." "We'd seen other anti-war films." "But this one was so honest..." "and scenes between Macready and Kirk Douglas." "I ordered an attack." "Your troops refused to attack." "but they could make no headway." "Because they didn't try." "I saw it myself." "Half of them never left the trenches." "A third of them were pinned down by the intense fire." "Don't quibble over fractions." "The fact remains that a good part of them never left their own trenches." "I'm going to have ten men from each company in your regiment..." "... triedunderpenaltyofdeath for cowardice." "Penalty of death?" "For cowardice." "They've skimmed milk in their veins instead of blood." "my trenches..." "That's enough!" "I won't mince words..." "I shall have to put you under arrest." "It was so honest that it was shocking." "What made it even more shocking was the nature of the way it was shot." "The use of the tracking camera in the trenches." "There's something that's happening." "They're trying to be objective:" "make up your own mind." "this is what went down." "it's hypocrisy." "Maybe the attack against the anthill was impossible." "Perhaps it was an error of judgement on our part..." "they might have taken it." "Why should we have to bear any more criticism than we have to?" "Aside from the fact that many of your men never left the trenches..." "... isthequestion of the troops' morale." "The troops' morale?" "Certainly." "These executions will be a perfect tonic for the division." "There are few things more encouraging than seeing someone else die." "when they put a canvas up which is blank..." "delicate pencil strokes..." "... ona canvas." "Stanley started conceptually on all of his movies..." "... frommypointofview ..." "... withlargeprimary-colored brush strokes..." "... andhewouldjustbeat  out these concepts that were..." "... thatwereprettyobvious." "In Paths of Glory  everysequencehammers its points home..." "... butineverysequencethefilmmaking is subtle and gentle almost." "What really hit us was the end." "There's a tendency when you want to get to that emotion or sentiment..." "but sentiment..." "... andjustportraythisaspect of humanity..." "... oftenyoufallintosentimentality." "You really do." "very hard to pull off." "This one works like..." "You cannot see it without weeping." "He was sitting behind his desk for this interview..." "... Iwasto havebecausehewas looking for an actress..." "... forthatsceneinPathsofGlory." "I thought he looked extraordinary." "And he just sat there..." "grinning at me throughout the interview..." "... andI musthavegrinnedback ." "He's been smiling at me for 43 years afterwards." "Katharina..." "... movedwithStanleytoLosAngeles." "Stanley and Christiane were married in 1 958..." "... andHollywoodwouldbetheirhome for the next few years..." "Anya and Vivian." "For its damning portrayal of the French officer class..." "...Paths of Glory would be banned in France for nearly 20 years." "The film brought its director firmly to the attention of Hollywood." "He was still only 28." "I think that if the reigning powers had any respect for good pictures or the people who could make them  that this respect was probably very well tempered by the somewhat cynical observation  that poor and mediocre pictures might just as well prove successful as their pictures of higher value." "Television has changed this completely." "And I think that despite the unhappy financial upheaval it's caused in the movie industry it's also provided an invigorating and stimulating challenge  which has made it necessary for films to be made with more sincerity and more daring." "If Hollywood lacks the color and excitement of its early days  with Rolls-Royces and leopard-skin seat covers on the other hand it provides the most stimulating atmosphere of opportunity and possibilities for young people." "Slaves..." "... youhavearrivedatthegladiatorial school of Lentulus Batiatus." "Here you will be trained by experts to fight in pairs to the death." "You won't be required to fight to the death here." "That will only be after you're sold..." "... andthenforpeopleofquality." "Those who appreciate a fine kill." "A gladiator's like a stallion." "He must be pampered." "massaged..." "... taughttouseyourheads." "A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself." "and may fortune smile on most of you." "Then Kirk Douglas came to us and was having trouble with Spartacus." "He had shot for three days..." "... andwantedto replacethe director who was on the film..." "sort of on a loan-out basis." "We thought it'd be good for his career and for our company." "I thought he did an incredible job of taking that film..." "... whichthescriptdidn'teven have  battle sequences in it..." "... andsortof didsomerecasting of some of the parts..." "... tooksomeof thefilmtoSpain  and did the big battle scenes..." "... andturnedit  into a marvelous epic film." "I was rather dreading the arrival of Stanley." "I didn't know him..." "... butI hadseenPathsofGlory   whichI findoneofthebest films I've ever seen." "In spite of your vices you are the most generous Roman of our time." "Vices?" "Ladies." "Ladies." "Since when are they a vice?" "I had a high opinion of him but also had a great affection for Tony Mann." "Tony Mann directed the early parts of the film..." "which I think probably the studio..." "more routine man." "Kirk always had the idea of wanting Stanley." "It was a difficult task because we all had different acting styles." "Olivier and Laughton hated each other." "It was like two dogs." "I'll take republican corruption along with republican freedom..." "... butI won'ttake the dictatorship of Crassus..." "... andnofreedomatall!" "and that's why he'll be back." "I think he was 30 years old when he did it." "working with Olivier and Charles Laughton." "He was fearless." "because he knew he mustn't." "I think he had an extraordinary ability..." "... toconcentrate on what is important..." "... hedidnotallowhimself to be sidetracked." "And even if it was emotional turmoil..." "... andgreatworryhewouldn't..." "Perhaps it's a chess-playing thing..." "He wouldn't allow it..." "... toinfluencehim." "And I think that very soon the actors noticed:" "we're quite safe." "Traveled a long ways together." "Fought many battles." "Won great victories." "instead of taking ship for our homes across the sea..." "... wemustfightagain." "Maybe there's no peace in this world..." "... forusor foranyoneelse ." "I don't know." "But I do know..." "... thataslongaswelive..." "... wemuststaytruetoourselves." "Its great virtue was..." "... itwastheonlyfilm ofthatkind that didn't have Jesus in it." "There was no trace of Christianity in Spartacus really." "but not Christianity." "which I'd be the first..." "... tomakeafilmlike that  without Jesus but with Kubrick..." "... isalready a tremendous achievement." "I think they were both temperamental." "Neither of them would give an inch..." "... sotherewastension." "But he was uncomfortable during the making of that film." "But not necessarily because of Kirk alone." "It's because he had no rights over the script." "All those things he'd got used to and fought for having..." "he had no say." "Stanley was unhappy because he was dealing..." "... withthestarwho was the producer and in charge of the production." "There were certain instances..." "... wherehefeltthatthings should be done differently..." "... butbecauseKirkwas incharge..." "... theyweredoneKirk'sway." "I'm not saying that Kirk was wrong or right..." "Stanley said:" "I want to do pictures..." "... whereI reallyhavefinalcut." "The first overseas premier of UI's screen epic Spartacus..." "...is the most brilliant event on London 's show business calendar." "Director Stanley Kubrick..." "Spartacus was a critical and commercial success..." "... winningfourOscars." "Despite Kubrick's youth..." "... hewasnowarecognized Hollywood director." "But the process had taught him he had to have full control over his films." "I had a feeling that during Spartacus he was biding his time..." "... gettingontherecord as the director..." "... ofa bigandsuccessfulfilm ..." "... whichwouldgivehim  greater freedom in the future." "And he did turn his career into that of an artist..." "had he surrendered at any juncture..." "... havebeenthat of a very successful journeyman." "officially." "Now I can make a story that I have a crush on." "where to place the camera..." "... thenatureof thesubjectmatter..." "everything was opening up in the early '60s..." "... anditwasscandalous." "Put your head back." "Put your head back." "Open your mouth." "You can have one little bite." "I think what a lot of people forget..." "... isjustwhatahotbook Lolita was." "Nabokov couldn't get a publisher in the States or the UK..." "... soitwaspublished as a dirty book in Paris." "It was in 1 955 that Graham Greene and The Sunday Times in London..." "... nominateditas his novel of the year." "It then took off and it very soon found a publisher." "He thought Lolita was a fantastic book..." "... becauseitclarified the feeling we all have..." "... thatgoodandevildoes not come in the expected package." "I guess I won't be seeing you again." "I shall be moving on." "I must prepare for my work at Beardsley College in the fall." "Then I guess this is goodbye." "Yes." "Don't forget me." "It shocks me when people say Stanley didn't make "people" movies." "He made movies about machines or... ." "It's always confounded me." "nothing like the book." "But he did draft the author to write the screenplay." "They were in collaboration with each other..." "... inanotherkindofversion away from the novel..." "... thatismuchmoreaboutthehuman condition than the novel was." "Lolita works..." "... astheveryfirst Stanley Kubrick film for me..." "... becauseI couldn'timagine anybody else making Lolita." "It's a comedy but it's got serious elements." "It's risqué." "It's in your face." "It's got big performances..." "... anditworkscompletely." "criminal fraud!" "Don't do that." "Can we discuss..." "Get out of my way." "Get out of my way!" "No." "I want to talk... get out of my way." "I'm leaving here today." "You can have all of it." "But you are never going to see that miserable brat again!" "At a time when American cinema in the early '60s was on the way down..." "... thestudiosystemwas finishing..." "... thiswasaman withauthoritymaking you look a certain way at things." "When I stood Adam-naked... ." "Adam-naked!" "captain." "Before a federal law and all its stinging stars." "Tarnation!" "You old horn toad." "That's mighty pretty." "That's a pretty poem." "Because you took advantage... ." "isn't it?" "Because... . " Here'sanotherone :" ""Because you cheated me." "Because you took her at an age..." "... whenyounglads..."" "That's enough!" "what'd you take it away for?" "It was getting kind of smutty there." "Because of its scandalous theme..." "... thefilmhad a crippling distribution problem." "The Catholic Church had their own censorship." "they would then send notices..." "the Catholic Churches all over the country..." "... thatitwouldbesinful to see this film." "you just touch me and I go as limp as a noodle." "It scares me." "I know the feeling." "That held up the film for six months because they did condemn it." "There was a picture of Lolita on the bedside stand..." "... sowhenHumbert and his wife Charlotte were in bed..." "... theyfeltthatHumbertwasusing  the picture for sexual stimulation." "I denied that." "I think that in all fairness they were right." "we agreed to limit the number of looks at that picture." "Kubrick had to re-cut Lolita." "As he later told Newsweek:" "Had I known how severe the limitations were..." "... Iwouldn'thavemadeit." "There is acclaim in the film world for Kubrick... arriving with Mrs. Kubrick." "Lolita's strong performance at the box office..." "... wasboostedby thecontroversy." "Kubrick's next film would prove even more controversial." "Dimitri..." "... youknowhowwe'vealwaystalked about the possibility..." "... ofsomethinggoing wrong with the bomb." "Dimitri." "The hydrogen bomb." "Everything wonderful about that movie..." "... isbecauseof theway  it was directed." "I thought there were flaws in the writing of the movie..." "... andflawsin some of the performances..." "... butthedirectingofthemovie  was so bravura..." "it was just a knockout." "The vision and the use of music of the opening credits..." "We knew immediately anything could happen in this movie." "People remember the film because it deals with one of the darkest things..." "the idea that hanging over us..." "... wasnuclearoblivion." "Thisisthe time of the Cuban Missile Crisis." "It can't have possibly got closer than those few days..." "... whereonemistakebyeitherside could have started World War III." "This piece of satire just hit it right on the button..." "very frightening." "what happened is..." "he had a sort of... ." "he went a little funny in the head." "just a little funny." "He went and did a silly thing." "he ordered his planes..." "... toattackyourcountry." "Dimitri." "Dimitri." "how do you think I feel about it?" "He was able to say what we all knew..." "... aboutthemadnessofit." "He had bought the book and was trying to make it straight..." "that it was so utterly insane..." "... thatitcouldn'tbedone that way." "I mean..." "... whoarewe kidding?" "you can't fight in here." "This is the war room!" "And it ever after made it very difficult..." "... totakeseriously the Strategic Air Command." "they seemed like they were nuts from then on." "I think they probably were." "The most extraordinary part of Dr. Strangelove for me..." "I investigated..." "many of the central tenets in the film." "What had happened in reality..." "... whathadhappenedtoStrategic Air Command in the '50s and '60s." "And the various elements of the film like the idea that the military..." "... wouldusenuclearweapons without consulting the president..." "I thought only I was in authority to order the use of nuclear weapons." "sir." "You are the only person authorized to do so..." "... andalthoughIhatetojudge  before all the facts are in..." "... itlookslikeGeneral Ripper exceeded his authority." "seen as appalling when that film came out." "Now we know many of those elements were absolutely smack-on." "Curtis LeMay did a test run to see if you could provoke the Russians to war." "We talked to an officer who worked for LeMay's successor..." "and they said this guy was basically psychotic." "but there it is..." "... rightinthecoreofStrangelove." "when did you first become... ." "develop this theory?" "Mandrake..." "... duringthephysicalact oflove ." "a profound sense of fatigue..." "... feelingofemptinessfollowed." "I was able to interpret these feelings correctly:" "Loss of essence." "Mandrake." "Women... ." "Womensensemypower..." "... andtheyseekthe lifeessence." "Mandrake..." "... butI dodenythemmyessence." "The other films that were being made at the time about these themes..." "... abouttheideaofnuclearwar..." "... militarytakeoverin theU.S.A..." "... filmslikeFailSafe and Seven Days in May  they'reverynaturalistic and rather turgid films." "They have no longevity." "They don't endure." "They're not films that you would watch..." "... foranyreason except out of sociological interest." "But people will watch Dr. Strangelove repeatedly because it's so funny." "but also his collaborators." "he had the massive fortune to be working with..." "... twoofthefunniestpeopleever involved in the film industry:" "Terry Southern and Peter Sellers." "the string in my leg's gone." "The what?" "The string." "you see..." "gone shot off." "Stanley was his best audience." "He spent many of the scenes just being an audience..." "... nota director." "He would simply put cameras everywhere he could..." "... sowhenPeter was off flying high..." "I don't want anything to be lost." "roaring with laughter." "That egged Peter on to ever greater heights." "everyone will still be alive." "There will be no shocking memories..." "... andtheprevailingemotionwill be nostalgia for those left behind..." "... ofboldcuriosity for the adventure ahead." "One of the great things about his film is the scrupulous detail..." "that's part of the power of it..." "you would think..." "... thathe'dlivedthrough that experience." "Survival kit contents check." "In them you will find one .45 caliber automatic  two boxes of ammunition four days concentrated emergency rations  onedrugissue containing antibiotics..." "pep pills..." "tranquilizer pills one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible." "somebody had invited..." "... someAmericanservicepersonnel to come to Shepperton." "They were terrified..." "... bytheamountofaccuracy we had in this aircraft..." "... andthenextday Igota memo from Stanley saying:" "You better make sure that you know where all your references came from..." "... becauseotherwisewe mightbe investigated by the FBI." "I discovered very quickly..." "... thatbehind this boyish enthusiasm..." "there was this super brain..." "... andenormouspower..." "... andutterdedication to moviemaking." "It was quite demoralizing at times when he changed his mind..." "it was for the better." "But I learned a great deal on that film." "I have a plan." "Mein Führer!" "I can walk!" "I was kind of shocked by it at first." "and it was the height of the Cold War." "but my friends I saw the film with..." "others were street kids." "We went to see this movie." "They loved it." "And they were conservative." ""It's great." "I had a kind of a giddy exhilaration at the end." "don 't know where"" "I thought:" "what kind of an imagination came up with this?" "Dr. Strangelove caused uproar." "Younger audiences loved its irreverence and anarchic humor..." "... butmanypeoplesaw it as dangerously subversive." "a Beverly Hills paper..." "... wherethecriticsaidthat Stanley should be physically harmed..." "... forhavingmadethatfilm ." "I must say." "I can't remember any Stanley Kubrick movie..." "... thatwasreleased where there wasn't controversy." "200 1 I remember very well." "I remember Pauline Kael's review of 200 1." "They were not good reviews." "and they're all classics." "By that time I knew that Kubrick was the one." "all these extraordinary directors around the world were making films..." "after you saw Lolita and Dr. Strangelove..." "I knew that Kubrick..." "We had to wait for a Kubrick film." "We knew that when we went to see it..." "... thatitwasextremelyspecial." "and in 200 1 we got it." "Kubrick had established so high a reputation..." "... thathecouldpickhisnextproject without bowing to Hollywood dictates." "As a director whose films were popular and critically acclaimed..." "... hehadwonanastonishingdegree of creative independence." "Stanley Kubrick now began work on a film..." "... whichwouldestablishhim  as one of the great film directors." "With 200 1:" "A Space Odyssey  theboyfromthe Bronxwouldwrite  a new chapter in cinema history." "space exploration began when both Russia and the U.S..." "... sentmenoutsidethe Earth's atmosphere." "As the space race came to dominate the popular imagination..." "... Kubrickcapturedthespiritofthe times by collaborating on a film..." "... withthesciencefictionwriter Arthur C. Clarke." "Behind everyone alive today stand 30 ghosts..." "... forthatis theratiobywhich  the dead outnumber the living." "about a hundred billion human beings..." "... havewalkedon thisplanet." "a hundred billion is about the number of stars..." "... inourMilkyWay galaxy." "So this means that for everyone who has ever lived..." "... therecouldbe astar." "with planets circling around them." "So isn't it an interesting thought that there's enough land in the sky..." "... foreveryoneto haveawholeworld ?" "We don't know how many of those worlds are inhabited..." "... andbywhatkindofcreatures." "perhaps by radio..." "perhaps by direct contact." "The impact of that on the human race will be profound..." "... especiallyifwe encounter creatures far in advance..." "... ofourownprimitivespecies." "It's a wonderful thing to look forward to and perhaps a terrifying one." "It may happen in our lifetimes." "It may not happen for 1 000 years." "we will know the truth about..." "... thisincredibleandwonderful universe around us..." "... andperhapsunderstandour  own place in it." "guts..." "take everybody..." "... backtoprehistorictimes where it wasn't that fast." "this just said:" "I want you to see something." "I'll take you through something you never thought you'd experience." "His way of making a film was to concentrate..." "non-submersible units." "and you had another..." "you were almost home with a movie." "and..." "... youcansee this principle operating..." "... inparticularin 2001  whereI believethatthe bits don't quite fit on." "And this is why there's a mystery about it that still interests people." "I just remember seeing the picture for the first time..." "it was the first time..." "... thatthemotionpictureform  had been changed." "and it wasn't a drama..." "... anditwasn'treally science fiction." "It was more science eventuality." "are you ever frustrated by your dependence on people to carry out actions?" "Not in the slightest bit." "I enjoy working with people." "I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman." "My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship so I am constantly occupied." "I am putting myself to the fullest possible use... that any conscious entity can ever hope to do." "Unlike many a science fiction writer..." "myself..." "... heregarded the future as unknowable." "the first work of science fiction that actually..." "depicts the future as unknowable." "Eighteen months ago  the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth  was discovered." "It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface near the crater Tycho." "very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter  the four-million-year-old monolith has remained completely inert its origin and purpose still a total mystery." "I respect in awe..." "I'm in awe of the mystery of the universe." "Something which Einstein's often said:" "they haven't any soul." "So from my earliest days the wonder of space and time has intrigued me..." "... andStanleyandItriedtoput some of this feeling into the film." "I think it made people realize that we were..." "... arathersmallpart of an enormous universe." "It's hard to realize when we made that film..." "... wedidn'tknowwhatEarthlooked like from space from any distance." "These things had to be imagined." "The special effects were a quantum leap forward for the film industry." "These looked the real thing." "Stanley had very firm and very specific ideas..." "... abouthowthesemodels were to be lit." "The painstaking attention to detail..." "the dirtying up of the models... ." "This really hadn't been seen before." "One of the best examples for my contribution..." "the stargate sequence." "There was a lot of evolution to that concept..." "... ofhowyouwouldbetransported from one dimension to another." "It was never solved in the screenplay." "knowing of an experimental filmmaker..." "... whowasexploringthiswholeidea of long-time exposures..." "he'd move various kinds of artwork..." "... infrontof thecamera to scan..." "... colorblocks and objects onto the film..." "... ina ratherunusualway ." "which was flat and two-dimensional..." "... andmadeit three-dimensional in the Z axis..." "... youcouldcreate this streak exposure." "Like a time exposure." "Car headlights on the freeway." "If you leave the shutter open..." "... thecarheadlightbecomes a streak of light." "It occurred to me that there might be some way..." "... toapplythat to the stargate sequence." "I walked that minute down to Stanley's office." "I think this is the answer to the stargate." ""I think you could be right." "you have carte blanche to do it." "That's an example of my whole experience on 200 1... experiment..." "... takerisksandproduce something that was different." "and if you were to cover it..." "... witha skin." "On the inside edge of that skin..." "... imaginethesetbeingbuilt..." "... andimaginean endlesshallway with things along the side." "that revolved." "There's a scene where I come down a ladder..." "is eating..." "because he's on the other side of the centrifuge." "It looks like I walk upside down to him." "How that actually was done was that Gary had a hidden harness." "so I came in right-side up..." "and I just walked in place." "rotating." "The space station and the spacecraft are rotating." "Everything's in orbit." "And that established a style..." "... ofintercuttableshots that ultimately later..." "... leantitselfin Stanley'smind to the Strauss waltz." "I think the history of the cinema divides into two essential eras:" "Before Stanley Kubrick and after Stanley Kubrick." "Especially in relation to the use of music in films." "music tended to be used in films..." "... aseitherdecorative or as heightening emotions." "because of his use of classical music in particular..." "... itbecameabsolutelyanessential part of the narrative..." "... intellectualdriveof thefilm." "I actually knew that piece of Ligeti he used..." "... andI rememberseeing200 1 and thinking:" "This can't possibly be Ligeti in a Hollywood film." "it makes the sequence utterly unforgettable." "especially the visual fantasy..." "with the color and light changes..." "... whenthespaceshipgoesdown ..." "... onthemoonofJupiter." "And then the speed is more and more and more..." "... anditwasveryclear..." "... thatDr.Einsteinpretended..." "you cannot go beyond." "But in this film it was suggested as it would be..." "... beyondthespeedoflightandthen we enter in another world." "I never know whether the images arose out of the music or vice versa." "clearly..." "totally inseparable." "like previous films of Kubrick's..." "... itsplitboththe critics and the audience." "The opening of 200 1 was very frightening..." "... becausewehadall the executives sitting in the audience..." "many of them." "whole rows of them." "And we were panic stricken." "Then there was an enormous..." "... catastrophicmeeting in our hotel room..." "... andStanleywassoupset he lost his voice." "We were up all night." "The next morning we went to this house..." "... andStanleywasbattlingon in New York." "across..." "because I hadn't slept all night." "And woke up to the sounds of a DJ..." "... saying:" "This is the most fantastic film and people are queuing around the block." "He was talking about 200 1." "I was desperately trying to ring Stanley to tell him..." "it was the blue-rinse brigade that walked out." "He told me that the first..." "... exhibitorscreeningof 2001... 241 walkouts." "I'm sure he counted them too." "I didn't like it..." "... andI wasverydisappointed." "I was with some woman in California..." "... andshewastellingme what a wonderful film it was." "And I went to see it again..." "... andI likedit alot more the second time I saw it." "Then a couple of years later I saw it again and I thought:" "this is really a sensational movie." "And it was one of the few times in my life that I realized..." "... thattheartist was much ahead of me." "A lot of people didn't get it the first time around..." "... andI 'mreallyfondofquoting the MGM executive who said:" "that's the end of Stanley Kubrick." "even though we didn't intend one specifically." "Stanley wanted to create an experience." "People will get messages from it according to their own philosophies." "200 1 received a National Catholic Award for its imaginative vision..." "... ofman'screativeencounter with the universe." "who had so upset..." "... theCatholiclegionofdecency with Lolita." "200 1 also won an Academy Award for best visual effects." "As the film's director and designer..." "... Kubrickreceived his only ever Oscar." "It was that kind of process..." "... ofpersonallytaking control of not only the people..." "the art and the craft of making movies." "He was it." "He embodied the whole thing." "cinematographers..." "... andproductiondesignerstocome  into his family and collaborate..." "... whichforsomewas difficult." "I swore I'd never work for anybody again." "Stanley was a hell of a taskmaster." "He was difficult and demanding." "His level of quality control was just astronomically near perfection." "this was hard." "His mind was so insatiable and so active..." "he could barely stop." "I saw that Stanley Kubrick worked and lived his work seven days a week..." "... almost24hoursaday." "And I think he had a hard time keeping up with his own intellect." "Kubrick now turned to a mighty historical character..." "failures and personality fascinated him:" "Napoleon." "waiting to be brought back to life." "I wonder what Napoleon would think of Lew Wasserman and David Picker." "Whether he would've liked to have them passing judgement on his life." "Napoleon represented for him..." "... theworldlygenius..." "failed." "Stanley was fascinated by the fact that somebody so intelligent..." "could make such mistakes." "He liked comparing war and chess..." "and the idea of seeing everything as a battle." "All directors like battle analogies for movies..." "... andcertainlynobodyplanned..." "... withthemixedresults." "When somebody that meticulous plans something..." "... anythingthatgoeswrong seems to wreak havoc." "it was of making that kind of mistake..." "... whereyougetcarriedaway  without checking." "There was the chess player in him." "Maybe that's why he took so long between films." "The Napoleon project was well-prepared." "We were ready to go to Romania..." "including commanding officers." "We had paper uniforms and everything ready..." "... andthencamethisfilm Waterloo." "It was a very well-made film with Rod Steiger..." "and our backers got scared and pulled out." "the Kubrick family was living close to the film studios..." "Hertfordshire." "He's always liked living here." "There were moments where he was homesick for New York..." "... butheknewthatwas a New York that no longer existed." "When you brought up your children here and their friends..." "you get attached." "Do you know what kind of camera that is?" "It's a home movie..." "Arriflex." "I watch the video of me as a very fresh 1 0-year-old..." "... beingveryfreshtohim." "him being bossy and too impatient..." "... andputtinghisdirector'shaton in an inappropriate way." "Anya." "we're shooting." "I'm trying to." "Grab him and get him off." "I remember thinking:" "You're not supposed to talk to me like this." "Do you often find me in a temper?" "Yes!" "I don't believe that." "I can't believe that." "You just went into a temper a couple of minutes ago." "You can't do this stupid film because everyone giggles." "And because I can't play like that." "I think I'm one of the most even- tempered people you'll ever meet." "Kubrick had found privacy and tranquillity in England..." "... butthisworldwas abouttobe  torn apart by his next project:" "An adaptation of Anthony Burgess' controversial novel:" "A Clockwork Orange." "There are certain parts that you have in a career..." "that you are born to play." "That is one of the parts." "There was me." "and my three droogs." "Georgie and Dim." "trying to make up our rassoodocks  what to do with the evening." "The Korova Milk Bar sold milk plus." "Milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom  which is what we were drinking." "This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence." ""How do you direct?" "What's your style?" And he said:" "I really don't know." "I never know what I want." "But I do know what I don't want." "I don't think I've ever had that much fun on a job." "certainly Lindsay Anderson... ." "the actual fun of doing the work..." "in the character of Alex too." "He was a wicked son of a bitch..." "... butthegreatthingthat Ithink  Stanley and I had in common..." "... isa wickedsenseofhumor." "It was my rabbit  to help the prison Charlie with the Sunday service." "great burly bastard." "me being very young and also now very interested in the Big Book." "I didn 't so much like the latter part of the Book  which is more like all preachy talking  than fighting and the old in-out." "I like the parts where these old yahoodies tolchok each other and then drink their Hebrew vino and getting onto the bed with their wives ' handmaidens." "That kept me going." "He explored these extreme subjects..." "... thatyoukindofsometimes wanted to recoil from..." "... likeinClockworkOrange." "But they were..." "... exploredinaway thatwas dissecting them." "Truly dissecting them to try to find out..." "... whatmakesthatkindofeviltick." "And I think that there was a search behind all of those films..." "in a way:" "In a world where we know man is capable of the most base..." "... shockinglydestructivebehavior..." "... ishopeandvirtuepossible?" "you bastard cowards!" "I don't want to live anyway." "Not in a stinking world like this." "And what's so stinking about it?" "What kind of a world is it at all?" "Men on the moon." "Men spinning around the Earth." "And there's not no attention paid..." "... toearthly law and order no more." "dear land" "I fought for thee" "You'd have to say..." "... Stanley'sviewof humannature..." "very bleak." "in this day and age..." "... tohavepursuedthe kindofcareer he pursued..." "... inmakingthese uncompromising movies." "It had been a wonderful evening." "And what I needed now to give it the perfect ending  was a bit of the old Ludwig van." "Kubrick is playing around with the music..." "... withwhathe 'ddonepreviously." "Having taken like a real classy classical music score..." "... forhispreviousfilm..." "... nowhe'ssayingBeethoven..." "... butwe'llalsohavethe "William Tell Overture" played fast." "Kubrick's being playful in the same way as when Alex visits the record store." "There in the record rack is a copy of 200 1." "but also we're also talking about a director..." "... whohasgivenupbeing influenced by others." "A film director whose primary influence has become himself." "For now it was lovely music that came to my aid." "There was a window open with a stereo on and I viddied right at once what to do." "I did two weeks of narration." "It was like the purest kind of filmmaking." "that's all he had." "that was it." "so I'd say:" "Ping-pong." "not at ping-pong." "another matter." "and we'd come back..." "... we'ddoanotherpiece." "The voice-over works well." "my agent said:" "you have two weeks of voice-over you haven't been paid for." "I'm going out to see Stanley this afternoon." "I'll mention it to him." "my agent informs me..." "... thatI haven'tbeenpaid for the two weeks' narration." "He had a slide rule in his pocket and he took it out." "and he went:" "A week?" "The other week was ping-pong!" "bliss!" "Bliss and heaven!" "It was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh." "It was like a bird of rarest spun heaven metal." "Or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship gravity all nonsense now." "As I slooshied I knew such lovely pictures." "Stanley and Malcolm McDowell got along like a house on fire." "Stanley was very happy with the choice of Malcolm..." "... andhedelivered." "very close." "thought that this was a great friendship." "I expected to be part of his life." "being a young actor..." "... andnothavingdone very many films..." "... sobeingsomewhatinexperienced..." "that the way of a film life is:" "separate." "separate." "So I was expecting the relationship to carry on in some form..." "... buthecutitlike this ." "He didn't really want to know." "It was over for him." "some of the things I said about him..." "... whichwereperhapsunfair..." "... maybeitwasacryoutto say :" "pick up the phone and call me." "he never did." "I have arranged a little surprise for you." "Surprise?" "One that I hope that you will like..." "... asa ..." "... howshallwe putit..." "... asa symbolof  our new understanding." "An understanding between two friends." "A Clockwork Orange dealt in part with media exploitation..." "... butnowreallifeimitatedart." "The film was blamed for many brutal crimes committed by youths..." "... claimingtohavebeeninspired by the film's violence." "The reaction had a devastating impact on Kubrick and his family." "The attack on Clockwork Orange was fierce in Britain." "It was unbelievable." "He was directly accused of murder and mayhem." "Then every crime in England was because of Clockwork Orange." "Stanley was accused of inciting violence..." "very ugly." "almost death threats." "There were some death threats." ""Can you please help me?" "I can't live here if this keeps going on." "my house is besieged." "I don't want to show the film anymore." "A Clockwork Orange had been playing successfully for 61 weeks..." "... butpressattacksand threatsof violence against him and his family..." "... droveKubrickto withdrawthe film from British cinemas." "It was an astonishing display of director power." "What came over to us was that a filmmaker should have..." "... thekindof powerthathehad to be able to do it." "There's no other filmmaker who could stop a studio distributing their film." "Studios are about making money." "For him to be able to do that was always astonishing to us." "I remember me as a young filmmaker thinking:" "That's extraordinary." "he had the will to do it." "but he didn't care." "but they obliged." "It wasn't worth it to them." "and making more films with Stanley." "Having him under contract for the rest of his life was more important..." "... thanifthefilmplayedinEngland." "Kubrick went beyond the role of a director..." "... persuadingWarnerBros.about how the film should be sold." "shooting..." "... withthepostproduction and trying to get the film together..." "... andapproachit in so manyways..." "... whydoyounot bea part ofit  just when the public's gonna see it?" "Clockwork Orange was the second largest-grossing film..." "... inthehistoryofWarner's after My Fair Lady." "Wait a minute." "What we're doing is following Stanley's instruction..." "... andgettingagreatresult." "We're  grossing huge numbers on a picture..." "... yousaidwouldbea catastrophe because it was so inaccessible." "Is it not possible that he knows something we don't know?" "Is it not possible that his way is a better way?" "he doesn't know." "He's just a pain in the ass." "Kubrick had a unique relationship with Warner Bros.:" "Complete creative control and the support of a major Hollywood studio." "We all envied that more than anything over here." "The fact that one studio would support an artist in that way..." "... isextraordinary." "It was a question of working with a master..." "... andwantingto do  the movies of Stanley Kubrick." "it was always overblown..." "... andoverestimatedbecauseheshot  films for long periods of time." "But he did them at low cost." "I might add..." "... andmarvelat thefact that there was hardly anyone there." "there'd be crowds of people with donuts..." "... andpassingcoffeeand people coming and going." "I saw it as an absolute priority." "Something that we were gonna focus our attention on..." "... andthatcontinuedtonurture the relationship..." "... andtoenhancethe relationship." "He was obviously always a step ahead of me." "He called me once..." "... Iwasat Warner's..." "... Ithinkhe wasgettingready to do Lyndon..." ""Do you have any of those..." "... specialBNCcameras that we used for rear process?" "For sentimental reasons..." "... I'dloveto buyone from you if I could get one." "Do you have any?" "We've got a couple." ""I got a couple." "I'd love to get those cameras." "I admire the workmanship." "I can't remember." "who ran Panavision for us..." "called and said:" "Why are you sending those rear-projection cameras to Kubrick?" "they sit down there..." "... wedon'tuse rear projection anymore." "the most fantastic works ever put in a camera." "They are brilliantly conceived and brilliantly executed camera works." "You couldn't build a camera like it if your life depended on it." "because I can't duplicate them." "Stanley had anticipated it and acquired and built his own cameras!" "He looked for the old-fashioned Mitchell BNC cameras..." "... fora veryspecificreason." "These were the only cameras where he had a chance..." "... offittingthesebig Zeisslenses." "could I mount it on his BNC camera?" "I said it's absolutely impossible because the BNC has two shutters..." "and all that..." "... betweenthefilmplane and the rear element of the lens." "And so I explained that to Stanley and said we'd have to..." "... damnnearwreckyourcamera and make it purely dedicated." "Go ahead and do it." "developed and manufactured..." "for NASA." "NASA was planning to use it in satellite photography." "it's an extremely fast lens." "It's an f0.7..." "... whichistwostopsfasterthan lenses that are available even today." "Stanley's intention for these lenses was to shoot..." "... thefamouscandlelitscenes in Barry Lyndon." "f0.7." "he had practically no depth of field at all." "but of course..." "... theimageswere absolutely gorgeous." "I think Stanley would have a concept of wanting to do something..." "... ina waythatithadnever  been achieved before." "He wanted to put himself into that century and with these characters..." "... andthesesettingsand giveyou a way of seeing them..." "... astheywould'vebeenseen  at the time the book was written." "Yet he used the most extraordinarily modern and daring instruments." "The fact that he used these candles." "That's part of it..." "the way sunlight came into rooms." "It was to achieve the presence in a period..." "... ina waythatIdon'tthink anybody had ever done it before." "but I hoped he'd take it somewhere else." "He took it back in time." "The use of the zoom lens is interesting..." "... becauseyou'dneverthink to use a zoom lens in the past." "the zoom lens flattens it out like the 1 8th-century painting." "body language..." "... andtheuseofmusicandediting..." "who's wonderful..." "kissing her on the balcony..." "... withthemusicand movement." "Stanley did not want the film to look like a traditional movie..." "... whereperiodclothes look like wardrobes." "He wanted the clothes to move and have life." "He wanted to do something reminiscent of certain painters of that period." "Stanley sent me to all kinds of auction houses who were dealing..." "so we were mixing some period costumes." "as he quite rightly said:" "That's why in those paintings they gave those wonderful lights." "Everybody talks of Barry Lyndon  asa beautiful18th-centurymovie." "the way he pushed us to do our work." "as an artist..." "... youveryofteninstinctively design..." "... andtointellectuallyjustify..." "... yourcreativity..." "... isverydifficult." "I think the same applies to actors." "the actors..." "... hewould permutate their performances..." "... almosttothebreakingpoint." "I remember..." "... goingontheset one day and there were a thousand candles burning." "Outside there was a huge storm..." "because of the storm had to hold..." "... thebiglamps." "There was a huge gale in Dublin and the rain was icy cold." "I thought "I hope they don't have to do it too long." "And then the candles are burning down very gradually." "Stanley's just sitting there with Hardy Krüger..." "... discussinga problem Hardy had and he's just saying:" "I think we should... ." "was getting also in a state." "never raising his voice." "He was great working with actors because it was one-to-one." "You had a relationship with the director." "If he was working with any detail on a role with an actor..." "but it was just you and him." "Lord Bullingdon?" "Heads." "It is heads." "Lord Bullingdon will have the first fire." "Lord Bullingdon..." "... willyoutakeyourground?" "And it was the fact that Stanley was so open..." "... andsoengaging." "When I asked him a question..." "the lenses..." "... hewouldtakethe trouble to talk about it in a really..." "... well-detailedwayso that I understood what was happening..." "... andthatreallystimulatedme." "he didn't know how to shoot a scene." "He wasn't sure how he was gonna do it..." "I found it stimulating because he was saying:" "but do it for real." "That may change how I'm thinking about the scene." "this pistol must be faulty." "I must have another one." "but you must first stand your ground..." "... andallowMr.Lyndon his chance to fire." "I always felt Stanley was..." "... afilmmakermostappreciated by his fellow filmmakers." "Critics were always looking for something that wasn't in the movie..." "... andthentheyweredisappointed." "That's a little bit Stanley's fault..." "Barry Lyndon." "I think everybody was expecting a kind of raucous Tom Jones movie." "You realize as you look at the movie that it's about..." "handsome boy..." "... tryingtofindthe cluesandthe cues to what's the right behavior." "What's the behavior that's going to advance me in this society?" "So it's a movie really about a young man defining himself..." "... ina climate that's foreign to him." "That's not at all what people were lead to believe it was about." "Barry Lyndon was released just as Hollywood entered..." "... theageof theblockbuster action movie." "the film came in for heavy criticism." "It was labeled as tedious and boring by critics in America and Britain..." "... butinEuropeitwashailed as a film of breathtaking beauty." "I remember it won four Oscars:" "production design..." "... costumedesignandthe music." "I think Stanley was disappointed because in the end..." "... itwasn'tacommercialsuccess." "very sad and disheartened..." "... thatparticularlysmallerpapers and smaller television stations..." "... didnotat allappreciate..." "... thetremendouseffort that went into these films..." "... andjustsimplydismissedit." "what I love about his work..." "... istheyarecompletelyconscious." "you may not like them..." "that or the other thing?" "But everybody pretty much acknowledges he's the Man..." "... andI stillfeelthatunderrateshim." "Kubrick's next film looked far more commercial." "The Shining  hetookthechancetomakea film  that would satisfy him artistically..." "... andmeetboxofficedemands." "and he says:" "this is an optimistic picture." "Stanley?" And he said... he said:" "in some way this movie is about ghosts." "Anything that says there's anything after death is an optimistic story." "The Shining has images that I wake up screaming about." "That little boy in the hall." "The tracking shot..." "The boy on the bike." "... oftheboy." "The sense of movement it gave that picture inside this foreboding place." "You know something is building up in this place." "And the way... of the people." "How quiet they are." "Is Tony the one that tells you things?" "How does he tell you things?" "It's like I go to sleep and he shows me things." "I can't remember everything." "Has Tony ever told you anything about this place?" "About the Overlook Hotel?" "powerful punch that'll happen." "at some time..." "... anditjustcreatessuch suspense." "Is there something bad here?" "At first I was taken aback by the performance..." "... andthenafter the third or fourth viewing..." "... Iunderstood the level of intensity..." "... ofwhatNicholsonwas doing." "I'm not sure that it's intended to be..." "which is a realistic portrayal..." "... ofsupernaturalspookiness." "I think that what's going on in that movie..." "... islargelygoingon in Jack Nicholson's head." "Lloyd." "isn't it?" "Mr. Torrance." "I like the kind of film he makes." "I don't need to be naturalistic in a film..." "... tofeelsatisfiedasanactor ." "One thing he said to me that I'll always remember was:" "In movies you don't..." "... tryandphotographthe reality..." "... youtryandphotograph the photograph of the reality." "I knew it wouldn't be a performance about idiosyncratic behaviorism..." "... butthatit wouldbe..." "I always thought of it as balletic..." "... inTheShining." ""Here Jack..." "'Jack is not writing.' what is he doing?" "Whenever I'm inside a big empty place..." "... thatyounormally wouldn't be alone in..." "... Ialwaysthinkofdoingthings that I might do outside." "And that's where throwing that tennis ball all during the picture..." "And it wound up being a big part of staging." "It rolls into things..." "all those kinds of things." "And it's from those little things that he would develop..." "... preconceivedidiosyncrasy." "He always knew what he was going to get." "has been done." "Our job is always to do it just a little bit better." "Mr. Grady..." "... youwerethecaretakerhere ." "sir." "But you..." "... arethecaretaker." "You've always been the caretaker." "sir." "I've always been here." "friendly relationship." "I mean he'd turn on you in a moment and say:" "you're the big fella." "Let's see it." "That's about as harsh as he ever got with me." "He was a completely different director with Shelley." "Roll the video?" "Two seconds." "We're killing ourselves." "Be ready!" "I'm standing right by the door." "Mood music?" "I can't hear." "When you came out like this..." "Wait." "Go. "" "You've got to look desperate." "You're wasting our time." "I can't get the door open." "For a person so charming and so likeable..." "... indeedloveable..." "... hecando somepretty cruel things..." "... whenyou'refilming." "Because it seemed to me at times..." "... thattheendjustifiedthemeans ." "Don't!" "Stop it!" "Here's Johnny!" "It was a very difficult role." "It was a long shoot and I had to cry and hyperventilate..." "... andcarryalittleboyandrun..." "... formostof thetimeweshot." "a little over a year." "Anywhere between 30 and 50 videotaped rehearsals..." "... beforeweevenrolledfilm ." "I wouldn't trade the experience for anything." "Why?" "Because of Stanley." "And it was a fascinating learning experience." "that I think it makes you smarter." "But I wouldn't want to go through it again." "We were working with the material in the book..." "... andtryingto makemusic that fit the mood..." "... ofanupdatedGothichorrorstory ." "in any case." "the stylization that came out from the filming..." "... wasnotpresentinthebook." "And so we failed in our attempt." "Which is why there's other music in the movie." "you win." "Let's take the rest of this walking." "A lot of the music cues are combinations..." "some of Penderecki's music." "And lots of background patterns and textures..." "weird sounds..." "... allmixedtogether." "That'showhe finally did what he was looking for." "the response was mixed." "Some people appreciated its riddles and ambiguities." "Others felt Kubrick had strayed too far from King's book." "When I say that the people..." "... wholoveStanley'smovies were mostly movie people..." "... they'rejustlooking at what's in the frame." "What's the "movieness" of the movie." "love Stanley in a very uncomplicated way." "Whereas the critical community..." "... tendstofussand fidget..." "... overwhatStanleydid ." "Kubrick and his family..." "... movedtoamansion in the Hertfordshire countryside." "he would do all his work here..." "dedicated team." "The joke we had about Stanley was..." "This was the line you would never hear from him..." "I've got faith in your judgment." "Stanley would involve himself to such an extent..." "... withthedetailofstuffthat one thought was a bit beneath him." "He should've been doing major stuff..." "... notworryingabout how you had files in your office." "I guess he saw it as a package deal." "You either cared or you didn't." "When we went to Ireland on Barry Lyndon  heleftthis15-pagedocument..." "... ofcareinstructions of how to look after the animals." "And the 37th instruction is:" "If a fight should develop between Freddy and Leo..." "That was a father and son tomcats that we had..." "The only way you can do anything is dump water on them..." "... trytograbFreddy and run out of the room." "Do not try and pick up Leo." "he can outrun Leo..." "... butiftrappedina placewhere  you can't separate them..." "jumping up and down..." "... anddistracting and waving shirts." "Just try and get them apart and grab Freddy." "I remember once he had a cat that was drinking excessively and I said:" "Perhaps you can measure how much he's drinking." "that's impossible." "There are too many cats." ""I could count the number of laps." "How much does each lap take up in terms of water?" "I don't think there's any information." "I'll try and find out." "He'd go off and try and find out..." "... thenhe'dworkitout and have a figure." "He was compulsive in that way." "He was a kind of ultimate Jewish mother." "If an animal was ill or if one of us were ill..." "... StanleywaslikeSuperman." "I was very ill myself for quite a while..." "... andhewassosweet..." "so loyal." "he was." "really kind." "when you weren't ill..." "... that'swhenyouboughtit." "because he had this obsession..." "... thatifhe praisedyou ..." "... youwouldfalltopieces and not do the job right." "He knew how far he could push you." "That was the other clever thing." "Occasionally he pushed too far then was confused why you were angry." "he was just no-nonsense..." "had his view..." "... verycoolviewofhumanity." "I'm sure everybody says that." "Crazy about animals..." "... butcouldbe ..." "... brutalwithpeopleheworkedwith." "He wasn't all that way." "Sometimes he could be generous as well." "But he felt everybody was an opponent." "he wasn't sure they weren't..." "Didn't have an agenda of their own." "And he wasn't gonna have that on his pictures." "understand?" "Thank you!" "Can I be in charge for a while?" "Are you shook up?" "Nervous?" "sir!" "Do I make you nervous?" "Were you about to call me an asshole?" "Full Metal Jacket was based on a novel..." "a Vietnam veteran." "He collaborated on the screenplay with Kubrick and Herr..." "... whocoveredthewar  as a correspondent." "He was thinking about making a war movie." "You already made Paths of Glory." "People think of that as an anti-war movie." "I want to make a war movie..." "... justtoconsiderthe subject..." "... withouta moral or political position..." "... butasaphenomenon." "Holy shit!" "The sniper has a clean shot through the hole!" "What he ended up doing in Full Metal Jacket  hehadalmost the detachment of the view." "It's like a god's-eye view of combat in the second half of the film." "It seems to be so still and removed." "The cleanliness of it..." "... andthepowerofit." "because it was all so beautifully filmed." "And he understood that it was accepted..." "... thatitwasquiteokay  to acknowledge..." "it's also very beautiful." "It's the only film that's ever given you a real idea what it's like..." "... alsowhatthekidsgothrough and how important a drill sergeant is." "Private Pyle..." "... don'tmakeanyfuckingeffort to get up to the top!" "He would have miracled your ass up there!" "Get your fat ass up there!" "And also the nature..." "... ofthetragedyofit." "numb-nuts?" "Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?" "Leonard." "man." "And then the whole movie changes and moves out." "What's interesting about Kubrick is that the structure is all." "which is good." "He was experimenting." "Fucking son of a bitch!" "didn't it?" "For a director who is perceived..." "... asbeingcompletely uptight and controlling..." "Stanley." "He'd try anything." "He'd ask the actors in for meetings..." "There's no such thing as a stupid idea in this context." "If you have an idea just say it." "And he'd often adopt them." "I'm not saying Stanley wasn't a control freak." "I would never say that." "But there were many ways he was not controlling." "You should probably not be..." "Should be more..." "then get into that." "Do something brilliant." "but I would be lying..." "... ifI didn'tsaytherewere times when he was incredibly difficult." "If you weren't willing to solve the problem as much as he was." "If you weren't..." "... asdevotedto understanding..." "... whatitwas he was trying to go after..." "... itwasreallyhardforhim." "Sometimes you didn't know what it was he was looking for." "I remember walking around Beckton Gas Works by myself..." "... andhedroveupinthejeep and said:" "What's wrong?" "Why are you walking around?" "I don't know what it is you want from me." ""Are you crazy?" "Get in the jeep." ""I don't want you to do anything." "that's all I want." "You put "Born to Kill" on your helmet and wear a peace button." "Is that some kind of sick joke?" "what does it mean?" "sir." "You don't know very much." "Get your head and your ass wired together or I will shit on you!" "Answer my question or you'll stand tall before the Man." "sir." "sir." "Whose side are you on?" "Kubrick shot part of Full Metal Jacket in London..." "Vietnam." "the signage..." "... thepalmtreesand the smoke." "Most was shot in "magic hour." "Magic hour" is that delightful time of day when you're all exhausted..." "... andthelight'sperfect." "He's dead." "You collaborate with Stanley." "It's not easy to impress him with what you do..." "... butifyoucomeout not ticking off about something..." "... youknowyou'vedonewell ." "You get very close." "You're part of the family." "It's a very close unit because you're with him 24 hours a day sometimes." "drink and sleep it." "There's no life outside of film with Stanley." "there's no greater experience." "Everybody earned their pay when they worked for Stanley." "But nobody earned their pay the way Stanley earned his pay." "deeply..." "as Stanley did." "And he understood when you're making a movie..." "... youoftendon'tknowwhat youwant until you see it." "Did you try it?" "Let's give it a crack." "One way or another..." "... Ifeltutterlycompensated..." "... formytimewithStanley." "you might have a different feeling." "But my feeling was that..." "... Ihaveabsolutely had no complaints." "Kubrick had started work on the idea for Full Metal Jacket in 1 980." "When released 7 years later..." "... severalVietnammovies had already reached the screen." "had been overtaken by other filmmakers." "But it still appealed to a wide audience..." "... becauseitboreall the distinctive hallmarks of a Kubrick film." "He didn't like that he made so few films." "He always wished he could've done more." "If he had anything negative in his life..." "... Ithinkit wasthatfeeling that he was slow." "I suppose the other thing I noted about Stanley..." "... wastherewerestillmagnificent obsessions he never quite realized." "His fascination with World War II and with the movie industry..." "... andGoebbelsduringthatperiod." "For years Kubrick had tried to find a way..." "... ofportrayingtheappalling inhumanity of the Holocaust on screen." "Wartime Lies  intoAryanPapers  thestoryof aJewishfamily trying to evade capture by the Nazis." "By the time he was ready for production..." "... Spielberghadbegunshooting Schindler's List." "Feeling the similarities were too great..." "... Kubrickreluctantlyshelved Aryan Papers." "he felt it just couldn't be told." "If I really want to show what I've read and know happened..." "And he read everything." "...how can I even film it?" "How can you even pretend it?" "He became very depressed during the preparation..." "... andI wasglad when he gave up on it..." "... becauseitwasreally taking its toll." "Kubrick turned his attention to another longstanding project..." "... basedonashortstory by Brian Aldiss." "But A.I. evolved into such a mammoth undertaking..." "... hesoughtthecollaboration of another director." "You ought to direct A.I. and I should produce it." "right." "I'm serious." "It would be a Kubrick production of a Spielberg film." "I remember him actually giving me a title card on the whole proposal." "Why would you want to?" "Because I knew he had been developing this from his heart for so long..." "... andhadcontributed so many elements..." "... beyondBrian's original short story." "And Stanley said:" "I think this movie is closer to your sensibility than mine." "He was so insistent..." "When can you come out and talk in person?" "Tomorrow." "it was during the summer." "So I got on an airplane the next day and flew to his kitchen." "sat down and he said:" "I'll show you the storyboards." "And he started to show me a plethora of work..." "... thathehaddone." "It was a project which needed many special effects." "He eventually postponed the project for technical reasons." "Computer technology was about to explode..." "... andhefiguredhewouldbenefit enormously by waiting a few years." "So the next project became Eyes Wide Shut." "When Eyes Wide Shut was announced as Kubrick's next film..." "... celebritycolumnistsfocused on the mysterious director..." "... whohadnotmadeafilm or given an interview in 1 0 years." "They rehashed old stories..." "... whichKubrick had never bothered to deny." "He had been pegged:" "probably half mad." "control was everything..." "in the last analysis..." "... controlthisimagethathad grown up about who he was..." "The hell with it." "I can't do anything about it." "He dealt with it the way he had to." "I knew it was rubbish which was all that mattered." "And it mostly was all that mattered to him..." "... butthemoredisgusting things upset him." "He would talk about that sometimes." "I know until the end of Eyes Wide Shut he'd started to say:" "now I'm gonna do a few proper interviews..." "... andtryandset the record a little straighter." "He didn't want to shoot tourists on his lawn..." "... thengivethemmoney when they bleed." "But also because it's another thing that fits into..." "... thenerdymonster..." "... slimingaroundin hishouse and hating women." "Hating women?" "He was surrounded by them." "I think there are few men who knew as much about women as he did." "It's impossible for me to just be objective and say:" "He should have spoken up." "He should have been more gregarious." "Should?" "He couldn't." "He wasn't." "Why should he?" "He had a great nerve." "He'd open the door to somebody looking for Stanley Kubrick and say:" "He's not at home." "nobody knew what his face looked like." "Stanley." "Curious and interested in the world." "I think people aren't aware of that." "They think for someone so obsessive and so committed..." "... thattherestoftheworld  might pass him by." "into his kitchen." "here was a man who set up his life..." "... sohewaswarmedconstantlybyhis  family and by his circle of friends." "He was a matter of minutes from the place that he worked." "Who among us would be anything but envious..." "... ofthewayhe'smanaged to set up his life?" "you know..." "... whatarethedangers of married life?" "What are the silent desperations..." "... ofkeepingan ongoing relationship alive..." "... andwhatarethe choices?" "You're either in that or you're not." "very much a family man and in it." "The conjectures that he made about what it might be like outside it..." "... hada lotto do withhis curiosity." "It was a theme that we both talked about a great deal." "He thought about it in many different ways." "It used to come back over the years again and again..." "... andasyousee friendsgetting divorced and remarried..." "... thetopicwouldcomeupagain ." "It had so many variations..." "... andsomuchreally serious thought to it..." "... thatheknewone day  he was going to make it." "May I ask why a beautiful woman..." "wants to be married?" "Why wouldn't she?" "Is it as bad as that?" "As good as that." "really high." "You see it in his films." "There was human beings he loved." "Christiane was the love of his life." "He would talk about her with..." "He adored her." "That's something people didn't know." "adored them." "very proudly." "His understanding of humans..." "... wasthatwe areverybittersweet." "I think..." "passion and commitment and loyalty." "Eyes Wide Shut is about commitment." "It's a very hopeful film." "People see it as dark..." "... butit'sveryhopeful." "I must see you again." "That's impossible." "Why?" "Because..." "... I'mmarried." "His films are often thought to be without pity." "it seems to me..." "muddled..." "needing-Iove human beings." "I think that's what is the central quality of his films." "He tells us about human beings as we are..." "... notaswe 'dliketoimagineweare ." "The heart of it was illustrating a truth..." "... aboutrelationshipsandsexuality." "It was not illustrated in a literal way..." "... butinatheatricalway." "People said the streets weren't like New York." "It doesn't matter." "Look at the name of the street." "No such street exists in New York." "it's as if you're experiencing New York in a dream." "but it's not." "but what is she telling me?" "And do I want to know?" "Maybe I shouldn't ask." "Because I'm a beautiful woman..." "... theonlyreasonany man  ever wants to talk to me..." "... isbecausehe wantstofuck me." "Is that what you're saying?" "I don't think it's quite that black-and-white..." "... butI thinkwe bothknow what men are like." "So on that basis..." "... Ishouldconcludethatyou wanted to fuck those two models." "There are exceptions." "And what makes you an exception?" "I took that character of Bill home." "that was not a nice place to be..." "in that character for that amount of time." "that contained..." "likes the daily routine..." "... thestabilityof hislife." "Ignoring his wife in that relationship." "Not wanting to rock the boat." "Bill did." "his family and his life for granted." "bang." "I first saw him that morning in the lobby." "He was checking into the hotel..." "... andhewasfollowingthebellboy with his luggage..." "... totheelevator." "He glanced at me as he walked past." "Just a glance." "Nothing more." "But I could hardly..." "... move." "When we went to rehearse that scene..." "... itwasthethreeofus andwe just kind of got in our underwear..." "we got in our underwear." "And we just talked about the scene..." "... anddidn'treallyworry about the lines." "It just slowly evolved." "What do you want?" "I want the magic." "I want the magic." "take after take doing it..." "... you'dfeelthescenereachalevel everyone felt was interesting..." "... thenwe'dkeepworkingonit  and it would feel bad." "It was stale." "It just didn't..." "It wasn't working" "And then suddenly we could feel it break into a place..." "... thatnoneof us  had really thought of before." "The process of the film was a discovery." "It was never about the result." "It was never about:" "let's do it." "but we'll get something good." "Stanley wanted to explore every avenue..." "... andthenmakehis decisions based on that." "he refused to be." "That is a great luxury that only somebody like he could afford..." "... becauseofwhathe'dachieved through his career to be able to say:" "Do you want to know what's gold with filmmaking?" "Time is gold." "Not having to walk away from a scene..." "... beforeyoufeellike you really perfected it." "I wanted to make fun of you..." "... tolaughin yourface." "And so I laughed as loud as I could." "That must have been when you woke me up." "The other thing Stanley hated doing was ever explaining himself." "Stanley?" "look away and not answer." "What do you really want this scene to be?" "He'd never answer that." "Eyes Wide Shut seems to be a rake's progress story." "He goes on an adventure that could turn out any way." "It's an irresponsible adventure for him to embark on." "isn't it?" "It's a dream film." "I don't think we're supposed to believe anything that we see." "One thing that people do have a hard time with in the cinema..." "... isambiguity." "but in the cinema it's almost verboten." "Perhaps the most extraordinary example of how a piece of music is used..." "... todrivehomesomething about character and story..." "... andatmosphereof afilm is in Eyes Wide Shut." "come forward." "I was in Stalinist..." "... terroristicHungary..." "... wherethiskindofmusic was not allowed..." "... andI justwroteitformyself." "Stanley Kubrick understood the dramatics of this moment..." "when I composed it..." "... intheyear50..." "... itwasthemostdesperate." "It was a knife in Stalin's heart." "He had that director's disease..." "you know." "I'm sure he didn't go into Eyes Wide Shut expecting to shoot for 1 4 months." ""I'll be out of here in three days." "that night at the house..." "... wheretheycomeinandsayhello." "I said "What are all these things I hear about it taking forever?" "three hours later I was back at the hotel in London." ""What are you doing?" "you're perfect." "Because we shot it in a day." "my God." "the next day..." "... Sydneycomesout..." "... andhe'sdressed." "He's got his sleeves up." "He's in his pants." "He knows every line of this massive scene." "Cruise." "Let's go." "I got a week." "We're gonna jam this out and it's gonna be fantastic." "And we're doing the Steadicam shot of me coming into the room..." ""How do you want me to do this?" "let's try it and see." "I can go to the door fast. " "Let's see that." "Now open the door." "I'll go slower." "and..." "By the third week when we're in the billiard room..." "My God." "How?" "How?" "I didn't think you would be much longer." "But don't you want to get it right?" "there are a lot of people in our business who are... ." "they label themselves as perfectionists." "really." "Stanley was the first real perfectionist that I met." "there just wasn't any way..." "... forhimto go onetakeless ." "He never gave an inch on anything." "So much was expected of him every time." "He wasn't allowed just to make a movie." "It had to be an amazing movie..." "... becausesomanywerewaiting for the next Kubrick film." "on his shoulders was a responsibility." "When Eyes Wide Shut was shown for the first time in New York..." "1 999..." "... toTomandNicole and the heads of the studio..." "... theresponsewasveryenthusiastic." "very happy." "heavy weight was lifted from his shoulders." "I think this change of his being..." "... causedalmostaphysical change in his body..." "... becausehehadlivedwith this  enormous responsibility..." "... fora veryexpensivefilm..." "... whichwaslongintheshooting for two years." "And suddenly it was all gone." "He died a week later." "The enormous intensity that Stanley had..." "he also applied to his family." "and so did the children." "He was consistent..." ""Either you care or you don't." "Stanley was always a man who never wanted to repeat himself." "He reinvented himself with every single motion picture he directed." "for me..." "... hewasaconceptualillustrator..." "... ofthehumancondition." "but these were enough." "you know?" "It would've been nice for him to make more..." "... butthatwasn'this process." "a different movie each time you see it." "as a director..." "... Ithinkthatwhatweall admired the most..." "... wasthatit wasasinglevision." "and no one interfered with that vision." "The complete control he had in the making of his films..." "was up there on the screen." "I know that he struggled a lot to get to that place." "I think it is something that all of us have benefited from." "Two major artists were Orson Welles and Stanley..." "genuine..." "... no-holds-barredartists." "So I would put him in the pantheon..." "... oftheabsolutetop filmdirectors that the world has seen." "And he was one of the people that sort of knew..." "... whatwaswrongwiththeworld  in a weird way..." "... andwasabletoturn that into art." "He just didn't grouse about it..." "... orbitchor writelousyeditorials." "He converted it into something that was amazing..." "... andimportantforusasaspecies." "I always thought I'd work with Stanley again." "We kept in touch over the years and everything..." "... talkedaboutotherprojects." "It's a sad thing that I won't have that great opportunity." "I miss him." "How could one not miss him?" "He was a man who was completely unique." "He's a man I loved and admired..." "... withallthedifficulties he had with him." "but it didn't matter." "Obviously I worked with him for 30 years for good reasons." "Stanley is gone." "There's never gonna be another Kubrick film." "You'll never have a film that will look like this ever again..." "... becauseitis Stanley..." "... andhepushedeveryone to the limit." "He pushed the film to the limit." "He pushed the actors emotionally." "But because we all wanted to go there with him." "Part of Stanley's legacy on my life is that..." "... ifyoubelieveinsomething..." "devote yourself to it..." "utterly and don't apologize for doing it." "He felt extremely lucky..." "... tobein asituation where he could tell stories..." "and millions of dollars involved." "he didn't dare hope he would be able to do that." "I don't think he ever took that for granted." "Stan?" "I'm still fooling them." "English Subtitles by SDI Media Group"