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Before Kubrick Wrote Scripts, He Took Photos

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I wonder if there's a Kubrick biography or documentary coming out soon. There have been several other articles about him recently, including some focusing on his photography:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/space-odyssey-and-stanley-kubri... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16840863

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/04/13/s... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16835720

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/01/close-tea... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16781142

Or maybe it's just commemoration of the 50 year anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Edit: I see from this article that there's an exhibit opening tomorrow, so that's probably the immediate impetus.

Yup, I guess that's just the PR for the exhibit tomorrow. Hope I can go!

Or perhaps he just stands in the pantheon of filmmakers. As a fan of Tarantino and Christopher Nolan, Kubrick's consistency of the quality of his work is unparalleled, in my mind. The breadth of the timespan he created them in is equally impressive. Most of the films he adapted from a book, are drastically different as well.

Good guess:

https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/filmworker/

> Leon Vitali was a rising British television actor when Stanley Kubrick picked him for the role of Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon. That first encounter with the famed auteur proved decisive — he swiftly resolved to devote the rest of his life working for the director, this time behind the scenes, and took on just about every job available: casting director, acting coach, location scouter, sound engineer, color corrector, A.D., promoter, and eventually restorer of Kubrick’s films. Tony Zierra’s affecting documentary profiles the devoted “filmworker” — Vitali’s preferred job title — as he enthusiastically recounts his days with the notoriously meticulous, volatile and obsessive director. The experiences brought both tremendous sacrifice and glowing pride.

There's also this:

https://www.2001spaceodysseymovie.com/

Great pics. I didn't know he was a photographer (though it makes sense given the incredible cinematography in his films) but seeing the title reminded me of this brilliant shot from when he was filming The Shining

https://www.picsofcelebrities.com/celebrity/dar-robinson/pic...

The Kubrick exhibit at The Jewish Museum in SF was great! Really showed how his work changed over time and his unmade Napoleon movie would have wild.

Great photography involves encapsulating a story in a photograph. A film is doing the same in many moving images; it's a greater challenge.

He was a great photographer so he got into film for a greater challenge.

I wish Kubrick had made the movie on Holocaust that he was planning, but changed his mind on watching Schindler's list. Similar thing happened with his Napoleon initiative.

I also wish he had created an epic crime drama like 'Once upon a time in America'.

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