Maybe one day Criterion will release a "Minutiae of the Great Directors" disc with these, Lynch's pregnancy test commercial, Bergman's soap commercials, and Brakhage's laundry detergent ads.skuhn8 wrote:Now there's an extra I would double dip for: Kubrick's Nescafe reedits!
Stanley Kubrick
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Have you seen the Kurosawa Suntory Whiskey commercials on the Kurosawa disc? An unusual easter egg...matt wrote:Maybe one day Criterion will release a "Minutiae of the Great Directors" disc with these, Lynch's pregnancy test commercial, Bergman's soap commercials, and Brakhage's laundry detergent ads.skuhn8 wrote:Now there's an extra I would double dip for: Kubrick's Nescafe reedits!
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The always quotable R. Lee Ermey is interviewed in Radar magazine and, of course, talks about Kubrick in an interesting anecdote:
The entire interview can be found, here.Did you and Kubrick become close while shooting Full Metal Jacket?
Very close. Stanley called me up all the time. He'd call at three o'clock in the morning and say, "Oh, it's 10 o'clock over here." [Laughs] "Yeah, well, it's three o-fucking-clock in the morning here, Stanley. Oh well." He called me about two weeks before he died, as a matter of fact. We had a long conversation about Eyes Wide Shut. He told me it was a piece of shit and that he was disgusted with it and that the critics were going to have him for lunch. He said Cruise and Kidman had their way with himâ€â€exactly the words he used.
What did he mean?
He was kind of a shy little timid guy. He wasn't real forceful. That's why he didn't appreciate working with big, high-powered actors. They would have their way with him, he would lose control, and his movie would turn to shit.
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Still, taking to account the consistent quality of his films, that's kind of like saying, "This is the worst diamond tiara I've ever worn." It's still a fucking diamond tiara.Barmy wrote:FMJ is Stanley's worst movie (excluding pre-"Killing" flix)
And let me complete the inevitable punchline for you snigglers:
Wiseacre: "And how many diamond tiaras do you own/have you worn, Matt?"
Matt: "Not enough."
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Kubrick's wife is interviewed about her husband, Dr. Strangelove and other things...
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To futher confound this daisy chain, reading Christiane's story makes Ermey's seem more plausible. I mean, I know he had a propensity for calling people in the middle of the night, but I guess I never imagined he doubted himself so much.Barmy wrote:Are you referring to Ermey's story or Christiane's?Ditto.
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This has to be seen to be truly believed...
Check it out if you dare.It's a screen test some talentless young actor sent in when Stanley Kubrick was casting Full Metal Jacket in 1984. The hubris on display here is magnificent and awe-inspiring.
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"...a young Alec Guiness..." best video ever? the second one is hilarious as wellFletch F. Fletch wrote:Check it out if you dare.
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Why is he reciting it with that southern accent! He is screaming and waving his fists in the air. Its great.
The second one is obviously fake and done by a fan or something. The fact that he recites the line "Me so horny, me love you long time" and does it with that ridiculously serious asshole voice gives it away. Good video though.
"You will find in me the finest actor in the lot."
That line makes the audition he does so much sweeter
"Millions upon millions of science fiction fans are crying out in agony" says the "trekkie"
He acts mentally ill in the audition.
The second one is obviously fake and done by a fan or something. The fact that he recites the line "Me so horny, me love you long time" and does it with that ridiculously serious asshole voice gives it away. Good video though.
"You will find in me the finest actor in the lot."
That line makes the audition he does so much sweeter
"Millions upon millions of science fiction fans are crying out in agony" says the "trekkie"
He acts mentally ill in the audition.
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From the NY Times:
[quote]October 31, 2006
After Death, My Sweet: From an Idea by Kubrick, a New Film May Be Born
By CHARLES McGRATH
Stanley Kubrick never threw anything away. On the other hand, he didn't have much of a filing system, and when he moved  permanently, it turned out  from Hollywood to London in 1962, a great many things went astray. Among them was the sole copy of a film treatment called “Lunatic at Large,â€
[quote]October 31, 2006
After Death, My Sweet: From an Idea by Kubrick, a New Film May Be Born
By CHARLES McGRATH
Stanley Kubrick never threw anything away. On the other hand, he didn't have much of a filing system, and when he moved  permanently, it turned out  from Hollywood to London in 1962, a great many things went astray. Among them was the sole copy of a film treatment called “Lunatic at Large,â€
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This was the latest news on the Seafarers DVD. Not sure about the other titles though.
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I know this is gonna rub a lot of people the wrong way - but I gotta air my thoughts...
I never 'got' the appeal of Stanley Kubrick. Am I the only one who thinks the emperor isn't wearing any clothes? I mean, I appreciate his dogged stylization in his films I suppose but I can't help but think that there really isn't a lot going on in them - their themes on alienation and dehumanization are so readily apparent (and, revealing my biases a bit - i think they're kinda adolescent) that I can't find anything below the surface in his cinema. With some films (A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket in particular) the political project is so unnuanced that it comes across as very pedantic, nearly as oppressive in stylization as the very modes of mechanized discourse that he's ostensibly against. Does anyone else have a hearty distrust of Kubrick?
I never 'got' the appeal of Stanley Kubrick. Am I the only one who thinks the emperor isn't wearing any clothes? I mean, I appreciate his dogged stylization in his films I suppose but I can't help but think that there really isn't a lot going on in them - their themes on alienation and dehumanization are so readily apparent (and, revealing my biases a bit - i think they're kinda adolescent) that I can't find anything below the surface in his cinema. With some films (A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket in particular) the political project is so unnuanced that it comes across as very pedantic, nearly as oppressive in stylization as the very modes of mechanized discourse that he's ostensibly against. Does anyone else have a hearty distrust of Kubrick?
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It's one thing to have a differing sensibility, it's another to declare that everyone who doesn't share it is delusional and incapable of an original thought.portnoy wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the emperor isn't wearing any clothes?
You're right, you are rubbing me the wrong way, but it has nothing to do with your dislike of Kubrick.