Stanley Kubrick

[Antoine Doinel]

A summary of Jan Harlan's panel at SXSW, moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

[Antoine Doinel]

Watch Day Of The Fight here.

[Wittsdream]

A summary of Jan Harlan's panel at SXSW, moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

Thanks for the link! After reading the article, it confirmed what I'd heard back in the first week of March, 1999 about the way Stanley felt towards EWS, and where it stood in his own oeuvre.

On the heels of the recent announcement that Pacino is set to play the part of Napoleon in the upcoming Disney movie "Betsy and the Emperor," it made me think of the tantalizing question: if the Kubrick Estate (Christiane, Jan, and the daughters) agreed to allow someone to direct Stanley's script of "Napoleon," which director do you think would be ideally suited to take on the project, and in what format (5 part cable/television serial, or 4 hour-long theatrical presentation)? And, who would you like to see in the lead role?

My nominees for director: Polanski, Malick, Scott, Bertolucci, Twyker, Sokurov.
My nominees for actor: English language: Rockwell, Northam, Phoenix; French: Amalric, Duris

Note: If Stanley had made this film between FMJ and EWS, I think Gary Oldman would have been the ideal Napoleon, a better choice than either Hemmings, Pacino or Nicholson in the 70's.

[FerdinandGriffon]

I could see Weir at the helm... the idea of Amalric playing Napoleon is almost too much beauty for me to bear.

[psufootball07]

Just wondering because Amazon lists The Killing DVD as being released in 1999, should I pick it up, or is another release likely to come soon?

[kaujot]

I don't think it's very likely, but the current Killing DVD is just fine, albeit barebones.

[HarryLong]

A summary of Jan Harlan's panel at SXSW, moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

I'm trying to figure out how pornography would have been worked into AI ... graphic depictions of Gigolo Joe's activities ...?

[Antoine Doinel]

I believe Kubrick's original plan for the Rouge City was something far more risque than what ended up on screen.

[stereo]

I imagine... Eyes Wide Shut orgy with robots.

[Antoine Doinel]

How Dr. Strangelove was adapted from the novel to the film.

[ivuernis]

A summary of Jan Harlan's panel at SXSW, moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

I'm trying to figure out how pornography would have been worked into AI ... graphic depictions of Gigolo Joe's activities ...?

Here's what the nihilists at Ruthless Reviews had to say on the subject.

[HarryLong]

Here's what the nihilists at Ruthless Reviews had to say on the subject.

Whole lotta supposition goin' on there.
Not to mention complete cluelessness regarding the children's stories that inform A.I.

[Antoine Doinel]

Editor Anthony Harvey talks about the lost pie fight ending to Dr. Strangelove.

[flyonthewall2983]

I saw the documentary that Jan Harlan did on TCM last week. Does anyone know what that piece of music was at the end? It was absolutely stunning.

[kinjitsu]

If you're referring to the music over the end titles, it's Women of Ireland by The Chieftains from Barry Lyndon, but it's not the one on the OST, which is much better.

[Wittsdream]

Kubrick's family, spearheaded by the efforts of Jan Harlan, is shopping around the "Aryan Papers" script to Hollywood. Apparently, Warner Independent Pictures (a subsidiary of parent company Warner Bros.) secured the rights to Louis Begley's novel "Wartime Lies" - upon which Kubrick adapted his own version in the early 1990's - back in 2005, with "The Departed" screenwriter William Monahan commissioned to pen his own adaptation of the book.

In the right hands, I wouldn't mind seeing Kubrick's script make it into production.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... FORM=ZZNR3

[Highway 61]

Another example of how the Kubrick estate has no intentions of maintaining the director's wishes, which, frankly, is nice for the fans. At this rate I'm dead certain that it's only a matter of time before the Strangelove pie fight and Shining hospital scenes surface. And eventually, Fear and Desire, and what I'd like to see more than anything else, the 17 minutes of 2001 excised immediately following the premier.

As for Aryan Papers, it needs a director bold enough to escape from Kubrick's shadow, but of course, the family and studio will insist on a safe choice. Ultimately the only good that will come of it is that the screenplay will almost certainly be published.

Despite all this, the one thing that the Kubrick estate needs to do more than anything else is ensure that Barry Lyndon finally gets the release it deserves. Warner leaving it out of their most recent Kubrick releases was a fucking joke, and their overall botching of that set (for the third time no less) was one of the first signs that the wheels were coming off their home video department. If it's true that Criterion now has something brewing with WB, this is one of the titles they need to go after.

[tavernier]

As for Aryan Papers, it needs a director bold enough to escape from Kubrick's shadow, but of course, the family and studio will insist on a safe choice.

That's a job for Spielberg: Schindler's List 2.

[flyonthewall2983]

That's a job for Spielberg: Schindler's List 2: Let's Get This Party Started.

Fixed.

[tavernier]

No, that's actually the Tarantino version.

[domino harvey]

In Tarantino's version, Schindler actually goes down the list and crosses the names out

[aox]

Didn't Kubrick even continue editing his films for the first few months after they were theatrically released? I am thinking of The Shining specifically.

[TedW]

2001 was edited as well, after the premiere.

[Nothing]

Didn't Kubrick even continue editing his films for the first few months after they were theatrically released? I am thinking of The Shining specifically.

Yet he allowed both substantial versions to remain in circulation. And who here wouldn't jump through hoops to see the original cut of 2001...?

Also, again, I must point out there is a difference between tightening / trimming an edit and completely restructuring a film with the use of new material (material that was itself originally intended as a draft).

[aox]

sorry to get off topic but,

Didn't Kubrick even continue editing his films for the first few months after they were theatrically released? I am thinking of The Shining specifically.

Yet he allowed both versions to remain in circulation. And who here wouldn't jump through hoops to see the original cut of 2001...?

how do I see these cuts? I would love to see the 20-30 minutes excised from the Shining including the alternate ending.