Stanley Kubrick

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sun May 26, 2013 9:01 am

The Telepathic Kid wrote:I've only seen A Clockwork Orange, and I really enjoyed it.

You know something? I'm actually envious. You've still got some of the greatest moments in cinema to look forward to

However, if you don't go and watch 2001 straight away - and I mean right now I may have to hunt you down and hit you over the head repeatedly. I mean it, go do it now - lights off, phone off, biggest TV you can find, volume up and strap in for the ride

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sun May 26, 2013 9:15 am

I have like 5 assignments due in 14 days

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sun May 26, 2013 9:21 am

The Telepathic Kid wrote:I have like 5 assignments due in 14 days

Pifff.....excuses, excuses....

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Sun May 26, 2013 2:48 pm

Yes, we've got a Kubrick thread

He made Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket in a row. That says it all really. Unbelievable.

2001: A Space Odyssey has to be my favorite of his. Still blows my mind every time I watch it. Perfection.

He's also one of my favorite photographers. He was selling his pictures to big New York magazines like Look when he was 16. You can see he'd already mastered his eye for composition back at that age. You can pause any of is films at any point and it'll look like a painting. Not a single thing out of place.

Here's a good example:

This book is amazing.

Also, did any U.K people on here catch the U.S extended cut of The Shining (double bill with Room 237) at cinemas last Halloween? What did you think? It was the first time I'd seen the 20+ extra minutes. The scene with Wendy in the hotel reception with all the skeletons was bizarre. I still prefer the original cut but it was still interesting none the less.

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Sun May 26, 2013 2:57 pm

Torn n Frayed wrote:I was going to take some pictures of this book on Kubrick that I have but found it on Amazon. It comes with a piece of 70mm film from 2001 that was a print owned by Kubrick!

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-A ... k+archives

What what what?! this came with an original 70mm frame? I pre-ordered this book in the U.K from my local Waterstones and didn't get one of those. Was it a U.S thing only? I feel quite gutted I missed that.

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Sun May 26, 2013 2:59 pm

WeHadNormality wrote:
Torn n Frayed wrote:I was going to take some pictures of this book on Kubrick that I have but found it on Amazon. It comes with a piece of 70mm film from 2001 that was a print owned by Kubrick!

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-A ... k+archives
What what what?! this came with an original 70mm frame? I pre-ordered this book in the U.K from my local Waterstones and didn't get one of those. Was it a U.S thing only? I feel quite gutted I missed that.

Just read the amazon review and it says that "books in the first print run will each include a twelve-frame film strip from a 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey owned by Stanley Kubrick". How did I not get one of those?

Could you show us pic or a scan please Torn? I'd love to see it.

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Sun May 26, 2013 7:29 pm

Found out yesterday that a local theatre is screening The Shining: Forward and Backward toward the end of June..currently planning for a big group of friends to go check it out!!

rhysosborne · Post by **rhysosborne** » Sun May 26, 2013 10:19 pm

while clockwork, 2001 and the shining will be his legacy. dr strangelove and full metal jacket, in my opinion, are just better.

"Mein Führer, I can walk!" i love that ending.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sun May 26, 2013 10:26 pm

rhysosborne wrote:while clockwork, 2001 and the shining will be his legacy. dr strangelove and full metal jacket, in my opinion, are just better.

"Mein Führer, I can walk!" i love that ending.

Peter Sellers finest hour by the way, and that's saying something.

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Sun May 26, 2013 10:26 pm

WeHadNormality wrote:
WeHadNormality wrote:
Torn n Frayed wrote:I was going to take some pictures of this book on Kubrick that I have but found it on Amazon. It comes with a piece of 70mm film from 2001 that was a print owned by Kubrick!

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-A ... k+archives
What what what?! this came with an original 70mm frame? I pre-ordered this book in the U.K from my local Waterstones and didn't get one of those. Was it a U.S thing only? I feel quite gutted I missed that.
Just read the amazon review and it says that "books in the first print run will each include a twelve-frame film strip from a 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey owned by Stanley Kubrick". How did I not get one of those?

Could you show us pic or a scan please Torn? I'd love to see it.

Sure thing, give me a few hours, out right now and I will do so! Edit;

7T · Post by 7T » Mon May 27, 2013 6:41 am

Love most of his movies but Full Metal Jacket in particular. Most likely because I'm a war move aficionado.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2cPuwpqTg

I love that scene so much, one of the most intense ever in my opinion.

Though I must admit I haven't seen Paths of Glory yet.

Tony Montana · Post by **Tony Montana** » Mon May 27, 2013 8:53 am

Torn n Frayed wrote:I was going to take some pictures of this book on Kubrick that I have but found it on Amazon. It comes with a piece of 70mm film from 2001 that was a print owned by Kubrick!

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-A ... k+archives

Awesome book. One particular section, "The Playboy interview", where Kubrick explains with remarkable eloquence the philosophies behind 2001 and his speculative discussion of possible intelligent extraterrestrial life, was a revelation when I first read it. The guy was a genius.

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Mon May 27, 2013 9:33 am

Oh wow. Nice one. I'm REALLY jealous right now and I'm about to write an incredibly angry email to both Taschen and Waterstones.

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IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Mon May 27, 2013 11:21 am

WeHadNormality wrote:Oh wow. Nice one. I'm REALLY jealous right now and I'm about to write an incredibly angry email to both Taschen and Waterstones.

From my experience as a bookseller, the edition with the film strip is a very limited (numbered?) edition. All editions came shrink-wrapped from Taschen. When I was trying to find out what the content was like before I bought mine last year, I checked out the Taschen website and the limited edition had sold out and was considerably more expensive. All the editions that I saw for sale, including my own, were the standard edition (which you also have).

It's okay to be jealous but nobody has ripped you off or stolen your cd or film strip at either Taschen or Waterstone's. I suspect that the limited edition was only available direct from Taschen or possibly a very small number of specialist bookshops.

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Mon May 27, 2013 11:36 am

IanRedpoint wrote:I suspect that the limited edition was only available direct from Taschen or possibly a very small number of specialist bookshops.

Cheers, that would explain it. I'll wait to see what Taschen say when they get back to me. I'm going to have to track one of these editions down I think. Dread to think how much they're going for.

aperture · Post by **aperture** » Mon May 27, 2013 5:05 pm

I'm not too far from The Stanley Hotel, which I think was only used for external shots in The Shining but there's some confusion among locals as to which version of the movie is being commemorated. But they say King was there when he wrote it, and returned during the time he was writing DT4 (and kept writing all the way down a certain highway, into the area where I grew up, where that book begins).
Anyway, if you go into this hotel you can see the movie playing on a loop on channel 42.

jcnporter · Post by **jcnporter** » Mon May 27, 2013 6:25 pm

aperture wrote:I'm not too far from The Stanley Hotel, which I think was only used for external shots in The Shining but there's some confusion among locals as to which version of the movie is being commemorated. But they say King was there when he wrote it, and returned during the time he was writing DT4 (and kept writing all the way down a certain highway, into the area where I grew up, where that book begins).
Anyway, if you go into this hotel you can see the movie playing on a loop on channel 42.

I think the Stanley Hotel was the inspiration for the book, but not used in the film.

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Mon May 27, 2013 8:38 pm

WeHadNormality wrote:
IanRedpoint wrote:I suspect that the limited edition was only available direct from Taschen or possibly a very small number of specialist bookshops.
Cheers, that would explain it. I'll wait to see what Taschen say when they get back to me. I'm going to have to track one of these editions down I think. Dread to think how much they're going for.

Now I know why my version cost $100 at the time of sale. You know what? I know a place that has about 5-8 of these 1st editions, if anyone wants me to look into them drop me a line.

WeHadNormality · Post by **WeHadNormality** » Mon May 27, 2013 8:49 pm

Torn n Frayed wrote:
WeHadNormality wrote:
IanRedpoint wrote:I suspect that the limited edition was only available direct from Taschen or possibly a very small number of specialist bookshops.
Cheers, that would explain it. I'll wait to see what Taschen say when they get back to me. I'm going to have to track one of these editions down I think. Dread to think how much they're going for.
Now I know why my version cost $100 at the time of sale. You know what? I know a place that has about 5-8 of these 1st editions, if anyone wants me to look into them drop me a line.

If you could find out how much, that'll be great. Can't seem to find any on sale atm. Looks like the RRP was around £135 in U.K. I think I paid around £50 for mine, didn't realise there was a collectors edition released too.

Have you seen this?:

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalog ... r_made.htm

Too beaucoup!

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Mon May 27, 2013 8:55 pm

Has anyone seen The Shining: Forward and Backward yet? Just curious to see what fellow Kubrick fans think of it, is it worth going to a screening etc..I probably will still go regardless, but I'd like to hear an outside perspective