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Stanley Kubrick: Films
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Stanley Kubrick's films are a never-ending source of fascination and enjoyment. Each film was a struggle to create something new and memorable, and he achieved his goal every time. From the terrifying The Shining to the hilarious Dr. Strangelove, his films are endlessly watchable and deserve to go down in history as some of the greatest films ever made. It is a testament to his genius that he is still being studied and praised to this day.
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Named after the computer in the Stanley Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL is the name of the inventory replenishment system used throughout the American chain of Virgin Megastores. It got its name from many of the Virgin staff who were tired of the way the program works.
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Stanley Kubrick planned his film projects down to the minutest detail. Therefore, the primary material itself is extensive indeed: costumes, props, technical material, photographs, film and numerous written documents are part of his estate. The systematic archiving and cataloguing of these materials will take years and will bring to light new aspects and understanding of Kubrick. On an area of more than 1,200 square metres the Stanley Kubrick exhibition presents a representative part of the Kubrick legacy. After the premiere in Frankfurt am Main (March 31 to July 4 2004) the exhibition will be on show at further locations in Germany and abroad. The exhibition catalogue is available in English and in German.
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In 1964 Stanley Kubrick embarked on a four year odyssey to make a new kind of science fiction film. He collaborated with Arthur C. Clarke on a novel to be adapted into a screenplay. Kubrick was not happy with any of the special effect technology available so he set out with a team of four effects innovators and invented the technology to bring his vision to the screen. The result, 2001: A Space Odyssey, is a landmark film on many fronts. The non-narrative structure which relies on issues/34/images and sound to communicate had a substantial impact on commercial filmmaking. The look of the film inspired countless films of the genre-notably the Star Wars series and Blade Runner.
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Stanley Kubrick was born in New York City in 1928. At the age of 16 Kubrick took a photograph of a newsvendor the day after President Roosevelt died. Look magazine printed the photo and hired him as a freelance photographer. After creating a boxing photo essay for 'Look', he used his savings to make his first film 'Day of the Fight' in 1950, a 16-minute documentary.
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In 1951, Kubrick used his life savings to finance his first film, Day of the Fight, a 16-minute documentary profiling boxer Walter Cartier. The piece was later purchased by RKO for its This Is America series and played at the Paramount Theatre in New York. Encouraged by his success, Kubrick quit his post at Look to pursue filmmaking full-time. Soon, RKO assigned him to helm a short for their documentary series Pathe Screenliner. Titled Flying Padre, the nine-minute work spotlighted Fred Stadtmueller, a priest who piloted a Piper Cub around his 400-mile New Mexico parish. In 1953 the Atlantic and Gulf Coast District of the Seafarers International Union commissioned Kubrick to direct a half-hour industrial documentary called The Seafarers, his first color film.
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