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Stanley Kubrick is to motion pictures what Hemmingway is to English Literature, or Beethoven to music, or Frank Lloyd Wright to architecture. Eyes Wide Shut may very well be Mr. K's best film; time will tell. Some people have accused him of exploiting the Free Masons and the Knights Templar by showing members of a secret society having ritualistic sex with prostitutes the way the ancient Hebrews did in the first Jerusalem temple before King Josiah's reform. This is absurd, of course. Everyone knows that the Templars had sex with each other, not with prostitutes. Also, if Mr. K had made The Passion of The Christ instead of Mel Gibson, do you think, in the interest of historical accuracy, that he would have attached Jesus to the cross with nails or rope?
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Stanley Kubrick will be seventy next year. All things going to plan, he should see in his 70th birthday with the release of Eyes Wide Shut , starring those Hollywood darlings, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. There isn't a project in Hollywood that wouldn't be green-lighted if Tom and Nicole agreed to star in it. But they've come to England to work with Stanley. Tom and Nicole consider it an honour to work with Stanley. They've adjusted their schedules to accommodate the fact that Stanley refuses to fly. He moved to Britain during the making of Lolita in 1964 and stayed.
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Stanley Kubrick's (1928-1999) work has influenced film as an art form of the 20th century. His career commenced in New York in the 1940s. Jazz, chess and photography were his main interests. As a 17-year old Kubrick became a staff photographer for Look magazine. He taught himself the art of filming.
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A film by Stanley Kubrick has certain qualities. Its contsruction and appearance are immaculate. Each shot is deliberate and precise, taking the viewer from one point to the next in a firm and certain manner. What you see on the screen and hear on the soundtrack is exactly what he wants you to see and how he wants you to see it.
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During an interview with Stanley Kubrick's widow an extraordinary story came to light. She claims Kubrick and other Hollywood producers were recruited to help the U.S. win the high stakes race to the moon. In order to finance the space program through public funds, the U.S. government needed huge popular support, and that meant they couldn't afford any expensive public relations failures. Fearing that no live pictures could be transmitted from the first moon landing, President Nixon enlisted the creative efforts of Kubrick, whose 2001: a Space Odyssey (1968) had provided much inspiration, to ensure promotional opportunities wouldn't be missed. In return, Kubrick got a special NASA lens to help him shoot Barry Lyndon (1975). A subtle blend of facts, fiction and hypothesis around the first landing on the moon, Dark Side Of The Moon illustrates how the truth can be twisted by the manipulation of images.
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Stanley Kubrick's epic adventure stars Kirk Douglas as the Thracian Spartacus, a slave trained to become a mighty gladiator. Uniting his fellow slaves, Spartacus heroically leads the fight to freedom from Roman rule, setting the stage for a vicious power struggle between two Roman senators. Restored version includes the infamous bathing scene. With Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Tony Curtis. 196 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Douglas, Ustinov, others; deleted scenes; newsreel footage; interviews; behind-the-scenes footage; documentary; storyboards; photo gallery; more. Two-disc set.
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