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Kubrick by Kubrick

A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we've never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.

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Gregory Monro

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7 wins & 1 nomination

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[elevator dings] - Kubrick by Kubrick

[elevator dings]

[film camera rolling] - Kubrick by Kubrick

[film camera rolling]

News just in, we've just heard - Kubrick by Kubrick

News just in, we've just heard

Kubrick, who was an American, - Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick, who was an American,

Stanley Kubrick
was widely regarded - Kubrick by Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was widely regarded

He'd just finished
what was to be his last film, - Kubrick by Kubrick

He'd just finished what was to be his last film,

Stanley Kubrick has been called
the Howard Hughes of cinema - Kubrick by Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick has been called the Howard Hughes of cinema

I prefer to think him
as the Frank Sinatra of cinema - Kubrick by Kubrick

I prefer to think him as the Frank Sinatra of cinema

You can go back
to any Kubrick film - Kubrick by Kubrick

You can go back to any Kubrick film

Kubrick is at the very least
a genuine innovator - Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick is at the very least a genuine innovator

He is also an elusive man - Kubrick by Kubrick

He is also an elusive man

He was not any of the things - Kubrick by Kubrick

He was not any of the things

Do I write an article, you know,
'Dear public, I'm charming'?" - Kubrick by Kubrick

Do I write an article, you know, 'Dear public, I'm...

'Cause, you know, he never ever
does a television show - Kubrick by Kubrick

'Cause, you know, he never ever does a television show

MICHEL:
Well perhaps the first question
would be about - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: Well perhaps the first question would be about

STANLEY:
Well, I've never
found it meaningful - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Well, I've never found it meaningful

I also don't particularly enjoy
[chuckles] the interviews - Kubrick by Kubrick

I also don't particularly enjoy [chuckles] the intervie...

2001 you could talk about - Kubrick by Kubrick

2001 you could talk about

STANLEY:
Yes, or future
social structures. - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Yes, or future social structures.

I mean I don't know what led me - Kubrick by Kubrick

I mean I don't know what led me

Very hard to define, - Kubrick by Kubrick

Very hard to define,

MICHEL:
Yes, and also I suppose
it is more difficult - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: Yes, and also I suppose it is more difficult

So, it's more difficult to see
the personal reasons - Kubrick by Kubrick

So, it's more difficult to see the personal reasons

So, it's-- you become the author
of the book, - Kubrick by Kubrick

So, it's-- you become the author of the book,

If somebody else
has written the story, - Kubrick by Kubrick

If somebody else has written the story,

You never again, once you read
something for the first time, - Kubrick by Kubrick

You never again, once you read something for the first time,

And the judgment
of the narrative - Kubrick by Kubrick

And the judgment of the narrative

MICHEL:
We know,
I mean everybody knows, - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: We know, I mean everybody knows,

Is it a thrill for you, - Kubrick by Kubrick

Is it a thrill for you,

STANLEY:
It is a little bit
like a detective - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: It is a little bit like a detective

On Barry Lyndon,
I created a picture file - Kubrick by Kubrick

On Barry Lyndon, I created a picture file

I think I destroyed
every art book - Kubrick by Kubrick

I think I destroyed every art book

The costumes were all copied
from paintings. - Kubrick by Kubrick

The costumes were all copied from paintings.

I mean none of the costumes
were quote "designed". - Kubrick by Kubrick

I mean none of the costumes were quote "designed".

It's stupid to have
quote "a designer" - Kubrick by Kubrick

It's stupid to have quote "a designer"

MICHEL:
Would you agree
that the more illusion works, - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: Would you agree that the more illusion works,

That cinema
has to extremely realistic, - Kubrick by Kubrick

That cinema has to extremely realistic,

STANLEY:
Well, I would always
be attracted - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Well, I would always be attracted

And, since part of the problem
of any story - Kubrick by Kubrick

And, since part of the problem of any story

MICHEL:
It's why you came to this idea - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: It's why you came to this idea

STANLEY:
Well, that's something - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Well, that's something

MARISA:
It was very different
to any kind of other movies - Kubrick by Kubrick

MARISA: It was very different to any kind of other movies

It was also difficult
because there were times - Kubrick by Kubrick

It was also difficult because there were times

There were days
we would just sit there - Kubrick by Kubrick

There were days we would just sit there

[indistinct chatter] - Kubrick by Kubrick

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter] - Kubrick by Kubrick

[indistinct chatter]

["Spartacus" theme plays] - Kubrick by Kubrick

["Spartacus" theme plays]

STANLEY:
I remember,
when I was makingSpartacus , - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: I remember, when I was makingSpartacus ,

STANLEY:
Certainly, photography gave me
the first step - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Certainly, photography gave me the first step

I mean
there is the famous photograph - Kubrick by Kubrick

I mean there is the famous photograph

MICHEL:
Mostly things of the street,
like Cartier Bresson-- - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: Mostly things of the street, like Cartier Bresson--

They would do a story like - Kubrick by Kubrick

They would do a story like

They were pretty stupid
feature stories, - Kubrick by Kubrick

They were pretty stupid feature stories,

STANLEY:
Yeah, about four years.
I was about 20. - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Yeah, about four years. I was about 20.

NARRATOR:
This forest then,
and all that happens now - Kubrick by Kubrick

NARRATOR: This forest then, and all that happens now

Only the unchanging shapes
of fear, - Kubrick by Kubrick

Only the unchanging shapes of fear,

These soldiers that you see
keep our language and our time, - Kubrick by Kubrick

These soldiers that you see keep our language and our time,

MICHEL:
You started by making almost
a home movie, when you were 23, - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: You started by making almost a home movie, when you ...

STANLEY:
That was a very arrogant,
flippant script - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: That was a very arrogant, flippant script

Where we thought
that we were geniuses, - Kubrick by Kubrick

Where we thought that we were geniuses,

-[gunshots]
-[thuds] - Kubrick by Kubrick

-[gunshots] -[thuds]

-[grunts]
-[objects clattering] - Kubrick by Kubrick

-[grunts] -[objects clattering]

["Sarabande" still playing] - Kubrick by Kubrick

["Sarabande" still playing]

If there isn't a problem
in a story, - Kubrick by Kubrick

If there isn't a problem in a story,

And how many stepfathers
love their stepsons? - Kubrick by Kubrick

And how many stepfathers love their stepsons?

Do people who have ambitions
which only involve money - Kubrick by Kubrick

Do people who have ambitions which only involve money

[coins jingle] - Kubrick by Kubrick

And for all your talents
and bravery - Kubrick by Kubrick

And for all your talents and bravery

There is I think deliberately
a distance - Kubrick by Kubrick

There is I think deliberately a distance

You are asked to watch the story - Kubrick by Kubrick

You are asked to watch the story

What also works
is the leisurely pace - Kubrick by Kubrick

What also works is the leisurely pace

So, if you're expecting
an all-action, swashbuckler, - Kubrick by Kubrick

So, if you're expecting an all-action, swashbuckler,

What Kubrick presents instead - Kubrick by Kubrick

What Kubrick presents instead

MICHEL:
Some people get out
of the movie and say, - Kubrick by Kubrick

MICHEL: Some people get out of the movie and say,

On the other hand,
we're well aware of the weakness - Kubrick by Kubrick

On the other hand, we're well aware of the weakness

He then becomes
a very limited person. - Kubrick by Kubrick

He then becomes a very limited person.

He is completely unsuited
for the life, - Kubrick by Kubrick

He is completely unsuited for the life,

And so he puts himself
into a gilded cage. - Kubrick by Kubrick

And so he puts himself into a gilded cage.

And from then on,
everything goes sour. - Kubrick by Kubrick

And from then on, everything goes sour.

STANLEY:
Well, I couldn't think
of anybody else, - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Well, I couldn't think of anybody else,

He couldn't be played
by Al Pacino or Jack Nicholson. - Kubrick by Kubrick

He couldn't be played by Al Pacino or Jack Nicholson.

He had to also be able to,
in the beginning, - Kubrick by Kubrick

He had to also be able to, in the beginning,

Do you speak with them a lot, - Kubrick by Kubrick

Do you speak with them a lot,

STANLEY:
Well, first of all, you discuss
the character in general, - Kubrick by Kubrick

STANLEY: Well, first of all, you discuss the character in ge...

Then comes this terrible moment: - Kubrick by Kubrick

Then comes this terrible moment:

It's always a surprise, - Kubrick by Kubrick

It's always a surprise,

The text usually
has to be changed - Kubrick by Kubrick

The text usually has to be changed

Then they have to get it
to a level - Kubrick by Kubrick

Then they have to get it to a level

And at that point,
it then becomes relatively easy. - Kubrick by Kubrick

And at that point, it then becomes relatively easy.

MALCOLM:
It was an extraordinary
experience - Kubrick by Kubrick

MALCOLM: It was an extraordinary experience

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A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we've never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.

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Director: Gregory Monro

Writer: Gregory Monro

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 12 Apr 2020

Awards: 7 wins & 1 nomination

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