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The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove”

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of one of the classics of modern cinema. Including interviews with many members of the cast and crew of this story about the scramble by the heads of state to head off a rogue general’s attempt to launch a nuclear war, this film gives fans a wealth of new Read MoreRead More

How Stanley Kubrick and Paul Mazursky Made Their First Film

Actor/director Paul Mazursky shares his memories of working on Stanley Kubrick’s first film, “Fear and Desire,” at “An Academy Salute to Stanley Kubrick” with host Malcolm McDowell on November 7, 2012 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Fear and Desire (1953)Read More

Producing The Shining: Jan Harlan on Kubrick

Jan Harlan recounts what it was like to producing his brother-in-law’s films. Stanley Kubrick’s creative processes remain a source of fascination for film fans still under the spell of his 13 feature films, each a singular vision and many cinematic milestones of the second half of the 20th century. No Kubrick film ever gave any suggestion Read MoreRead More

The Art of Stanley Kubrick

A short 14 minute documentary on legendary director Stanley Kubrick (“2001″, “A Clockwork Orange”, “The Shining”) covering his early career through his short works, through “The Killing”, “Spartacus”, “Paths of Glory”, and “Lolita”, to “Dr. Strangelove”. Includes commentary on his work and exclusive photos, footage, and interviews.Read More

Tropfest NY 2013

Signature themes in Kubrick’s First Feature: ‘Fear and Desire’

Kubrick judged his first feature harshly, but a restored version of the 1953 abstract soldier story now available on disc offers a look at early signs of the director’s motifs. Conventional wisdom holds that “Fear and Desire” (1953), the first feature directed by Stanley Kubrick, is little more than a youthful folly. Unseen for decades, it Read MoreRead More

The Myth of Macho: Full Metal Jacket

Ariel Schudson dives into the way Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket explores issues of masculinity in the face of the Vietnam War. Full Metal Jacket, in all its visual and narrative glory, creates a harsh and terrible landscape that brings this film closer to a coming-of-age-horror picture like Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) than a simple war picture Read MoreRead More

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