The documentary is full of interest, and makes you want to see his films again. As Yan Harlan (The Director) said after the screening, some people claim to be a perfectionist but this often means they just irritate, however Stanley was a true perfectionist who never gave an inch. The results speak for themselves.
Cynics would say that this documentary neatly coincides with the release of the Speilburg film AI, a script that Stanley first of all put off because he felt that it would benefit from more advanced CGI in a few years time, and then passed to Steven Speilberg. The drawings of AI sets and ideas certainly suggest that AI could be another grand film on the scale of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Yan Harlan in his talk after the screening also confirmed that other directors are looking at scripts that Stanley had 'on the back burner' including an epic about Napoleon Boneparte. Yan also mentioned that Stanley was always loath to be asked to explain his films such as the final sequence in 2001, he even removed narration from the film's opening. Like a piece of music or painting, Kubrick felt that the film shouldn't need explaining, and it was fine for people to leave the cinema drawing their own conclusions from the plot. This is refreshing in main stream cinema, and hopefully it will live on as other directors pick up ideas developed by Mr Kubrick.
Cynics would say that this documentary neatly coincides with the release of the Speilburg film AI, a script that Stanley first of all put off because he felt that it would benefit from more advanced CGI in a few years time, and then passed to Steven Speilberg. The drawings of AI sets and ideas certainly suggest that AI could be another grand film on the scale of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Yan Harlan in his talk after the screening also confirmed that other directors are looking at scripts that Stanley had 'on the back burner' including an epic about Napoleon Boneparte. Yan also mentioned that Stanley was always loath to be asked to explain his films such as the final sequence in 2001, he even removed narration from the film's opening. Like a piece of music or painting, Kubrick felt that the film shouldn't need explaining, and it was fine for people to leave the cinema drawing their own conclusions from the plot. This is refreshing in main stream cinema, and hopefully it will live on as other directors pick up ideas developed by Mr Kubrick.