Tag: Stanley Kubrick
Meeting the man and movies that put us on the moon
Thoughts from a cinematic memoir written on Earth by Philippe Mora. In Los Angeles in 1979 I was making a film about the Sixties called The Times They Are A-Changin’ for Columbia and Casablanca, greenlit by Daniel Melnick, producer of All That Jazz. Because of some controversial content my film was eventually stopped before release…
Notes on Stanley Kubrick: Filmmaker, Artist, Voyeur
These notes were generated after seeing the catalogue of a major exhibition currently on at the Museum of New York City called Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs. It shows the young Kubrick’s expert eye in about 300 photographs, most from his precocious days as a Look photographer when he joined the staff at…
Ten top picks at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival this July
Two years ago I was lucky enough to attend the first annual Melbourne Documentary Film Festival as a media partner. Looking at the vast array of high-quality Australian and international documentaries they had on offer, I knew that I was seeing the beginning of something special. Last year my good fortune continued when I was offered…
Musical Snares: ‘Cavalleria,’ ‘Raging Bull,’ ‘The Godfather: Part III’ and Art’s Integrity
If a great piece of existing music is used to accentuate a brilliant sequence in one film and then, much later, employed as the background for another superb scene, is the music’s impact—as well as its context—diluted? This question has troubled me for a long time, as it concerns the nature and purpose of art…
Why the Space in Outer-Space Movies Should Be Silent
In space, the tagline for Alien (1979) once noted, no one can hear you scream. Apparently, everybody can hear Death Stars and intergalactic starships explode, though, while laser beams pew-pew-pew through the ether. Someone, please, someone give the world a film where the no-atmosphere environment is nice and quiet. Hollywood offers a culture of standards.…