KUBRICK BY KUBRICK

USA, 2020, 73 min

Director: Gregory Monro

Producers: Martin Laurent, Jeremy Zelnik

Editor: Philippe Baillon

Cinematographer: Radek Ladczuk

In the pantheon of all-time greatest filmmakers stands Stanley Kubrick. During the course of his long career he directed 13 feature films and three documentaries. Kubrick by Kubrick offers a rare journey into the life and films of the legendary Kubrick, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself who did not like to talk about his films. The film is built around a series of tape-recorded interviews that Michel Ciment, the French film critic and editor of Positif, conducted with Kubrick over a period of 20 years.

The film also features some of our most famous actors talking about their experiences with Kubrick: Jack Nicholson, Marisa Berenson, Peter Sellers, Tom Cruise, Shelley Duvall and Malcolm McDowell, to name just a few. Kubrick was known as a demanding perfectionist, which could bring him into conflict with his casts, but he often broke new ground in cinematography, creating innovative special effects that earned him acclaim.
Many of Kubrick’s films were nominated for Academy Awards or Golden Globes, but his only personal win of an Academy Award was for his work as director of special effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he also wrote, produced and directed. Steven Spielberg referred to 2001 as his generation’s “big bang”. The Shining starring Jack Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Kubrick was also the Director, Writer and Producer of A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Barry Lyndon and Full Metal Jacket. His last film, Eyes Wide Shut, was completed shortly before his death in 1999 at the age of 70.