Can We Have A Taste?
Why does this review of Stanley Kubrick's Boxes, the recently-aired, British-produced doc about the legendary filmmaker's pack-rat belongings, by thelondonpaper's Stuart McGurk makes no mention of the allegedly terrific behind-the-scenes footage of Kubrick working on Full Metal Jacket?
Prosthetic head of the female Vietcong sniper killed at the end of Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick allegedly shot (but of course didn't use) footage of Adam Baldwin's "Animal Mother" slicing it off with a machete after her death in the burned-out building.
Joncro, an HE poster from London, saw the show and posted on 7.15 at 3:34 pm that the FMS footage is "fascinating" and "hilarious, with Kubrick arguing with the English crew about how many tea breaks they are having." He also mentioned a Lolita screen test.
Asking it before, asking again: when will this doc show in the States, when will it be marketed on a DVD, how can it be viewed online, etc.? And what about the other documentary called Citizen Kubrick, which has also been shown/screened in London? If Warner Home Video has first dibs, a voice is telling me we won't see these docs for a long time.
Stanley Kubrick's Boxes is a record of journalist Jon Ronson "[trawling] through the thousand-plus boxes of personal paraphernalia Kubrick left after his death in 1999."
In this 1984 shot, Kubrick poses with a just-purchased, brand-new, hot-off-the-factory-line, state-of-the-art IBM computer.
Another guy named Bernd Eichhorn's also sifted through the Stanley Kubrick Estate, going through close to 1000 boxes, searched cellars and attics, collected memorabilia, photographs, objects, scripts, books and paperwork.
The contents of 977 boxes are now the basis of the Stanley Kubrick Archive, which is housed at the University of the Arts London.
Italian and English-language versions of Jack Torrance's demented writings in The Shining -- Kubrick reportedly had versions shot in every major language.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 16, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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Edward
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One could argue that Kubrick's possibly excessive attention to detail didn't matter to the final product, but I would argue that an attention to detail may elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. I was impressed by Peter Jackson's attention to detail in the shop windows of his NYC set for KING KONG. I would also argue that KONG is pretty damn good, in spite of it's flaws.
Posted by Edward
at July 16, 2008 12:10 PM
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ZayTonday
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It was 1984, he shoulda bought that new Macintosh.
Posted by ZayTonday
at July 16, 2008 12:11 PM
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The Bandsaw Vigilante
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I forget -- was it ZORK II or ZORK III Kubrick was totally awesome at?
Also, I heard he hustled fools playing THE OREGON TRAIL.
Posted by The Bandsaw Vigilante
at July 16, 2008 12:38 PM
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Movie Watcher
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It would be fascinationg to look through Stanley's boxes. I wonder does he have the bat from the shining, or all the pages of "All work and no play..."? I do hope it is shown on tv here in the states.
Posted by Movie Watcher
at July 16, 2008 12:41 PM
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BurmaShave
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Every major language... dear god he was insane.
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 16, 2008 12:43 PM
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mitchtaylor
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=VnoBdgxwTPU
Posted by mitchtaylor
at July 16, 2008 12:48 PM
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The Bandsaw Vigilante
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Is anyone else getting a serious Mako-in-HIGHLANDER 3 vibe from that decapitated head?
Where's Van Peebles when you need him?
Posted by The Bandsaw Vigilante
at July 16, 2008 12:50 PM
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joncro
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open days are coming up!
http://www.arts.ac.uk/kubrick-events.htm
I am going to call first thing in the morning!
Posted by joncro
at July 16, 2008 1:37 PM
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otakuhouse
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Wells: i told you last year... there's a story about the behind the scenes footage for Full Metal Jacket... which in terms of film history and Kubrick is definitely fascinating... You're the journalist, but even with some minor googling anyone should be able to figure some things out.
Posted by otakuhouse
at July 16, 2008 2:17 PM
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at July 16, 2008 5:50 PM
comment #11
Markj74
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Citizen Kubrick was the original working title for Stanley Kubrick's Boxes, not another documentary.
Posted by Markj74
at July 17, 2008 2:11 AM
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Bob Violence
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Unless it's hidden somewhere in the last shot, that head isn't in the film. Vincent LoBrutto's spotty and long-superseded bio has Adam Baldwin expressing disappointment that Kubrick deleted a scene with soldiers kicking a severed head like a soccer ball; I'm guessing this was the head. (Probably a good decision on Kubrick's part -- I can't imagine such a scene would be anything but tonally awkward, ignoring whatever problems it would raise at the MPAA.)
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at July 17, 2008 3:49 AM
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