“Continue down your mistaken path”: The Lost Worlds of 2001
We don’t want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
Everything Stanley Kubrick learned went into the making of 2001, and he made something utterly…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
I am troubled by the feeling which runs all through the film, of discredit and…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: LOLITA (1962)
In 1962, or in 2015 for that matter, if you’re making a film about a…
Soundtracking #8: SPARTACUS (1960) and Stanley Kubrick’s early films
The occasional podcast on music in movies crosses over this week with the “Continue down…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: SPARTACUS (1960)
They don’t make them like Spartacus anymore, an overstuffed, overlong pileup of gorgeous, funny, tearjerking,…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
With Fear and Desire, Stanley Kubrick learned how to film still images. With Killer’s Kiss,…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: THE KILLING (1956)
Gerald Fried’s score comes stomping in, the credits appear in simple block capitals over an…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: Stanley Kubrick, photographer
When he was 17 years old, Stanley Kubrick joined the staff of Look magazine as…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: Three documentaries
Watching Stanley Kubrick’s documentaries, three short works from 1951 and 1953, you only see a…