Stanley Kubrick

Last w eekend in Barcelona, I stumbled across a Stanley Kubrick exhibition in fnac on the

Avenida Diagonal, in the shopping centre underneath Decathlon.

 

Exhibited were about 20 prints from various SK films, all of which showed movie scenes

which included the maestro himself, one of which jumped out and said ?BUY ME?, although

being really bad at speaking Spanish, and being in a hurry to get to the airport, I did not

have enough time to buy a copy, even if they were for sale.

 

The print which grabbed me was from the shining, the scene where Jack goes a little mad

and goes to the bar to get a drink. Going left to right in this B+W print you can see Lloyd

the barman (overexposed), Nickolson (perfectly exposed) and then Kubrick in the

background peering into a movie camera (underexposed). If you were lucky enough to see

the exhibition yourself, then it was the print which was mounted top left.

 

Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of this print ? Thank you. NB.

no clues where to buy'em. but for those who don't know, he started out as a photog first, including PJ work. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/photos/gallery/chi-kubrick-photogallery,1,3753405.photogallery?coll=chi-news-hed&index=1:">here's</a> a small collection of 8 of his shots..<p>

as a sidenote, i've heard that Barry Lyndon was shot almost entirely in natural light (perhaps it's not that uncommon, dunno)..

"as a sidenote, i've heard that Barry Lyndon was shot almost entirely in natural light (perhaps it's not that uncommon, dunno).."

 

There is one (maybe several, don't remember) interior scene of a dinner exclusively lit by candlelight in that movie. In order to film this scene without needing additional light Kubrick used a f/0.7 lens made by Zeiss for NASA. In other scenes artificial light was used. (According to the Internet Movie Database).

kubrick was able to borrow the lens from nasa because they owed him a favour. president nixon had kubrick make photographs of the first people on the moon in a studio, as a backup, incase the real pictures would fail. a great french documentary 'operation lune' (dark side of the moon) was made in 2002 about this story.

That documentary is pure fiction and intended that way by the makers of it, to blur the

line between fiction and non-fiction. Everyone in it just played along and said what the

makers wanted them to say.

can anyone please answer this quickly before my thread gets nerdjacked.

 

Fanx. NB

you spoiler! that film is very convincing and you make it sound so easy. it is by far the best fake-documntary i have ever seen. even when you know it is, it's still hard to believe it is a fake (maybe cause i want it to be true). maybe some of it is true?

I worked at Panavision in the late 70's- early 80's. The 50 mm f 0.7 lens was designed and built by Panavision just for Barry Lyndon.

Nicholas

 

If you're based in the UK why don't you check out that book shop that

specialises in film? It's just off Tottenham court road or it used to be?

 

Failing that, there's Stage & Screen on Chalk Farm road, they're very helpful

there.

 

On the question of the 0.7 Zeiss lens used in Barry Lyndon, there was an

article on the use of it in Amercian Cinematographer when the film came out.

This can be found on the Web without not too much effort.

 

I always thought that the lens was something to do with NASA but, then again,

I have never worked for Panavision.

Nicholas: I am from Spain. I think that you can order the poster, and FNAC will send you without problem. Find the e-mail in their webpage. I have seen the posters and they are very impressive.

The adress is www.fnacespana.com.es

And if I can help you in spanish, tell me. Regards

<i>On the question of the 0.7 Zeiss lens used in Barry Lyndon, there was an article on the use of it in Amercian Cinematographer when the film came out. This can be found on the Web without not too much effort.</i><p>

 

Ahem - when the server it's hosted on is working!<p>

 

I have a few details about this lens in the Leica FAQ I maintain, on the "Noctilux" page:<p>

 

<a href="http://www.nemeng.com/leica/040b.shtml">

http://www.nemeng.com/leica/040b.shtml</a><p>

 

(Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the "Zeiss 50mm f0.7" heading.)

Francisco, you will never understand how grateful I am to you for your reply. I have sent a

request for your mail address, and if you could simply find someone at fnac for me who

could point me in the direction of the site I need to access to buy the print, I would be

eternally grateful.

 

Andrew, thank you also for your help. I will have a nose round both those stores next time

I am in London.

Nicholas,

 

There is a Stanley Kubrick exhibit that recently closed in Germany and is moving next to Australia and Italy. The show that you saw at FNAC does not appear to be part of this, but is perhaps inspired by it. There is info on the exhibit at: http://www.stanleykubrick.de/

 

Perhaps not so coincidentally, Taschen has just published a book called The Stanley Kubrick Archives which comes complete with a strip from the 70mm version of 2001. I saw a copy of the book a couple of weeks ago, but I don't recall if it contains the photo in which you are interested: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3822822841/qid=1126208859/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3409061-7966233?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

 

For those who are interested in Kubrick's lenses, they are part of the travelling exhibit, including the F0.7 lens. See this thread, which includes a post from Christian Appelt who was involved in creating the exhibit: http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/index.php?showtopic=8187&st=0&p=62657entry62657

To Ernest Koelman (and those who think the Kubrick documentary is not a comedy):

 

 

Follow this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon_(documentary)

 

Here can be read:

 

The tone of the documentary begins with low key revelations of NASA working closely with Hollywood at the time of the Moon landings. Over the course of the tale, Karel postulates that not only did Kubrick help the USA fake the moon landings but that he was eventually killed by the CIA to cover up the truth. First hand testimony backing these claims come from Rumsfeld and Dr. Kissinger, which lend credence to the story.

 

It is finally revealed that this is a mockumentary as the end credits roll over a montage of blooper reels, with the main participants laughing over the absurdity of their lines or questioning if particular ones would give the joke away too soon. Besides being a comedic documentary, it is also an exercise in Jean Baudrillard's theories of hyperreality.

 

Follow this link:

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/feature_161103.html

 

Here can be read:

 

With use of 'hijacked' archival footage, false documents, real interviews taken out of context or transformed through voice-over or dubbing, staged interviews, as well as, interviews with astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and others, Dark Side Of The Moon navigates the viewer through lies and truth; fact and fiction. This is no ordinary documentary. Its intent is to inform and entertain the viewer, but also to shake him up - make him aware that one should always view television with a critical eye.

 

 

After this, if there are people whose still believes this documentary is done as a real truth, they should visit a doctor.