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25 Years Ago I Got My Eyes Wide Shut…

@Courtesy of Warner Bros. On September 1st, 1999, I attended the press screening of the Venice Film Festival opening movie. The Artistic Director Alberto Barbera had selected one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.  I became a movie lover when I was…

Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick’s Right-Hand Man, Passed Away at Age 74

Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick’s right-hand man, passed away at age 74. Born in Warwickshire, England, Vitali began her career performing in a variety of television series in the early 1970s, including ”Z Cars,” ”The Fenn Street Gang,” and ”Notorious Woman.” Then, he did enter into a life-changing experience with the auteur, Stanley Kubrick, he had roles…

An Exclusive Interview with Leon Vitali, Who Was Stanley Kubrick’s Right-Hand Man

Leon Vitali, born in 1948, English actor Leon Vitali’s collaborations with Kubrick both as his personal assistant, and as an actor, most notably as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon established him in a way few can claim. In 1974 Vitali met Kubrick, with whom he had a professional relationship for the rest of Kubrick’s career….