@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…
A new documentary about the making of The Shining, which is certified by the Stanley Kubrick Film Archive and family estate, is set to released later this month. The feature is titled Shine On – The Forgotten ‘Shining’ Location. The movie chronicles the process of location scouting and creating the art direction for the fictional…
Acclaimed Thai film auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul has revealed that he will make a feature that’s inspired by the work of sci-fic writer Arthur C. Clarke. The director plans to shoot the screen adaptation in Sri Lanka, Deadline is reporting. Weerasethakul revealed the news about his next movie during an interview to promote screenings of his…
The German publisher Taschen is about to release what it calls the definitive account of Stanley Kubrick’s 1977 film The Shining. The voluminous account, which will sell for $1500, is being written by J W Winzler and edited by director Lee Unkrich (Coco and Toy Story 3). The book, to be released on March 7,…
Synopsis : 1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror’s books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world . What’s so fascinating with him that the directors can’t stop adapt…
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…
About a week ago, we’ve lost the greatest special effect pioneer, Douglas Trumbull who brought impossible cinematic experience in “2001, A Space Odyssey,” “Blade Runner,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” I had a chance to see him in person for the special screening of “Brianstorm” at the MOMI(Museum of…
As his blockbuster James Bond movie No Time to Die is set to hit theaters tomorrow, director Cary Joji Fukunaga has news about what’s next on his docket. In an interview with Collider, Fukunaga spoke about a long-awaited project about Napoleon Bonaparte, which was originally set to be made by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick back in…
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….
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