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‘Full Metal Jacket’ and the U.S. Marine Ideology
“Good-bye, my sweetheart. Hello, Vietnam.” — Johnny Wright “Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?” – Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket Full Metal Jacket was Stanley Kubrick’s eleventh film (twelfth, if you count Spartacus) and his last to depict war and the military. Kubrick dealt with the military in Fear and Desire, Paths of […] More
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Protecting Their Precious Bodily Fluids: Male Impotence in Kubrick’s Filmography
It’s both perfectly fitting and a darkly wry punchline that the last word in Stanley Kubrick’s last film is “fuck,” utilized in its most literal definition. The word is spoken, in both direct and slightly imploring fashion, by Alice Harford (Nicole Kidman) to her husband Bill (Tom Cruise) at the end of the still slightly […] More
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Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Napoleon’ – What Might Have Been
There are few unrealized projects in the history of cinema more tantalizingly fascinating than Stanley Kubrick’s planned feature about Napoleon More
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Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove: Kubrick’s War
Stanley Kubrick’s voice as a director and writer was so singular, so fitfully honest. Every project seemed so richly influenced by him and the worlds he created. That world often floated somewhere between a cold brutal honesty and some kind of hyper reality that’s uniquely his own. More
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Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange’, Paths of Glory’ and Barry Lyndon’
Please note: (This show is long, longer than what we normally produce, but what can you do when you discuss such a talented filmmaker. I strongly suggest listening all the way to the very end, at which point we review what I think is Kubrick’s best film.) Long, long after the folks at home started […] More
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Video Of The Day: A Tribute To Stanley Kubrick
Richard Vezina has edited together a homage of director Stanley Kubrick films. According to /Film, Vezina said, “I’ve spent hundreds of hours to finalize this work and the result is quite professional and shows all aspects and themes of his work. Dead can dance and Lisa Gerrard’s music has been carefully chosen to accompany my […] More