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Hit cinemas, stirred up massive controversy and warped our delicate little minds. Recently reissued in a 40th anniversary package that includes two new documentaries and a color book, the movie pops in HD and looks totally rad on a big screen TV. If you have never seen this disturbing meditation on the nature of free will, or have not watched it in years, check it out. And if you want to learn more about the mind of star and chief droog Malcolm McDowell, watch his recent documentary, Never Apologize , but it reveals a lot about the actor, his attitudes, beliefs and philosophical musings. There is also a funny anecdote involving Steven Spielberg.
SUPERMAN SOARS — No matter what anyone says, I still feel that Christopher Reeve is still the ultimate Superman. He played the iconic superhero as a compassionate gentleman who was not afraid to his brawn when necessary. A few years ago Warner Home video created an awesome box set that packaged all four of the Reeve films with Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns
is a fun fantasy film that deserved more success. It features genuinely electric chemistry between Matt Damon and Emily Blunt as a couple supposedly meant to be kept apart by the titular secret group that runs our lives based on preordained paths. But Damon’s politician protagonist has other ideas and wants to thwart their plans, with Terence Stamp being his chief antagonist. It’s fun to see Jason Bourne and General Zod butt heads, at least philosophically, and the trippy chase at the film’s climax is exhilarating.
LET THERE BE BON ONCE MORE — Wildman Bon Scott is one of those legendary figures in rock ‘n’ roll; the intense, off-the-wall frontman who led AC/DC to the success that turned them into heavy rock icons by the time Back In The Black , the concert film that captured one of his final live performances, which is now out on Blu-ray and DVD. Now you can see why he was one of a kind. The limited edition Blu-ray/DVD package includes a 32-page mini-book, a custom guitar pick, 10 Postcards with images from the show plus an hour’s worth of new interviews with the likes of Anthrax/Damned Things guitarist Scott Ian, AC/DC author Susan Masino and music executive Jerry Greenberg.
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VIDDY WELL, MY DROOGIES — It's hard to believe that four decades have passed since Stanley Kubrick's cinematic rendering of A Clockwork Orange hit cinemas, stirred up massive controversy and warped our delicate little minds. Recently reissued in a
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The remaining titles are 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999, the version without the computer-generated masked figures blocking the copulating couples). That's every film Kubrick directed
1972: Clockwork copycats on crime spree in Britain, Kubrick agrees to withdraw film. - 1980: The Shining riles Stephen King but thrills audiences with Jack Nicholson's terrorshow: "Here's Johnny!" - 1987: Full Metal Jacket becomes a definitive film on
There are also expert commentaries and making-of featurettes on several of Kubrick's movies. A 40-page booklet with pictures and brief analyses of the films is part of the set. Spartacus (1960): A gladiator (Kirk Douglas) leads a Roman slave revolt.
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E didn't bustle into the room, and he didn't wander in. Truth, as he would reiterate several times, is multi-faceted, and it would be fair to say that Stanley Kubrick entered the executive suite at Pinewood Studios, outside London, in a multifaceted manner. He was at once happy to have found the place after a twenty-minute search, apologetic about being late and apprehensive about the torture he might be about to endure. Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews.
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It's hard to know what to expect of the man if you've only seen his films. One senses in those films painstaking craftsmanship, a furious intellect at work, a single-minded devotion. His movies don't lend themselves to easy analysis; this may account for the turgid nature of some of the books that have been written about his art. Take this example: "And while Kubrick feels strongly that the visual powers of film make ambiguity an inevitability as well as a virtue, he would not share Bazin's mystical belief that the better film makers are those who sacrifice their personal perspectives to a 'fleeting crystallization of a reality [of] whose environing presence one is ceaselessly aware.' "
This article appeared in the August 27, 1987 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive .
One feels that an interview conducted on this level would be pretentious bullshit. Kubrick, however, seemed entirely unpretentious. He was wearing running shoes and an old corduroy jacket. There was an ink stain just below the pocket where some ball point pen had bled to death.
"What is this place?" Kubrick asked.
"It's called the executive suite," I said.
"I think they put big shots up here."
Kubrick looked around at the dark wood-paneled walls, the chandeliers, the leather couches and chairs. "Is there a bathroom?" he asked, with some urgency.
"Across the hall," I said.
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The director excused himself and went looking for the facility. I reviewed my notes. Kubrick was born in the Bronx in 1928. He was an undistinguished student whose passions were tournament-level chess and photography. After graduation from Taft High School at the age of seventeen, he landed a prestigious job as a photographer for Look (1953), his first feature, an arty film that he now finds "embarrassing." Kubrick, his first wife and two friends were the entire crew for the film. By necessity, Kubrick was director, cameraman, lighting engineer, makeup man, administrator, propman and unit chauffeur. Later in his career, he would take on some of these duties again, for reasons other than necessity.
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