Just uploaded – Dr. Higgins and I pick our favorite scene from each of Stanley Kubrick’s pictures:
The Film Talk – Part 53 – The Films of Stanley Kubrick
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You missed _another_ actor who appeared in more than one Kubrick movie -Philip Stone. He played Delbert Grady in The Shining (cut from the non-US shorter version) and Alex's father in A Clockwork Orange *and* had a quieter role in Barry Lyndon as the accountant, Graham.
The first time I saw ACO I too found it disturbing (as Gareth does), but as with most Kubrick films, the movie changes dramatically depending on your viewpoint -ie. how you approach it/ your frame of mind.
More than any other of his films, I would argue that ACO is capable of delivering an almost 180 degree shift in mood/tone… certainly by the third time I saw it I realised I was laughing non-stop the whole way through. I now consider it Kubrick's funniest out & out _comedy_. All of it is hilarious -possibly in the way Todd Solodnz's Happiness is hilarious (which is a film I actually DESPISED first time I saw it, but eventually returned to, to discover the masterpiece -and Comedy- that I had missed due to my 'incorrect' perspective -or perhaps which a hindsight knowledge of the film gave me.)
Reared on a diet of Heroic protagonists, it can be hard for most of us to break from that mould and bear witness to the detached, non-goading, non-leading, non-apologist story-telling that I think is the true mark of greatness. Only in these tales are we free to decide for ourselves what we think of a character's actions or thoughts.
In a movie like Happiness -or anything by Kubrick- we are most definitely *not* being strapped to the chair to participate in an audio/visual one-track roller-coaster ride, devoid of free-will or freedom of thought. We are given complete vistas that are not designed to be appreciated in a single sitting or in a single frame of mind.
These films *must* be seen multiple times -and are very different every time. I'd be very interested to hear what the 'now older' Jett would think of A Clockwork Orange, having seen (what I would argue is) the “teenage view” of ACO so many times. It's a hilarious comedy I tells ya -see it again and tell me I'm wrong.
Also, I used to be of the view that Lolita is a bit of an icky, don't-wanna-go-there, ok-but-not-for-me, kitchen-sink UK B&W drama, but after I watched it for the first time in years a while back I (again) realised how funny and nuanced it all is. Definitely worth more viewings.
Well done on the show. I always enjoy talks & discussions about Kubrick and his films. :)
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