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Kubrick by Kubrick

Name: Kubrick by Kubrick
Director: Grégory Monro
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2020-10-22
Duration: 74 min
Cast: Stanley Kubrick, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Christiane Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell

2020 · 1h 14m · Documentary, History

If you're a film nerd or Kubrick obsessive, this is essential viewing—it's literally the only filmed record of the legendary director's voice and perspective on his own genius. Everyone else? Skip it unless you're willing to geek out hard on cinema history, because a doc built entirely on one recorded conversation doesn't have the narrative momentum of a traditional film.

Plot

American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the greatest in history, but also one of the most reserved, gave few interviews throughout his long career, and none of them were filmed. A first-person journey through his life and work, based on a recorded conversation with French film critic Michel Climent.

Director: Grégory Monro

Cast: Stanley Kubrick, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Christiane Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell

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