Meet - Stanley Kubrick
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Narrator: The lasting and ultimately most important
reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything,
people say about it over the years, and on how much affection
for it they have. It's kind of eerie
how Stanley Kubrick was able to predict his own legacy before anyone else.
Kubrick is one of those names that's bandied about during any
conversation about serious auteurs or cultural
criticism. The manipulation of his actors and
his crew for the betterment of his story, the fact that he never
made the same film twice and still managed to maintain a very
apparent sense of Kubrick-esque style, seemingly
more myth than man, it's hard to talk about him
without wading knee-deep in a hipstery, pretentious conversation.
"This is by Ludovico Carde, a disciple of
Alessandro Ilore.
It's dated 1605..."
Narrator: So let's spare that for another time.
His legacy stretches beyond cinephiles and filmmakers
studying his oeuvre. They say imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery, and though some of this is parody,
it's also the proof that the man and his work
simply cannot be ignored. Meet Stanley Kubrick.
Sgt. Hartmann: "Looks like we got a joker
here. What's your name soldier?
Soldier: Sir, McArdle, Sir!
Sgt. Hartmann: Well, no shit. You look like some kinda joker to me.
Sgt. Hartmann: What's your name, soldier?
Soldier: Sir, McArdle, Sir!
Sgt. Hartmann: Are you shitting me? Probably some kinda
joker. What's your name, soldier?
Soldier: Sir, McArdle, Sir!
Lloyd: I go into businesses every day and it's been my experience these machines can be a metaphor
for whatever's on people's minds.
Don Draper: Because they're afraid of computers?
Lloyd: Yes, this machine is frightening to people, but it's made by people.
Don Draper: People aren't frightening?
Lloyd: It's not that. It's more of a
cosmic disturbance. This machine
is intimidating because it contains infinite quantities of information
and that's threatening because human existence
is finite. But isn't it God-like
that we've mastered the infinite?