well we like to watch his movies with
our eyes wide shut welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about Stanley Kubrick Oh No
number 10 unusual genius kicking off our
list is a factoid about the famed
filmmakers school days despite the fact
that Kubrick was widely considered one
of the greatest directors ever he liked
fellow genius Einstein did poorly in
school actually he was at the bottom of
his class and was denied entry into
university undeterred he regularly sat
in on classes at Columbia and read
psychology which proved useful on the
job number nine novel approach Kubrick
regularly chose to adapt existing novels
to the big screen but despite his
legendary status and critical acclaim
his work always upset the authors as it
was unfaithful to the source material
the only Kubrick films that weren’t
based on novels were fear and desire
killers kiss and 2001 a Space Odyssey
number 8 iconic look and personality
quirks recognize that famous beard
Cooper grew it during the making of 1968
2001 a Space Odyssey then decided to
keep it as a permanent fixture he also
kept his hair long and had a Wardrobe
full of identical shirts and pants as if
that weren’t quirky enough Kubrick was a
cat lover to the point where he had
sixteen roaming around his house when he
came home from long shoots he would let
them lay around his editing room to make
up for the time he was gone number seven
keeping it old-school aside from his
Afra mentioned quirks
what made Kubrick extra special was his
preference for keeping things old-school
for example he favored mono over stereo
sound and resorted to dual channel in
only three of his films Spartacus 2001 a
Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut as far
as writing went he hated typing and
preferred to use a pen and paper
number six stickler for dialogue and
bathroom breaks according to one
biographer Kubrick consistently despised
actors that change dialogue or ad-lib
new material
apparently Kubrick only bent a little
for two actors Peter Sellars who starred
in Lolita and dr. Strangelove and our
lee ermey in full-metal-jacket private
Pyle I’m gonna give you three seconds
exactly three seconds to wipe that
stupid looking grin off your face or I
will gouge out your eyeballs and school
to another of Kubrick’s consistent
habits having a pivotal movie scene take
place in a washroom
seriously what gives number five taking
a shining only select actors got
Kubrick’s special treatment but Shelley
Duvall was not one of them in fact it
was the polar opposite
I don’t sympathize with Shelley while
filming The Shining Kubrick regularly
mistreated her to get her to act the
part of a terrified wife not only did
that trauma come across on screen it
also caused Duvall to lose hair from the
stress which she then gave to Kubrick as
a memento is that pressure on almost
every movie set and it’s here as well
it’s just Stanley doesn’t relate to it
because he is doing exactly what he
thinks he should be doing at that moment
about it number four favorite themes as
we’ve already suggested Kubrick was a
fan of the dark side of human nature and
the theme of dehumanization which meant
that war was the perfect subject better
you than me this was evidenced by paths
of glory which took on World War one
Spartacus which tackled the Roman slave
rebellion Doctor Strange ‘la which
confronted the Cold War and
full-metal-jacket which dealt with the
Vietnam War even 2001 a Space Odyssey
existed in a nuclear war era while a
Clockwork Orange was set in a dystopian
future number three career setbacks and
disappointments during Kubrick’s 48
years in the biz he directed just 16
films instead spending much of his time
on various unrealized projects for
example his biographical film Napoleon
was overlooked in favor of Waterloo
full-metal-jacket was delayed by seven
years
and competed with platoon and finally he
shoved the Aryan papers following the
release of Schindler’s List which caused
a twelve year gap in his career before
1999’s Eyes Wide Shut it is a little on
the early side yeah number two Eyes Wide
Shut the dark comedy
according to Kubrick’s wife one of his
favorite movies was 1979 s the jerk his
love for that film led him to consider
making Eyes Wide Shut a dark sex comedy
starring Steve Martin Kubrick was so
serious he even met with Martin to
discuss the project it’s anyone’s guess
why the idea fell apart
number one a clockwork backlash taking
the top spot on our trivia list is a
factoid about Kubrick’s indisputable
1971 masterpiece a Clockwork Orange fact
is the movie was not well received upon
its UK release actually that’s putting
it mildly angry letters and bitter
protestors forced him to run damage
control and prompted him to have the
studio pull the controversial picture
from theaters prematurely but public
opinion has a way of changing it did
just fine in America though which piece
of stanley cooper trivia interests you
the most any other tidbits you’d like to
add to the threat for more entertaining
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our eyes wide shut welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about Stanley Kubrick Oh No
number 10 unusual genius kicking off our
list is a factoid about the famed
filmmakers school days despite the fact
that Kubrick was widely considered one
of the greatest directors ever he liked
fellow genius Einstein did poorly in
school actually he was at the bottom of
his class and was denied entry into
university undeterred he regularly sat
in on classes at Columbia and read
psychology which proved useful on the
job number nine novel approach Kubrick
regularly chose to adapt existing novels
to the big screen but despite his
legendary status and critical acclaim
his work always upset the authors as it
was unfaithful to the source material
the only Kubrick films that weren’t
based on novels were fear and desire
killers kiss and 2001 a Space Odyssey
number 8 iconic look and personality
quirks recognize that famous beard
Cooper grew it during the making of 1968
2001 a Space Odyssey then decided to
keep it as a permanent fixture he also
kept his hair long and had a Wardrobe
full of identical shirts and pants as if
that weren’t quirky enough Kubrick was a
cat lover to the point where he had
sixteen roaming around his house when he
came home from long shoots he would let
them lay around his editing room to make
up for the time he was gone number seven
keeping it old-school aside from his
Afra mentioned quirks
what made Kubrick extra special was his
preference for keeping things old-school
for example he favored mono over stereo
sound and resorted to dual channel in
only three of his films Spartacus 2001 a
Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut as far
as writing went he hated typing and
preferred to use a pen and paper
number six stickler for dialogue and
bathroom breaks according to one
biographer Kubrick consistently despised
actors that change dialogue or ad-lib
new material
apparently Kubrick only bent a little
for two actors Peter Sellars who starred
in Lolita and dr. Strangelove and our
lee ermey in full-metal-jacket private
Pyle I’m gonna give you three seconds
exactly three seconds to wipe that
stupid looking grin off your face or I
will gouge out your eyeballs and school
to another of Kubrick’s consistent
habits having a pivotal movie scene take
place in a washroom
seriously what gives number five taking
a shining only select actors got
Kubrick’s special treatment but Shelley
Duvall was not one of them in fact it
was the polar opposite
I don’t sympathize with Shelley while
filming The Shining Kubrick regularly
mistreated her to get her to act the
part of a terrified wife not only did
that trauma come across on screen it
also caused Duvall to lose hair from the
stress which she then gave to Kubrick as
a memento is that pressure on almost
every movie set and it’s here as well
it’s just Stanley doesn’t relate to it
because he is doing exactly what he
thinks he should be doing at that moment
about it number four favorite themes as
we’ve already suggested Kubrick was a
fan of the dark side of human nature and
the theme of dehumanization which meant
that war was the perfect subject better
you than me this was evidenced by paths
of glory which took on World War one
Spartacus which tackled the Roman slave
rebellion Doctor Strange ‘la which
confronted the Cold War and
full-metal-jacket which dealt with the
Vietnam War even 2001 a Space Odyssey
existed in a nuclear war era while a
Clockwork Orange was set in a dystopian
future number three career setbacks and
disappointments during Kubrick’s 48
years in the biz he directed just 16
films instead spending much of his time
on various unrealized projects for
example his biographical film Napoleon
was overlooked in favor of Waterloo
full-metal-jacket was delayed by seven
years
and competed with platoon and finally he
shoved the Aryan papers following the
release of Schindler’s List which caused
a twelve year gap in his career before
1999’s Eyes Wide Shut it is a little on
the early side yeah number two Eyes Wide
Shut the dark comedy
according to Kubrick’s wife one of his
favorite movies was 1979 s the jerk his
love for that film led him to consider
making Eyes Wide Shut a dark sex comedy
starring Steve Martin Kubrick was so
serious he even met with Martin to
discuss the project it’s anyone’s guess
why the idea fell apart
number one a clockwork backlash taking
the top spot on our trivia list is a
factoid about Kubrick’s indisputable
1971 masterpiece a Clockwork Orange fact
is the movie was not well received upon
its UK release actually that’s putting
it mildly angry letters and bitter
protestors forced him to run damage
control and prompted him to have the
studio pull the controversial picture
from theaters prematurely but public
opinion has a way of changing it did
just fine in America though which piece
of stanley cooper trivia interests you
the most any other tidbits you’d like to
add to the threat for more entertaining
videos be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com the end of the lane yes
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