Kubrick By Kubrick

Saturday, March 12 / 1:00pm / ByTowne Cinema

A Man and His Murals / Kubrick By Kubrick

IFFO is proud to welcome critically acclaimed filmmaker, visual artist, and writer Michael Benson to introduce this screening. A noted Kubrick expert and enthusiast, Benson is the author of Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece (2018), an indispensable book for anyone interested in Kubrick's work.

This program is presented by the Canada Media Fund.

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filmmaking \ creative process \ Stanley speaks!

Since the death of legendary American director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) over two decades ago, there has been a veritable avalanche of books, traveling exhibitions, and documentaries released about him and his extraordinary work. What’s utterly absorbing and unique about this film is that it is structured by Kubrick himself, through several candid interviews he gave over the years to prominent French film critic, Michel Ciment. Rarely granting interviews over the course of his career, here Kubrick talks about everything from casting to composition, from adaptation to invention, from technology to inspiration -- and all delivered in that droll, wise, and world-weary New York Bronx accent of his. Fascinating and illuminating, this is a must see for Kubrick fans and for anyone interested in the process by which incredible films get imagined and then get made.

- Tom McSorley

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This program is presented by the Canada Media Fund.