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An I'll be spending the next couple of weeks worshipping his Holiness by viewing his mighty works.
Yep. They're showing all his movies here in HK at one of the cinemas this month.
I've already booked myself in for the following:

The Shining
Jan 5 2007 9:00PM, Friday

Barry Lyndon
Jan 6 2007 2:15PM, Saturday

Full Metal Jacket
Jan 7 2007 5:15PM, Sunday

Dr. Strangelove
Jan 8 2007 9:40PM, Monday

A Clockwork Orange
Jan 10 2007 9:30PM, Wednesday

Spartacus
Jan 13 2007 2:15PM, Saturday

2001: A Space Odyssey
Jan 20 2007 9:30PM, Saturday

What an awesome way to see in the new year!
I'm as happy as a pig in shit.:p

Very nice selection indeed.

Even the most boring of those, Space Odyssey, contains potential hours of enjoyment if you simply keep repeating the scene where the monkey hits the ohter monkey with the bone.

Oh how I laughed.

The Shining was Kubrick?o_O

I've seen Spartacus, and Space Odyssey, i did not like Space Odyssey that much, Spartacus is a solid good guy movie.

You're in for a good, dry, drawn out weekend.

I like Kubrick a lot. I don't know that I could sit through his movies back to back, but I like him a lot.

I will not abide a mine-shaft gap.

I adore Kubrick. He shared so many of my philosophies.

You're in for a good, dry, drawn out weekend.

I like Kubrick a lot. I don't know that I could sit through his movies back to back, but I like him a lot.

I know what you mean. Maybe two in a row, but beyond that, man... that's a task.

The Shining and Full Metal Jacket are my favourites of Kubrick, though I personally prefer Scorsese. Oh well, each to his/her own.

I could do The Shining and Dr. Strangelove back to back, other than that, any other combo would be unendurable.

I like Kubrik most definitely, but you've gotta admit the dryness.

I know what you mean. Maybe two in a row, but beyond that, man... that's a task.
true, very true.
Personally I would have liked a bit more space between the showings, but they're only showing each movie three times max and the other times were either booked out already or during the day while I'm at work.
I can't see myself having this opportunity again anytime soon, so I'm just biting the bullet and putting my social life on hold for the next couple of weeks (what little there is of it)

I'm really looking fwd to seeing them on the big screen for the first time (other than 2001) in their full (ie proper) 1.85:1 ratio.

I will not abide a mine-shaft gap.
No, I'm Spartacus!

Not a huge fan of Spartacus, but otherwise a great list of movies. I really enjoyed Barry Lyndon for some reason when I first saw it a few years ago, despite the length and pace. I'll have to rent Paths of Glory some time, to have seen the entire Kubrick catalog. Good stuff.

I like Kubrik most definitely, but you've gotta admit the dryness.

It's mostly true, but I don't think I'd call "The Killing" dry, and "Dr. Strangelove" is only slow if you haven't already seen Failsafe. As a spoof of Failsafe, Strangelove is pretty quick and fluid. Most people probably see the spoof before the original though, I'm sure.

Not a huge fan of Spartacus, but otherwise a great list of movies. I really enjoyed Barry Lyndon for some reason when I first saw it a few years ago, despite the length and pace. I'll have to rent Paths of Glory some time, to have seen the entire Kubrick catalog. Good stuff.
Scary, but I agree with you on all those points. Main reason I'm going to see Spartacus is just for the opportunity of seeing it on the big screen finally.
I also enjoyed Barry Lyndon, but like you can't really say why. I think it was due to the cinematography, which is breath-taking. It changed the way all period dramas were shot.

Still thinking about going to see Paths of Glory. Unfortunately the only time I can go is the screening that starts 10 minutes after Spartacus finishes. Think I might be a bit too Kubrick'd (and Douglas'd) out to see both on the same day like that.
Still got a week to consider it, though...

ooh, this should be interesting...

i actually really liked Eyes Wide Shut

(wraps self in asbestos)

It's mostly true, but I don't think I'd call "The Killing" dry, and "Dr. Strangelove" is only slow if you haven't already seen Failsafe. As a spoof of Failsafe, Strangelove is pretty quick and fluid. Most people probably see the spoof before the original though, I'm sure.

Mainly because Strangelove was the original, and Failsafe came afterwards.

Dr. Strangelove started out as a serious movie, but as it went further into production, the subject matter was so absurd that a serious tone would have just ruined the movie, so they eventually resorted to turning it into a black comedy.

Mainly because Strangelove was the original, and Failsafe came afterwards.

Dr. Strangelove started out as a serious movie, but as it went further into production, the subject matter was so absurd that a serious tone would have just ruined the movie, so they eventually resorted to turning it into a black comedy.

surely it must have been intended as satire when they cast Peter Sellers in four separate roles?

surely it must have been intended as satire when they cast Peter Sellers in four separate roles?

It was certainly satire, although I don't know whether Seller's being cast in four different roles was planned from the beginning as such or not.

It was certainly satire, although I don't know whether Seller's being cast in four different roles was planned from the beginning as such or not.

erk!
three roles sorry, not four

"My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the screenplay. I found that in trying to put meat on the bones and to imagine the scenes fully, one had to keep leaving out of it things which were either absurd or paradoxical, in order to keep it from being funny; and these things seemed to be close to the heart of the scenes in question." - Stanley Kubrick
good old wikipedia

Mainly because Strangelove was the original, and Failsafe came afterwards.

Dr. Strangelove started out as a serious movie, but as it went further into production, the subject matter was so absurd that a serious tone would have just ruined the movie, so they eventually resorted to turning it into a black comedy.

Strangelove and Fail-Safe were filmed concurently, with Columbia holding rights to both films. They were both released within a month of eachother, Strangelove first by contract. So I don't think I'd call either one "the original." Fail-Safe was a big-name production based on a well-known book, with an A-list cast. Watching both, there's no question in my mind that Kubrick spoofed certain plot and dialogue elements that he knew were at the core of Red Alert and Fail-Safe. There's no doubt that Kubrick knew he was working in the shadow of Lumet and Fail-Safe, so the influence isn't surprising.

Either way, I wasn't alive in '64, so it was a coincidence that I saw Fail-Safe first.. probably not typical. But I certainly enjoyed Strangelove more for having already seen Failsafe, I imagine, and it's probably funnier in contrast.

Awesomeness.