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• Kubrick - Victor Khomenko 14:51:29 02/07/02 (4)
  In Reply to: Did Kubrick have Multiple Personality Disorder? posted by mvwine on February 07, 2002 at 14:43:00:

  I don't think ANYONE should be proud claiming credits for EWS, and the 2001 is not far behind, all tinsel.

  Only few directors have ever been consistently excellent (Fellini...), so some variations are expected and perfectly fine.

  And there is not much I would not forgive the creator of Barry Lyndon and Paths of Glory. Man gave the world his best, so let's fogive him for some failures.
  
  

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  • Re: Kubrick - danj 00:14:20 02/11/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Kubrick posted by Victor Khomenko on February 07, 2002 at 14:51:29:

    2001 is a masterpiece. A bit obtuse, maybe, for those who don't get it. Call it metaphor as art.

    I hated EWS with a passion. This was from the same guy who gave us A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and SPARTACUS and PATHS OF GLORY and possibly the greatest film of the 1960s - DR. STRANGELOVE? I'm a huge Kubrick fan but his swan song was probably his least film. EWS isn't terrible, except by the ultra-high standards that Kubrick usually operated at.

    I first saw A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in a double-bill with FAT CITY. How's that for a strange combo? (FAT CITY starred Stacy Keach and was one of John Houston's lesser efforts, although a very good film.)
    
    

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  • Damn, you ARE tough to please! How did you like Lolita? <<NT>> - Jim Susky 21:42:07 02/07/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Kubrick posted by Victor Khomenko on February 07, 2002 at 14:51:29:

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    • No... - Victor Khomenko 04:28:37 02/08/02 (1)
      In Reply to: Damn, you ARE tough to please! How did you like Lolita? < > posted by Jim Susky on February 07, 2002 at 21:42:07:

      Old man too old and I could not relate to him at all. At least Jeremy Irons had life to himself. Mason is a wonderful actor, but this whole story sucks, Nabokov's novel is silly and film - someting one can quickly forget. But honestly I don't recall Kubrick in it all that much, perhaps I should take another look, trying to see through the dust.
      
      

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      • Agreed - Stephen Hayes 10:05:23 02/08/02 (0)
        In Reply to: No... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 08, 2002 at 04:28:37:

        Jeremy Irons made a much better Humbert than James Mason. Regardless, Lolita, whether one likes it or not, simply doesn't lend itself to film. Let's hope no one attempts to desecrate any other Nabokov novels (particularly my favorite, Pale Fire).
        
        

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