If Barry Lyndon 13:52 was released today I would see it in the theater a dozen times at least. An utterly breathtakingly beautiful film. Hard to understand the fickle film goers of yester-decade.
It’s not that hard to understand what has happened to modern cinema. Most people are born into this world, not even knowing anything great from the past. It’s not like they’re growing up on SK movies but still deciding to see every marvel movie. It’s honestly too expensive and risky to make great movies like the past. Everything has changed since then and you just cannot. Very rare that real art is made in cinema and tv these days and when it is it never gets the attention it deserves. Look at NBC’s Hannibal.
Barry Lyndon is only 2nd to 2001 in regards to how stunningly beautiful the cinematography is. Much like 2001, the critics were lukewarm at best. They fail to realize that these movies are best enjoyed at a slow pace. How else can someone take it all in visually?
I'm glad it delighted MGM because the premiere was a disaster and the press releases were devastating. So much so, the studio bosses were very concerned about how to save the film with possible cuts. Filmcritic Pauline Kael for example said about 2001 being basically the most boring thing she ever watched. During the first 30 Minutes of the premiere a lot of the audience walked out. Kubrick had counted them all. But the film became VERY VERY popular among the young generation as it ran at the theaters for everyone to see. Teenagers in particular liked it a lot. The ones who didn't understand the movie at all were the older generation who didn't understand what Kubrick intended with this movie. It kinda tells a lot about how different of a perspective generations can have on certain things.
2001 is one movie you have to watch on the biggest screen there is. I sore it when I was about 12 14, I think. I did not understand it butt it was wow wow wow and Iam 64 now and still watch it at the theater.
Yes. They had a real helicopter flying over some explosions. The heat I think from them caused the copter to lean forward decapitating Vic Morrow and a kid, and then the copter crashed onto another kid.
He who laughs last......not completely, but predominantly after time has passed(and with Kubrick films its decades n more) critics and viewers have changed their stance, opinions and room number from 237 to the one they currently occupy to express a bit of reverance that years ago may have once been reviling. for example ; from the time of this you tube opinion comment,, give "Eyes Wide Shut" another ten years. ....other movies, in a short time, go from prom queen to an overdose
Actually, Terence Malick was the second filmmaker to use a steadycam, in Days of Heaven, a few years before The Shining. His cinematographer was Haskell Wexler, who pioneered the use of steadycam in Bound for Glory.
@@reptomicus Oh very good, I hadn't known of that competitor. Apparently Halloween was the fourth film to use one of the two types of rig, Days of Heaven the first.
Yeah and you could open the chat by saying "Hey John, remember that crazy time in 1983 when actor Vic Morrow and the two young Vietnamese kids got decapitated on the set of your episode of The Twilight Zone movie and you almost got convicted of murder..."
@@BuckRolly1 Would have been something for the prosecution to get Landis (and four others btw) convicted of murder, considering they were all charged with involuntary manslaughter.
9:12 Wait a damn minute, now. John Landis says American Werewolf is the 3rd movie to use steadicam? American Werewolf came out in 1982. What about Rocky, Marathon Man, and the Shining?
John Landis comes off really well in this interview. I always liked him, despite the sad and terrible Twilight Zone scandal (where Spielberg hung the poor man out to dry, by the way).
Dan Roy "He's an artistic genius" (a big stretch by the way) will never excuse him for carelessly, and knowingly, putting his actor and two child actors live's at risk which resulted in them dying, horribly. Spielberg and a number of colleagues ended their friendship with Landis for good reason.
@beanie0112 Landis got used as an example for the incident, for not being there. He trusted the crew of professionals who were there Landis did nothing wrong. I work in a factory that runs 24/7. My factories' administrators are not there all the time. Anyone could die at anytime, and have in the place I work. What Happened on the Twilight Zone was at night, on a night shoot that was behind schedule, children were working at night, which was questionable and changed law for such situations. I know I watched the twilight zone movie at night being the same age of the children that were in the film at the time and being a child up at night only leads to sleeping in the next morning. Let's focus on what happened, it was an indoor set with a real helicopter overhead above an actor and two children. That sounds Ludacris and not worth the shot, but that was no different than what any other professionals in the movie industry were doing at the time. It was normal, the people involved were not amateur hacks try to pass off pulling a rabid bunny from A hat at a child's birthday party. (There was an indoor helicopter shoot filmed in the Civic arena in Pittsburgh in the 1990's for a Jean Claud Vandam movie hardly a decade later.) Landis wasn't even present on the evening of the incident in question. Just like George Lucas wasn't present for many shoots in his films, but was when Natalie Portman was injured by blanks from a prop blaster ( Lucas fired the unprofessional prop handler, but hey it sure could have been worse look at Brandon Lee and that was professionals that were on hand...but it was a fluke) Steven Spielberg wasn't present for the final climatic, and dangerous explosive scene at the end of Jaws...he was "burnt out." Spielberg should have been more responsible because he was the executive producer overseeing the whole thing of all the segments of the movie regarding the Twilight Zone. He tossed Landis under the bus. So he could keep making movies like poltergeist that had a drunk director using real skeletons to entertain movie audiences let alone all the other fucked up shit that came out of that show.
Let's all give our appreciation to the crane operators and helicopter pilots who helped airlift the host off his couch and into the theater for this special interview and screening event.
Given the revelations Mr. Landis provides concerning epic filmmakers and their concerns with box office money and how it reflects on the quality of their work, I have a friend that's a fairly successful artist and if any of his works don't sell he considers them pieces of shit. No matter how brilliant they may be. I think most if not every artist consider their creations a commodity first and an act of self expression second.
I think they also understand that if their previous attempts don't catch on there's a big possibility that they won't be able to make another one. What's the Hollywood rule: three failures in a row and you're out. Look at John Carpenter's career.
Yeah, but they never mention the Soviet Union or the cold war. Which was either a stroke of genius or a stroke of luck. They share the same space station and are on friendly terms, if a slight bit suspicious of each other, pretty much like in real 2001.
Ro man: Please, revisit the whole sequence inside the Space Station again and be specially focused on the apparent "friendly" relationship between Floyd and the Russian scientists, the apparent casual dialogue and the acting (this part of tbe film is very often misunderstood as non significant, as well as it occurs with the meeting at the Lunar Base, a monument to cynicism).
Yeah, if your guest is having no trouble coming out with things, the host's job is to stay out of the way, steering ONLY if necessary. Some of the comments on here would straight up piss off Stanley Kubrick.
If Barry Lyndon 13:52 was released today I would see it in the theater a dozen times at least. An utterly breathtakingly beautiful film. Hard to understand the fickle film goers of yester-decade.
Not only is it one of the most beautiful looking films, it is also my favorite Kubrick movie.
@@pillmuncher67 same here.
It’s not that hard to understand what has happened to modern cinema. Most people are born into this world, not even knowing anything great from the past. It’s not like they’re growing up on SK movies but still deciding to see every marvel movie. It’s honestly too expensive and risky to make great movies like the past. Everything has changed since then and you just cannot. Very rare that real art is made in cinema and tv these days and when it is it never gets the attention it deserves. Look at NBC’s Hannibal.
@@ZachAsaD - Haven't seen Hannibal. I'm intrigued.
Barry Lyndon is only 2nd to 2001 in regards to how stunningly beautiful the cinematography is. Much like 2001, the critics were lukewarm at best. They fail to realize that these movies are best enjoyed at a slow pace. How else can someone take it all in visually?
I've never seen John speak, but im a huge fan of his son Max, and I'm shocked how similar they are. He's a great listen, I'm gonna find more.
How did he not mention the steadycam running up the stairs in Rocky ? Iconic.
Incredibly it was the highest grossing movie of 1968!! Must have delighted Mr Kubrick
I'm glad it delighted MGM because the premiere was a disaster and the press releases were devastating. So much so, the studio bosses were very concerned about how to save the film with possible cuts. Filmcritic Pauline Kael for example said about 2001 being basically the most boring thing she ever watched. During the first 30 Minutes of the premiere a lot of the audience walked out. Kubrick had counted them all. But the film became VERY VERY popular among the young generation as it ran at the theaters for everyone to see. Teenagers in particular liked it a lot. The ones who didn't understand the movie at all were the older generation who didn't understand what Kubrick intended with this movie. It kinda tells a lot about how different of a perspective generations can have on certain things.
2001 is one movie you have to watch on the biggest screen there is. I sore it when I was about 12 14, I think. I did not understand it butt it was wow wow wow and Iam 64 now and still watch it at the theater.
There is also a brief use of steadicam in Alan Parker's 'Fame' (1980), when Dolores and Ralph are running down the steps onto an N.Y. subway platform.
Kubrick definitely got skype right for the future.
Interviewer looks like a mix between Guillermo del Toro and orson Welles
I thought he was being interviewed by Guillermo Del Toro for a second
Toro is not so increfibly fat
Garrett Brown's the name of the man who invented the steadicam
Stedicam was also used in Marathon Man.
The host is huge
Is it just me, or didn't he say the best way to watch was with no knowledge or preconceptions?
Imagine it being transformed to 3D.
Didn’t John kill people on set? Including 2 kids? I don’t know anything about it. But I think people died during the twilight zone movie.
For not knowing anything about it, that was a pretty good guess. Did you try searching John Landis Twilight Zone deaths?
Yes. They had a real helicopter flying over some explosions. The heat I think from them caused the copter to lean forward decapitating Vic Morrow and a kid, and then the copter crashed onto another kid.
He who laughs last......not completely, but predominantly after time has passed(and with Kubrick films its decades n more) critics and viewers have changed their stance, opinions and room number from 237 to the one they currently occupy to express a bit of reverance that years ago may have once been reviling. for example ; from the time of this you tube opinion comment,, give "Eyes Wide Shut" another ten years. ....other movies, in a short time, go from prom queen to an overdose
Look up John Landis in IMDB, mostly Producer and TV work nowadays. What a waste.
That's happens when you kill a famous actor and 2 little kids.
I must be the only person who did not like the waltz music. I would have prefered something more si fi ish
you have every other sci fi movie ever made for that.
The Strauss music is more honest and real.
Yes, you are the only person.
To dislike the music is to miss the essence of the film.
What is si fi music?
Awesome anecdotes from John Landis about Kubrick. And that line from his DP about the point-of-view shot of the werewolf is spot-on.
Fascinating. Many thanks for the upload.
Awesome, thanks for the upload !
Actually, Terence Malick was the second filmmaker to use a steadycam, in Days of Heaven, a few years before The Shining.
His cinematographer was Haskell Wexler, who pioneered the use of steadycam in Bound for Glory.
There was also Halloween from 1978, the same year as Days of Heaven, with extensive steadycam
@@Jcushing5 I thought that was panaglide.
@@reptomicus Oh very good, I hadn't known of that competitor. Apparently Halloween was the fourth film to use one of the two types of rig, Days of Heaven the first.
Landis is a treasure. Great filmmaker! Love his energy.
It's also his fault that Vic Morrow and two children were killed via a helicopter during the production of the Twilight Zone movie from 1983. 😒
John Landis really seems like a guy i'd love to hang around with for an evening xD We'd nerd out so much about all the stuff we love and hate.
Yeah and you could open the chat by saying "Hey John, remember that crazy time in 1983 when actor Vic Morrow and the two young Vietnamese kids got decapitated on the set of your episode of The Twilight Zone movie and you almost got convicted of murder..."
@@BuckRolly1 Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
I’ve heard he’s kind of a jerk, but hey who knows
@@BuckRolly1 100%
@@BuckRolly1 Would have been something for the prosecution to get Landis (and four others btw) convicted of murder, considering they were all charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Look at the size of that lad. An absolute unit
Love Landis
9:12
Wait a damn minute, now. John Landis says American Werewolf is the 3rd movie to use steadicam? American Werewolf came out in 1982. What about Rocky, Marathon Man, and the Shining?
Yeah didn't Rocky popularise Steadicam?
Best use of Steadicam -- Return of the Jedi and speederbike chase through the woods of Endor (Northern California) So cool for its time, 1983.
AWIL was filmed in 1980 but Landis is well known for grand embellishments in his Hollywood anecdotes.
ghostdog2041 and Bound for Glory came first I think.
Didn't John Carpenter use an early version of a Steadicam for Halloween '78..?
great insight but thought Rocky was 1st steady cam use but portable cameras used in ST TOS so...
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He got the See You Next Wednesday line from that movie I believe, he used that as the title of a fake movie within some of his own movies.
John Landis comes off really well in this interview. I always liked him, despite the sad and terrible Twilight Zone scandal (where Spielberg hung the poor man out to dry, by the way).
+Mark Thibodeau He's an artistic genius, no apologies necessary
Dan Roy "He's an artistic genius" (a big stretch by the way) will never excuse him for carelessly, and knowingly, putting his actor and two child actors live's at risk which resulted in them dying, horribly. Spielberg and a number of colleagues ended their friendship with Landis for good reason.
beanie0112 all directors cut corners then. He was just unlucky enough for the fuck up to happen.
@beanie0112 Landis got used as an example for the incident, for not being there.
He trusted the crew of professionals who were there
Landis did nothing wrong.
I work in a factory that runs 24/7. My factories' administrators are not there all the time. Anyone could die at anytime, and have in the place I work.
What Happened on the Twilight Zone was at night, on a night shoot that was behind schedule, children were working at night, which was questionable and changed law for such situations.
I know I watched the twilight zone movie at night being the same age of the children that were in the film at the time and being a child up at night only leads to sleeping in the next morning.
Let's focus on what happened, it was an indoor set with a real helicopter overhead above an actor and two children. That sounds Ludacris and not worth the shot, but that was no different than what any other professionals in the movie industry were doing at the time. It was normal, the people involved were not amateur hacks try to pass off pulling a rabid bunny from A hat at a child's birthday party.
(There was an indoor helicopter shoot filmed in the Civic arena in Pittsburgh in the 1990's for a Jean Claud Vandam movie hardly a decade later.)
Landis wasn't even present on the evening of the incident in question.
Just like George Lucas wasn't present for many shoots in his films, but was when Natalie Portman was injured by blanks from a prop blaster ( Lucas fired the unprofessional prop handler, but hey it sure could have been worse look at Brandon Lee and that was professionals that were on hand...but it was a fluke) Steven Spielberg wasn't present for the final climatic, and dangerous explosive scene at the end of Jaws...he was "burnt out."
Spielberg should have been more responsible because he was the executive producer overseeing the whole thing of all the segments of the movie regarding the Twilight Zone.
He tossed Landis under the bus. So he could keep making movies like poltergeist that had a drunk director using real skeletons to entertain movie audiences let alone all the other fucked up shit that came out of that show.
@beanie0112 Landis was not present on the day of the filming.
Let's all give our appreciation to the crane operators and helicopter pilots who helped airlift the host off his couch and into the theater for this special interview and screening event.
DJ Waterman Dick.
@G Ghecko ouch
“helicopter pilots”
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Given the revelations Mr. Landis provides concerning epic filmmakers and their concerns with box office money and how it reflects on the quality of their work, I have a friend that's a fairly successful artist and if any of his works don't sell he considers them pieces of shit. No matter how brilliant they may be. I think most if not every artist consider their creations a commodity first and an act of self expression second.
I think they also understand that if their previous attempts don't catch on there's a big possibility that they won't be able to make another one. What's the Hollywood rule: three failures in a row and you're out. Look at John Carpenter's career.
What about Goofy?
The film people often know nothing - ir the critic he quotes.
The Soviet Union isn't even mentioned in 2001.
Heywood Floyd meets with Russian scientists on the space station before he goes to the moon.
Yeah, but they never mention the Soviet Union or the cold war. Which was either a stroke of genius or a stroke of luck. They share the same space station and are on friendly terms, if a slight bit suspicious of each other, pretty much like in real 2001.
Funny thing though, the Soviet Union and the Cold War are sub plots the the 2010 sequel.
Ro man:
Please, revisit the whole sequence inside the Space Station again and be specially focused on the apparent "friendly" relationship between Floyd and the Russian scientists, the apparent casual dialogue and the acting (this part of tbe film is very often misunderstood as non significant, as well as it occurs with the meeting at the Lunar Base, a monument to cynicism).
Ro Man s
The host is actually a very good actor, he dressed in drag and played the mom from "What's eating Gilbert Grape"
Mike Oxlong That’s hilarious. Ha. Ha. Hee. Ha. Hee. Tee. Hee.
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It must be a New Yorker thing: if it don't make money, it's shit.
Not a story about the music for this film that I have ever seen. Don't think it's true.
host is a joke
The host knows the just let the man talk.
Yeah, if your guest is having no trouble coming out with things, the host's job is to stay out of the way, steering ONLY if necessary.
Some of the comments on here would straight up piss off Stanley Kubrick.