My Dad worked on Full Metal Jacket for 18 months as a welder, working on the various film sets of Beckton, Bassingbourne etc... and I had the honour of driving about the set (while he worked) as a 17 year old kid on a Vietnamese motor bike while watching Kubrick in action. What an amazing, surreal experience for both my Dad and me.
Kubrick intimately understood complex psychology, art, music, philosophy, literature, science…. What a unique voice in film. Thank god he took his time with his creations.
Fascinating to hear him talk about his computer with 20 megs of memory and the quality of available cameras. He would be over the moon for what is available today.
I don't think Kubrick would have liked the artificial look of digital cameras. While he loved new technology, he didn't love all new tech. 2001 was his only film with stereo mixing because it was 70mm, all others were in mono despite it being outdated tech. Especially in 1999.
I'm only 2 min in and Stanley Kubrick saying the words "hell no" immediately shattered everything I thought I knew about him. This will be a good interview.
wait till you hear him on the set of FMJ correcting R. Lee Ermey, who said the line "you think you're some kind of writer?" and Stanley was like no no it's FUCKING writer lmao
“If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.” Stanley Kubrick
Stanley is the epitome of zero bullshit. He’s one serious dude, he’s all business when it comes to his craft. His attention to detail can be summarise as thus; “You can’t recreate rocks, as I found out on Paths of Glory, because each rock has its inherent logic”
love that quote where he talks about why he tends to enjoy adapting more than writing from scratch: when you read something you get the "first time" experience of the work, which is something that you will never be able to try to understand about your own work when you create from scratch.
@jpssteveshanahan9572I concede that some art is understood in that way by the artist, but I'm more in line with Kubrick's style. I was in a "band" (loosely) once and we all were creative musicians. Meaning we couldn't touch other people's work and were able to create hooks and melodies almost at will. Like an unending source behind our stuff. However, we were collectively inept at composing it or piecing it together in a coherent mass appeal type way. We split and almost all of us ended up having real conposers or arrangers adopt and adapt each of our personal stuff where we never could. Conversely, I found that I was able to adapt others stuff as long as it was good to my ears.
I was so excited when "Full Metal Jacket" came out. I bought this edition of Rolling Stone and everything else related to the Movie. On the day it came out I quit my job to go see it immediately.
Don't say that like you were special. We ALL quit our jobs to see it. Every time a Kubrick movie came out, I quit my job. But ever since Eyes Wide Shut, I've had to work at the same job :(
I freaking flew to London in summer of 1999 for the purpose of seeing the unaltered version of Eyes Wide Shut!! My first trip abroad. Theater worker walks in the theater after credits: (Australian accent): "Weird movie, ain't it mate?"
1:30:45 The two examples he gives of actors coming in prepared and actually knowing their lines: R. Lee Ermey and George C. Scott, two former Marines. Go figure.
Also easier supporting roles to act with less emotional dynamics. They both basically shout with stone faces, they didnt have to worry bout HOW they say it
@@rearwindow8318 LOL. I know. Today you have to be a little brainless dweeb on their phone. No one talks face to face anymore. I was with a friend getting some French fries at a place a few blocks from home and there was a group of kids all eating their hotdogs and burgers and on their phones playing games. No one was talking. I swear smartphones are making us dumber as they get smarter.
Depends on your definition of what a recluse is. He was private, but that doesn't mean he was a crazy hoarder. His films are mainly about what the world does to a man... and he wanted no part of that.
@Brique Zallivam Interesting... "he's done with people", but lived his life making movies that DEPENDED on folks to watch. In that regard, he was not so private. Might Like to pretend he's private but he needed crazy attention. I nor anyone I know needs so much attention. He did make the best movies...
Classic brilliant Kubrick response to critics who do negative reviews (not only of his own films) because they didn’t understand it or wasn’t what they expected: “it is a little like he batter who said the pitcher threw me the wrong pitch...it isn’t that I swung wrong. He should’ve thrown me what I thought I was gonna get.” Just on another level!
Incredible! Hearing him describe his method, referring to accusations of perfectionism, even just talking about his dogs. This is stuff I thought I'd never get to hear, at least not from the man himself. This may sadly be the most indepth interview will ever get to see or hear from Kubrick and for that fact alone this document must be treasured. Can't thank you enough for releasing this into the world and if you have anything else wallowing in your archives please don't wait another 20 years to release it.
This is monumental. So much to be learned for anyone who wants to understand Kubrick, the process of story execution, and the business of film-making. Don't miss the last ten minutes.
This is life changing. To hear him is just remarkable. You realize so much: a) society is full of so much bullshit it's headspinning, b) someone who has the clarity to make a statement mesmerizes us. This really is a treasure. Reporters, in the day, carried a micro, or full cassette recorder, they would place it on the table, it didn't have 2 mic inputs and that wasn't the purpose. One of the most dangerous mistakes going back in time looking at archival material is bringing with you your perspective from today and making judgments. People labeling Tim Cahill an "idiot?" He's an incredible writer in his own right. You put a statement like that against your own name. Probably want to read, learn and delete it. Thank you for posting it. There's so much crap out there, and this is one of the joys of coming together online and sharing. If you valued this, it would be nice connecting with you because you too are hard to find.
It's amazing how many comments you find online criticizing the audio quality of something that wasn't meant for circulation, but for reference. A lot of people just don't consider the context of what they're hearing. On another Kubrick interview post someone commented how Stanley likes to spell things out, not realizing he was spelling names for the writer.
@@Archetype77 The audio quality is one thing but why do people always have to upload videos in which the audio volume is way to low so that even on the highest setting you can baerly hear it? It wouldn't have taken much effort to increase the volume by 50% would it?
There's no remark ever from Kubrick which doesn't add something clever and smart to our understanding of concepts that we just hadn't thought about before. An Accorsi from Mantova, Italy, here, living in Brazil.
Life changing? Maybe, but your English grammar is embarrassing - especially since you’re talking about how full of shit (or dumb) everyone is. Your name goes first on the list.
threatens them by selling them they have to do their own stunts. The actor who played in clockwork orange reckons he almost lost his eye in that scene he has to watch the footage. lol
Stanley Kubrick was a fuckin genius. I can watch his films multiple times, over many years, and still find new things in them every single time. I don’t think there has been another director, before or since, who has so many hidden/deep metaphors in his (or her) films. We will never see the like again. Stanley Kubrick was unique.
So true. I hesitated to make a similar comment only because there are so many like it, but you nailed it. I don’t think we can underestimate the level of intelligence and wide ranging knowledge that he possessed. And he also had heart, warmth and a great sense of humor as well. Probably the best most fascinating director ever.
When listening to Stanley, who sounds like a laid back new yorker, its hard to imagine that this is the genius behind paths of glory, spartacus, lolita, dr strangelove, 2001 a space odyssey, a clockwork orange, barry lyndon, the shining. I think kubrick always tried to downplay his brilliance in interviews and he really does come across like an average guy
It's always been clear to me that all the accusers spouting the "obsessive perfectionist" line and that Kubrick did too many takes that drains actors' performances of their spontaneity and his long shoots are the ones who are happy with performances that just don't quite hit the mark. Scripts that don't quite capture the magic. Lighting that says very little about the scene. Music that's just filler sound to make you feel something the director and cast haven't managed to fulfill in the scene. This interview just tells me what I already knew about Kubrick and why I love his work. If you've ever made a film I can tell you there's nothing spontaneous about it. It's a lot of hard work and concentration on all fronts. The suggestion that if you somehow rehearse a scene to a point where it has died and you;re never going to see anything new if you persevere is ridiculous. Kubrick's line in this interview where he says: "I don't do a lot of takes if it's good." says it all. The fact that there are so few people willing to go to the lengths Kubrick did to make a film is utterly baffling to me.
Kubrick did a lot of takes because by the take 50 or 60, the actors began to act like puppets or machines or robots, which is exactly what Kubrick wanted of them.
Fact of the matter is, his films were exactly that. So much work for not as much result. I gather Copolla, whose Godfather 1 Kubrick deemed as the best film ever, didnt do as many takes.
I used to do music producing in recording studios. I learned - the hard way - one important lesson: ALWAYS SAVE THE FIRST TAKE. It is totally spontaneous and often has a magic you will NEVER get again. I don't care if you do 100 takes later. When I tell a vocalist or musician, "This take is just for levels, so sing and play like you will do when we go for a real take," I tell all of you aspiring people this. You MAY - not all the time, but sometimes - get pure gold. The singers and musicians just ROCK because, "This ain't for real. Let's relax and have fun. Let's just grooooove!" On the microphone before the first take, you often hear, "Ug! I just ate. Hope I don't burp during recording" or "I gotta be somewhere right after this. Let's just get in and get out." Shit like that. Even the Beatles said crazy stuff before the tape rolled. So, young students, aspiring great artists, and all of you who are out to set the world fire: Never erase the first take. I wonder if Kubrick ever did a hundred takes and used all - or some - of the first take!
Compare this recording with the final interview in Rolling Stone. I read someplace that Kubrick wanted to read the printed interview right before it went to press, to check it for accuracy. Now I know why: the printed interview heavily restructures a lot of his comments from the original recording here. Although the writer preserves the meaning of Kubrick's comments in print, the interview is definitely not a transcript, like I thought a lot of interviews were. The writer reworked the interview so that it read well (because that's what writers do). Very eye-opening comparison.
K must have approved the printed version, though ... remember that disclaimer on letters pages 'correspondance is edited for clarity and content'. It's like panhandling for silver, i guess, filtering out the 'er' and 'ums' and backtracking and changing tack ... so long as the writer doesnt distort the essential meaning of what the subject was trying to say. Which is a long winded way of saying, yes, I agree.
if anyone is wondering why the audio sounds strange I think I have an answer. The audio was probably transferred from cassette tape or reel to reel tape. Now with all vintage audio formats they generally deteriorate with age. So the editor of this audio probably applied a noise reduction. Which sounds like to me he used audacity, since I use it in my work very often. This creates an "underwater" metallic effect in sound quality. You can really hear it come through when Cahill is speaking. The editor probably used noise reduction because it sounds like Cahill was sitting farther away from the recording device than Kubrick and his voice may have been getting lost in the recording devices own mechanical noise. I'm a media specialist and I transfer all types of analog media formats to digital ones. I very often apply a noise reduction effect as well as a compressor to increase the overall amplitude of spoken voice. Now I'm not a audiophile, I just do what sounds good to my ears. I'm pretty sure this was recorded on audio cassette, which sounds like poo poo. No matter how much you try to improve the audio it's just shit to start with.
This is a real YT-treasure, thank you for the download. What is curious about all Kubrick interviews (and also all interviews with his close friends who really knew Kubrick) is that he was pretty much the opposite of the certain image usually spread about him. Because of his perfectionist filming style (and Shelley Duvall stories) many people think Kubrick as a some kind of eccentric tyrant and arrogant snob. Yet it seems that he was a soft spoken and a good conversationalist who actually listened what others had to say. He was a genuine and an unpretentious person who did not have to prove anything. Kubrick just happened to have very high IQ, high demands for workmanship and a little time for bullshit. His commanding authority on the set came from a creative intelligence and strong will, not with raising his voice. For what I have read, Kubrick had much respect for works of others filmmakers too and did not look down on blockbusters or genre films (he admired Star Wars and Texas Chainsaw Massacre) either if he saw something interesting about them. Also his interest in an every aspect of human creativity is evident in most of his films; whether it is music, science, literature, psychology, warfare, painting, comedy, philosophy etc. I think Stanley Kubrick is one of the few filmmakers who actually deserved to be called as a genius. His only fault was that due to his obsession for details, the pre-production took much time and as a result he wasted many years on projects which never materialized. He could have done at least 15 great movies, instead of 11. On the other hand, Kubrick never lost his touch. Eyes Wide Shut is not his best film, but it is still a great film. As opposite of likes of Coppola, Friedkin and Lucas who made a few masterpieces (well, Lucas did really only one), but then their quality of work dropped drastically. Even Scorsese and Spielberg with their many hits are a way more inconsistent with their quality than Kubrick.
Stanley has evolved into something of the stuff of legends. Avant-garde artist who perfected his craft like a Leonardo or Michelangelo. (For me) one doesn’t always like or understand his films on the first watching but they’re so re watchable and literally improve over time. Something about his work just hits different. Hearing this interview there’s a certain irreverent quality about him that’s fantastic!
I could listen to Stanley Kubrick talk about anything. he’s always right. for instance, how do you describe a film? take a film, ‘Sweet Smell of Success’. i essentially need people to trust my taste, i just tried to describe it and, people today don’t know what the fuck it’s ‘based on’. Thank You for Posting this. (glad to hear that it’s all available for ten dollars, it’s got to be better than a cappuccino.)
Fantastic interview! It adds so much more to the experience to hear his voice. But it looks like 3 people need a good talking to...or perhaps something more.
This is great to dispel so much of the myths and falsehoods about Kubrick. We hear so much from just the actors. And they are protecting their own egos, "oh he does so many takes, like 100". When in fact they did not prepare for scene, so it took 30 takes for the actor to get it right.
but the truth lies somewhere in the middle. anyone who could make 2001:can shoot as many takes as he wants. I've seen it on cinema screens subsequently ,since it's 1st run(Wang center in Boston has a 60 ft. screen) and I have it on DVD. it looks exquisite on my HD TV in this era of re-mastering..
He shot as many takes as it took. By all reports he would roll and roll until he felt the actor "found the magic." As Tom Cruise put it, sometimes it would be only 7 or 8 takes. As he was editor on post, he needed as much material as possible to work with. Apparently, David Fincher works the exact same way.
49:42 "Oh, I have ah... Are you a computer man? ", "Yeah I have a , you know a Compac 2, you know, the, 286. It's called a Compac 286 you know? 20 megabyte hard drive; and I use er, I use er you know, word processing, database and spreadsheet. Er, Which is a tremendous help, I mean my god, it saves the lugubriousness of keeping track of things. So, what do you use?". Gotta love it when Kubrik talks computers :) 20 megabyte hard drive and that was GOOD back then!
It would be cool if you could have access to his archives if possible as well as what “made him tick” in terms of his favorite movies, directors, authors..favorite books etc. perhaps by gleaning as much as possible from this great director some of his originality will become part of what your own original voice develops into. Originally is perhaps underrated or misunderstood but the best artists in whichever genre are original in that they find their own voice, not “copy cats”. One can be highly influenced by great artists and still be original. One thing I heard Kubrick say was that the greatest skill anyone must have to be successful is “problem solving,” which I found simple yet profound. All the best as you find your place in the world of film making.
@@victoryak86Thanks for the kind words my friend. I don’t know where you’re from but the Kubrick family have put together the Stanley Kubrick exhibition which has gone to quite a few places around the world. I went to it when it was in London & it had lots of props from the moved, scripts, script notes & in general, real insightful stuff. Have a look online and see if it’s ever coming to an area near you & if it does, then you should go. It’s fantastic.
@@seank135 thanks for that info. Would love to check it out if it comes nearby. There aren’t many directors “archives” etc I would be that inclined to check out but a Kubrick one, definitely! He was in a league of his own. Thx again bro.
Let alone imagine what his reaction would be to todays technology. Hearing him talk about his concern for the poor quality that theatres present movies in and how unfair he considers the accusations of perfectionism to be because he just wants films to be valued on rewatches, shows me how much he cared about the medium. So it kind of breaks my heart that he will never know how common it is today to have 4k televisions where people can rewatch films in an instant from the comfort of their own home. Truly a man years ahead of his time.
I still have the issue of Rolling Stone with this interview. The final version on paper has a couple of notable clean-ups/edits. Both this recording and the printed interview are stand alone mementos in their own way.
Yes I bought the RS with this interview when it was first released, too. Ever since Barry Lyndon I used to haunt the magazine racks for any periodical that had info about a new Kubrick release (still have the Time magazine issue with a cover story on Barry Lyndon!).
He was a New Yorker to his core, but he also appreciated american football for it's similarities to chess. The opening variations and roles of different positions/pieces, the fact that the game is turn/moved-based rather than open or free play, there are endless similarities between football and chess beneath the surface that Kubrick mentioned in the past and could appreciate.
Cahill Shmayhill. He interjects and criticizes Kubrick ceaselessly, as if he were a peer. Poor listener. He seems unable to interview at all. Conversely, Kubrick is truthful, insightful and lovely. I suspect some of these remarks have inspired Chris Nolan to take preservation precautions. 54:10 Shame he wasn’t around for Premiere Pro.
I think it sounded like this from the beginning. The guy seems to have recorded it very carelessly. Very unfortunate indeed (and maddening). But still better than not existing at all.
57:23 very interesting take on Michelob commericals by Kubrick! If anyone else, like myself, was curious what he liked about them, here are a few: ua-cam.com/video/jSWGALN7w7w/v-deo.html - Michelob commercial - "Talkin' Back to the Night" (1987) - from 1-inch tape ua-cam.com/video/qWPAXt6jMgg/v-deo.html - Eric Clapton 1987 Michelob Beer Commercial ua-cam.com/video/r8YDwuDGW3o/v-deo.html - The Night Belongs to Michelob' Commercial w/ Genesis (1986)
Kubrick loved to play chess with the people he worked on films with, it gave him the upper hand with them because he was so proficient he usually always beat them. I would I have replied to him, "uh, no, I don't...how about we play some...Poker?"
Stanley Kubrick's driver and assistant Emilio D'Alessandro had no interest in chess or any of Kubrick's films or film in general, yet they were very close. I doubt Kubrick judged the interviewer for not being a chess player.
46:40 Where Stanley Kubrick describes how he couldn't keep the building which resembles the monolith out of the frame in cowboy's death scene and says that he's sure that some people will believe this was a calculated reference to 2001. It's the same with David Lynch works especially with Twin Peaks: The Return, where some people believe that every little detail has an intended meaning, which sometimes leads to assumptions that sound truly insane.
My Dad worked on Full Metal Jacket for 18 months as a welder, working on the various film sets of Beckton, Bassingbourne etc... and I had the honour of driving about the set (while he worked) as a 17 year old kid on a Vietnamese motor bike while watching Kubrick in action. What an amazing, surreal experience for both my Dad and me.
@@deckofcards87 No never spoke to him but my Dad did regularly... it was a tight nit crew that was for sure and my Dad was part of that posse
@@wakeup5700 what did your dad have to say about his direction?
I'm really jealous of you and your dad
That is insane mate, beckton as in next to eastham/ east London ? You had a once in a lifetime experience there 👌🔥🔥
Do you mean Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire?
Kubrick intimately understood complex psychology, art, music, philosophy, literature, science…. What a unique voice in film. Thank god he took his time with his creations.
Cahill: "an orgy of analysis...your films do invite them"
Kubrick: "you want me to order some sandwiches?"
Stan would be cool to hang out with.
some sandwiches so they need a lot of time to analyse them ?
joeypropeller is this really him in this interview?
It sounds just like him in every other sound bite that exists, maybe just a bit older/tired (deeper pitched).
@@davidwood9718 Yes, it's obviously him, tone, character, word choices, everything. He's super easy to tell.
Fascinating to hear him talk about his computer with 20 megs of memory and the quality of available cameras. He would be over the moon for what is available today.
I don't think Kubrick would have liked the artificial look of digital cameras. While he loved new technology, he didn't love all new tech. 2001 was his only film with stereo mixing because it was 70mm, all others were in mono despite it being outdated tech. Especially in 1999.
Nice play on words with the "over the moon." Ol Stanley knew quite a bit about making fictional moon movies
I'm only 2 min in and Stanley Kubrick saying the words "hell no" immediately shattered everything I thought I knew about him. This will be a good interview.
wait till you hear him on the set of FMJ correcting R. Lee Ermey, who said the line "you think you're some kind of writer?" and Stanley was like no no it's FUCKING writer lmao
@@sarahbeardsleyYou fuckin think you're fuckin Mickey Fuckin Spilaine or some shit? Fuckin Fuck!!
50:54 montage video editing computer -- giving timecode instructions
49:50 compaq 286
1:04:00 rugby
1:06:00 london, nyc & hollywood
1:07:50 importing dogs
1:09:45 the critics
1:11:01 citizen kane
1:14:11 the shining
1:30:45 prepared actors
I love people who do this. Thanks.
Thank you.
1:46 why films look too dark (via The Lucas Report). thank you, very much.
Is this the interview where Kubrick is talking about chess? If so, I'm looking for the time code.
@@christophedevos3760 14:57
“If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.” Stanley Kubrick
"Surfin' bird is such an amazing piece of music." -Stanley Kubrick
Stanley is the epitome of zero bullshit.
He’s one serious dude, he’s all business when it comes to his craft.
His attention to detail can be summarise as thus; “You can’t recreate rocks, as I found out on Paths of Glory, because each rock has its inherent logic”
Stanley? You knew him?
love that quote where he talks about why he tends to enjoy adapting more than writing from scratch: when you read something you get the "first time" experience of the work, which is something that you will never be able to try to understand about your own work when you create from scratch.
@jpssteveshanahan9572I concede that some art is understood in that way by the artist, but I'm more in line with Kubrick's style. I was in a "band" (loosely) once and we all were creative musicians. Meaning we couldn't touch other people's work and were able to create hooks and melodies almost at will. Like an unending source behind our stuff. However, we were collectively inept at composing it or piecing it together in a coherent mass appeal type way. We split and almost all of us ended up having real conposers or arrangers adopt and adapt each of our personal stuff where we never could. Conversely, I found that I was able to adapt others stuff as long as it was good to my ears.
@jpssteveshanahan9572 Now I believe we were basically potential Producers or behind the scenes type artists and didn't know it, and didn't want it..
I was so excited when "Full Metal Jacket" came out. I bought this edition of Rolling Stone and everything else related to the Movie. On the day it came out I quit my job to go see it immediately.
I salute you!
Don't say that like you were special. We ALL quit our jobs to see it.
Every time a Kubrick movie came out, I quit my job.
But ever since Eyes Wide Shut, I've had to work at the same job :(
@@The22on Thats what caused the recession of 1987. damn you, Kubrick
I freaking flew to London in summer of 1999 for the purpose of seeing the unaltered version of Eyes Wide Shut!! My first trip abroad. Theater worker walks in the theater after credits: (Australian accent): "Weird movie, ain't it mate?"
this IS movie geeks united. I've quit jobs before, but I only wish I did it to see a movie.
Priceless, priceless Kubrick-material! Thank you so much for sharing this.
I am in love with how much this man takes his own time to form and put forward his thoughts.
Yes
Awesome!!!!!
1:30:45 The two examples he gives of actors coming in prepared and actually knowing their lines: R. Lee Ermey and George C. Scott, two former Marines. Go figure.
Also easier supporting roles to act with less emotional dynamics. They both basically shout with stone faces, they didnt have to worry bout HOW they say it
This is not the voice of a recluse. I can't believe the nonsense that has been circulated about him.
@@rearwindow8318 LOL. I know. Today you have to be a little brainless dweeb on their phone. No one talks face to face anymore. I was with a friend getting some French fries at a place a few blocks from home and there was a group of kids all eating their hotdogs and burgers and on their phones playing games. No one was talking. I swear smartphones are making us dumber as they get smarter.
Depends on your definition of what a recluse is. He was private, but that doesn't mean he was a crazy hoarder. His films are mainly about what the world does to a man... and he wanted no part of that.
you, personally, have no idea what reclusive people think
@@DavidAndersen84 speak for yourself, loser.
@Brique Zallivam Interesting... "he's done with people", but lived his life making movies that DEPENDED on folks to watch.
In that regard, he was not so private.
Might Like to pretend he's private but he needed crazy attention.
I nor anyone I know needs so much attention.
He did make the best movies...
Wow. A historic interview right here, 2 whole hours with the legend himself. Thanks for this. Much appreciated.
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49:50 Kubrick had a compaq 286 with a 20MB hardrive omg i love this man
course he did he's the master.
It was prolly not as good as a TRS 80 aka Trash 80. Anyone even remember what that was? lol
@@The22on im writing from my grave but yes i remember it. it gave me stage 4 cancer
@@The22on embarrassed to say that I remember envying a guy who had one.
@@naftalibendavid Embarrassed to say how psyched I was when I got a 100 MB external drive.
he is nearly 60 here and still sounds young.
Lot of people have said his voice didn't age. And the Brooklyn accent helped him to sound like a comedian
@@RedPetrol76 Bronx**
Thank you so much for making this available!
Thank you for listening!
Listened to a few Kubrick interviews that are rare but this is the best. Keep posting these gems please
Classic brilliant Kubrick response to critics who do negative reviews (not only of his own films) because they didn’t understand it or wasn’t what they expected: “it is a little like he batter who said the pitcher threw me the wrong pitch...it isn’t that I swung wrong. He should’ve thrown me what I thought I was gonna get.” Just on another level!
I've dreamed about this day for many years! Thank you!
First time hearing Stanley's voice
@Travis Besst 1940s Bronx.
He does a voice cameo in Full Metal Jacket, if you've seen that movie it's not the first time you've heard his voice.
@@deckofcards87 where?
1 million subscribers with no videos He was the voice of Murphy
Jojo is a great anime
Incredible! Hearing him describe his method, referring to accusations of perfectionism, even just talking about his dogs. This is stuff I thought I'd never get to hear, at least not from the man himself.
This may sadly be the most indepth interview will ever get to see or hear from Kubrick and for that fact alone this document must be treasured.
Can't thank you enough for releasing this into the world and if you have anything else wallowing in your archives please don't wait another 20 years to release it.
Heard this SK interview? ua-cam.com/video/xa-KBqOFgDQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DJSolidSnail
You uh..got any more of them unreleased interviews?
Wombie this comment is perfect😂
Best. Comment. Ever.
Is that quote from a Kubrick movie? I seem to have forgotten, please indulge us!
First ones always free
@@thedude4795 I think it's aping the way Kubrick says uh here.
This is monumental. So much to be learned for anyone who wants to understand Kubrick, the process of story execution, and the business of film-making. Don't miss the last ten minutes.
57:33 - fun fact, those beer commercials were directed by Ridley Scott.
Thank you very much for this. Have been looking for a lengthy interview with this amazing filmmaker.
THANK YOU for posting this! I could listen to that voice for hours....no mistaking that voice.
His voice never aged.
This is life changing. To hear him is just remarkable. You realize so much: a) society is full of so much bullshit it's headspinning, b) someone who has the clarity to make a statement mesmerizes us. This really is a treasure. Reporters, in the day, carried a micro, or full cassette recorder, they would place it on the table, it didn't have 2 mic inputs and that wasn't the purpose. One of the most dangerous mistakes going back in time looking at archival material is bringing with you your perspective from today and making judgments. People labeling Tim Cahill an "idiot?" He's an incredible writer in his own right. You put a statement like that against your own name. Probably want to read, learn and delete it. Thank you for posting it. There's so much crap out there, and this is one of the joys of coming together online and sharing. If you valued this, it would be nice connecting with you because you too are hard to find.
It's amazing how many comments you find online criticizing the audio quality of something that wasn't meant for circulation, but for reference. A lot of people just don't consider the context of what they're hearing. On another Kubrick interview post someone commented how Stanley likes to spell things out, not realizing he was spelling names for the writer.
@@Archetype77 The audio quality is one thing but why do people always have to upload videos in which the audio volume is way to low so that even on the highest setting you can baerly hear it?
It wouldn't have taken much effort to increase the volume by 50% would it?
There's no remark ever from Kubrick which doesn't add something clever and smart to our understanding of concepts that we just hadn't thought about before. An Accorsi from Mantova, Italy, here, living in Brazil.
Life changing? Maybe, but your English grammar is embarrassing - especially since you’re talking about how full of shit (or dumb) everyone is. Your name goes first on the list.
Your comment gave me chills. I totally agree with you 😊
"Sometimes the actors are unprepared. But I corrrrrrrected them."
🤣🤣🤣
threatens them by selling them they have to do their own stunts. The actor who played in clockwork orange reckons he almost lost his eye in that scene he has to watch the footage. lol
“And when producers attempted to edit out scenes they didn’t approve of…I CORRECTED them..”
Holy crap, thank you so much!
Stanley Kubrick was a fuckin genius. I can watch his films multiple times, over many years, and still find new things in them every single time. I don’t think there has been another director, before or since, who has so many hidden/deep metaphors in his (or her) films. We will never see the like again. Stanley Kubrick was unique.
Could not have put that better myself I salute your post Kubrick I’d alone amongst artists
So true. I hesitated to make a similar comment only because there are so many like it, but you nailed it. I don’t think we can underestimate the level of intelligence and wide ranging knowledge that he possessed. And he also had heart, warmth and a great sense of humor as well. Probably the best most fascinating director ever.
Kubrick eating a sandwich made my day.
Glorious! Thank you.
When listening to Stanley, who sounds like a laid back new yorker, its hard to imagine that this is the genius behind paths of glory, spartacus, lolita, dr strangelove, 2001 a space odyssey, a clockwork orange, barry lyndon, the shining. I think kubrick always tried to downplay his brilliance in interviews and he really does come across like an average guy
Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut
Pierre Truchon I only didnt mention those since they werent released yet at the time of the interview
Or maybe he really is a guy with an average voice. But an insane and genius mind
Maybe he really was just a regular, down to earth guy who just happened to have a 200 IQ.
cool partial videography bro
It's always been clear to me that all the accusers spouting the "obsessive perfectionist" line and that Kubrick did too many takes that drains actors' performances of their spontaneity and his long shoots are the ones who are happy with performances that just don't quite hit the mark. Scripts that don't quite capture the magic. Lighting that says very little about the scene. Music that's just filler sound to make you feel something the director and cast haven't managed to fulfill in the scene. This interview just tells me what I already knew about Kubrick and why I love his work. If you've ever made a film I can tell you there's nothing spontaneous about it. It's a lot of hard work and concentration on all fronts. The suggestion that if you somehow rehearse a scene to a point where it has died and you;re never going to see anything new if you persevere is ridiculous. Kubrick's line in this interview where he says: "I don't do a lot of takes if it's good." says it all. The fact that there are so few people willing to go to the lengths Kubrick did to make a film is utterly baffling to me.
Lotta shit films these days :/
Kubrick did a lot of takes because by the take 50 or 60, the actors began to act like puppets or machines or robots, which is exactly what Kubrick wanted of them.
Fact of the matter is, his films were exactly that. So much work for not as much result. I gather Copolla, whose Godfather 1 Kubrick deemed as the best film ever, didnt do as many takes.
He worked so hard because he truly adored films and filmmaking, and understood how priviliged he was to make this kind of art at such a high cost.
I used to do music producing in recording studios. I learned - the hard way - one important lesson: ALWAYS SAVE THE FIRST TAKE. It is totally spontaneous and often has a magic you will NEVER get again. I don't care if you do 100 takes later.
When I tell a vocalist or musician, "This take is just for levels, so sing and play like you will do when we go for a real take," I tell all of you aspiring people this. You MAY - not all the time, but sometimes - get pure gold. The singers and musicians just ROCK because, "This ain't for real. Let's relax and have fun. Let's just grooooove!"
On the microphone before the first take, you often hear, "Ug! I just ate. Hope I don't burp during recording" or "I gotta be somewhere right after this. Let's just get in and get out." Shit like that. Even the Beatles said crazy stuff before the tape rolled.
So, young students, aspiring great artists, and all of you who are out to set the world fire: Never erase the first take. I wonder if Kubrick ever did a hundred takes and used all - or some - of the first take!
Peter Sellers was actually imitating Kubricks voice in Lolita.
Peter sellers was in Lolita?
@@Darko1.0 have you not seen it
@@BruceWayne-zj1kw some of us were too naughty to remember him after seeing the girl he was infatuated w/.just kidding, he was great.
@@Darko1.0 he was really the heart and soul of that film.
Thank you ever so much!
35:36 Johanna ter Steege recalled that Kubrick used that same technique for her audition in the ultimately unmade Aryan Papers/Wartime Lies.
So happy to hear this, thank you.
Been loving this interview for years!!!
I had a subscription for Rolling Stone and remember reading this interview.
Thank's for doing this, AWESOME MAN
This is amazing! Thanks for this!
Thank you for this.
his sense of humor is so underrated
Incredibly awesome material! Thanks
Compare this recording with the final interview in Rolling Stone. I read someplace that Kubrick wanted to read the printed interview right before it went to press, to check it for accuracy. Now I know why: the printed interview heavily restructures a lot of his comments from the original recording here. Although the writer preserves the meaning of Kubrick's comments in print, the interview is definitely not a transcript, like I thought a lot of interviews were. The writer reworked the interview so that it read well (because that's what writers do). Very eye-opening comparison.
K must have approved the printed version, though ... remember that disclaimer on letters pages 'correspondance is edited for clarity and content'. It's like panhandling for silver, i guess, filtering out the 'er' and 'ums' and backtracking and changing tack ... so long as the writer doesnt distort the essential meaning of what the subject was trying to say. Which is a long winded way of saying, yes, I agree.
"The writer reworked the interview so that it read well."
During the interview you can hear Kubrick acknowledging the necessity of doing that.
This is awesome!
if anyone is wondering why the audio sounds strange I think I have an answer. The audio was probably transferred from cassette tape or reel to reel tape. Now with all vintage audio formats they generally deteriorate with age. So the editor of this audio probably applied a noise reduction. Which sounds like to me he used audacity, since I use it in my work very often. This creates an "underwater" metallic effect in sound quality. You can really hear it come through when Cahill is speaking. The editor probably used noise reduction because it sounds like Cahill was sitting farther away from the recording device than Kubrick and his voice may have been getting lost in the recording devices own mechanical noise. I'm a media specialist and I transfer all types of analog media formats to digital ones. I very often apply a noise reduction effect as well as a compressor to increase the overall amplitude of spoken voice. Now I'm not a audiophile, I just do what sounds good to my ears. I'm pretty sure this was recorded on audio cassette, which sounds like poo poo. No matter how much you try to improve the audio it's just shit to start with.
Fascinating, thx for sharing
movie geeks united delivering quality videos as usual, great work gentleman, keep it up and greetings
This is a huge reason I love UA-cam
This is a real YT-treasure, thank you for the download. What is curious about all Kubrick interviews (and also all interviews with his close friends who really knew Kubrick) is that he was pretty much the opposite of the certain image usually spread about him.
Because of his perfectionist filming style (and Shelley Duvall stories) many people think Kubrick as a some kind of eccentric tyrant and arrogant snob. Yet it seems that he was a soft spoken and a good conversationalist who actually listened what others had to say. He was a genuine and an unpretentious person who did not have to prove anything. Kubrick just happened to have very high IQ, high demands for workmanship and a little time for bullshit. His commanding authority on the set came from a creative intelligence and strong will, not with raising his voice.
For what I have read, Kubrick had much respect for works of others filmmakers too and did not look down on blockbusters or genre films (he admired Star Wars and Texas Chainsaw Massacre) either if he saw something interesting about them. Also his interest in an every aspect of human creativity is evident in most of his films; whether it is music, science, literature, psychology, warfare, painting, comedy, philosophy etc. I think Stanley Kubrick is one of the few filmmakers who actually deserved to be called as a genius.
His only fault was that due to his obsession for details, the pre-production took much time and as a result he wasted many years on projects which never materialized. He could have done at least 15 great movies, instead of 11.
On the other hand, Kubrick never lost his touch. Eyes Wide Shut is not his best film, but it is still a great film. As opposite of likes of Coppola, Friedkin and Lucas who made a few masterpieces (well, Lucas did really only one), but then their quality of work dropped drastically. Even Scorsese and Spielberg with their many hits are a way more inconsistent with their quality than Kubrick.
Stanley has evolved into something of the stuff of legends. Avant-garde artist who perfected his craft like a Leonardo or Michelangelo. (For me) one doesn’t always like or understand his films on the first watching but they’re so re watchable and literally improve over time. Something about his work just hits different. Hearing this interview there’s a certain irreverent quality about him that’s fantastic!
I'm just wondering how they got him to sit still for 2 hours
They put a chess board in front of him.
@@curtisbates4381 or a collection of lenses and cameras.
Think it was a joking reference to the many unconventional positions he would get into when shooting his movies, just saying.
Probably some lamb cutlets.
This is great, thank you!
This is the stuff of legend!
I sometimes could not hear the interviewer but Kubrick came in clear. I'll put it back in watch later and bluetooth it to my Bose speaker.
I could listen to Stanley Kubrick talk about anything. he’s always right. for instance, how do you describe a film? take a film, ‘Sweet Smell of Success’. i essentially need people to trust my taste, i just tried to describe it and, people today don’t know what the fuck it’s ‘based on’. Thank You for Posting this. (glad to hear that it’s all available for ten dollars, it’s got to be better than a cappuccino.)
Thank you!!
Fantastic interview! It adds so much more to the experience to hear his voice.
But it looks like 3 people need a good talking to...or perhaps something more.
Thank you.
cheers for this
‘low-level malevolence’ (Los Angeles)
What a gold mine!
This is great to dispel so much of the myths and falsehoods about Kubrick. We hear so much from just the actors. And they are protecting their own egos, "oh he does so many takes, like 100". When in fact they did not prepare for scene, so it took 30 takes for the actor to get it right.
Kubrick filmed rehearsals too, and they count as 'takes'.
but the truth lies somewhere in the middle. anyone who could make 2001:can shoot as many takes as he wants. I've seen it on cinema screens subsequently ,since it's 1st run(Wang center in Boston has a 60 ft. screen) and I have it on DVD. it looks exquisite on my HD TV in this era of re-mastering..
He shot as many takes as it took. By all reports he would roll and roll until he felt the actor "found the magic." As Tom Cruise put it, sometimes it would be only 7 or 8 takes. As he was editor on post, he needed as much material as possible to work with. Apparently, David Fincher works the exact same way.
"Are you a computer man?" 😁😁I love and miss Kubrick greatly....
Looooove !
Great video
I love the thought of adapting a book like breaking a code
53:00 I love when their talking about old timey computers.
I would loved to have met Mr Kubrick.. A fascinating man.. Genius is overused but very very applicable here..
49:42 "Oh, I have ah... Are you a computer man? ", "Yeah I have a , you know a Compac 2, you know, the, 286. It's called a Compac 286 you know? 20 megabyte hard drive; and I use er, I use er you know, word processing, database and spreadsheet. Er, Which is a tremendous help, I mean my god, it saves the lugubriousness of keeping track of things. So, what do you use?". Gotta love it when Kubrik talks computers :) 20 megabyte hard drive and that was GOOD back then!
This is brilliant. I had no idea Kubrick spoke to anyone on tape. Brilliant thanks
The super deluxe DVD release of 2001 some time ago included a CD with an audio interview of Kubrick.
He did a 76 minute long taped interview in 1965 which is on youtube
So he CAN drive a Porsche up to 90 mph by HIMSELF! God save the Queen....
A person who loves animals and is kind to them, may say more about the kind of person they basically are than anything else.
This is gold. Thank you!
no way! can't wait
cheers buddy
Kubrick seems like such a cool guy. Order me some of those sandwiches :D
As a young filmmaker what I would give to have 2 hours to pick this mans brain.
Even though 2 hours would be nowhere near enough.
It would be cool if you could have access to his archives if possible as well as what “made him tick” in terms of his favorite movies, directors, authors..favorite books etc. perhaps by gleaning as much as possible from this great director some of his originality will become part of what your own original voice develops into. Originally is perhaps underrated or misunderstood but the best artists in whichever genre are original in that they find their own voice, not “copy cats”. One can be highly influenced by great artists and still be original. One thing I heard Kubrick say was that the greatest skill anyone must have to be successful is “problem solving,” which I found simple yet profound. All the best as you find your place in the world of film making.
@@victoryak86Thanks for the kind words my friend. I don’t know where you’re from but the Kubrick family have put together the Stanley Kubrick exhibition which has gone to quite a few places around the world. I went to it when it was in London & it had lots of props from the moved, scripts, script notes & in general, real insightful stuff. Have a look online and see if it’s ever coming to an area near you & if it does, then you should go. It’s fantastic.
@@seank135 thanks for that info. Would love to check it out if it comes nearby. There aren’t many directors “archives” etc I would be that inclined to check out but a Kubrick one, definitely! He was in a league of his own. Thx again bro.
Could you imagine what Stanley would of done with today's technology
Let alone imagine what his reaction would be to todays technology. Hearing him talk about his concern for the poor quality that theatres present movies in and how unfair he considers the accusations of perfectionism to be because he just wants films to be valued on rewatches, shows me how much he cared about the medium. So it kind of breaks my heart that he will never know how common it is today to have 4k televisions where people can rewatch films in an instant from the comfort of their own home. Truly a man years ahead of his time.
He wouldn't need it. 😎
I still have the issue of Rolling Stone with this interview. The final version on paper has a couple of notable clean-ups/edits. Both this recording and the printed interview are stand alone mementos in their own way.
Yes I bought the RS with this interview when it was first released, too. Ever since Barry Lyndon I used to haunt the magazine racks for any periodical that had info about a new Kubrick release (still have the Time magazine issue with a cover story on Barry Lyndon!).
Watch Yellow king film boy put this on his youtube accout and not give you any credit
how surprising.....
I wouldn’t put it past that fucker
He'll also fragment it into 50 pieces, cut said sound bites poorly, and won't provide a link to the full interview.
No honor among thieves - unless this guy owns the tape himself, which I doubt.
I like how it is *exactly* 2 hours.
Kubrick may have edited it himself😁
Thank you Movie Geeks United
Would've never pegged Kubrick as a football fan
Much different game back in the earlier days.. I'd guess it was more about gritty competition and not so much about " a fan ".
He was a New Yorker to his core, but he also appreciated american football for it's similarities to chess. The opening variations and roles of different positions/pieces, the fact that the game is turn/moved-based rather than open or free play, there are endless similarities between football and chess beneath the surface that Kubrick mentioned in the past and could appreciate.
how 'bout the fast ball/change up observation? wasn't ready for that. from this day on, I won't think of him as an Englishman anymore.
He liked watching boxing too. Chess was the game he was very good at, though.
The interviewer talks way way too much. What an opportunity blown.
It is just simply great to listen this man speak, my biggest inspiration and an expansive lost for cinema and society.
Thank you, an important interview.
Cahill Shmayhill. He interjects and criticizes Kubrick ceaselessly, as if he were a peer. Poor listener. He seems unable to interview at all. Conversely, Kubrick is truthful, insightful and lovely. I suspect some of these remarks have inspired Chris Nolan to take preservation precautions. 54:10 Shame he wasn’t around for Premiere Pro.
Now that I found thus channel, need to carve out 2 uninterrupted hours.❤😮
oh god....get someone to remaster the audio. its worth it.
I think it sounded like this from the beginning. The guy seems to have recorded it very carelessly. Very unfortunate indeed (and maddening). But still better than not existing at all.
Turn on the closed captioning.
It's a recording for a magazine article, not for television or radio.
D Telf : Yes! Please!!
the audio volume is just way too low, that's all.
Increase the volume of Kubrick by 100 % and that of the interviewer by 400 % and that's it.
57:23 very interesting take on Michelob commericals by Kubrick!
If anyone else, like myself, was curious what he liked about them, here are a few:
ua-cam.com/video/jSWGALN7w7w/v-deo.html - Michelob commercial - "Talkin' Back to the Night" (1987) - from 1-inch tape
ua-cam.com/video/qWPAXt6jMgg/v-deo.html - Eric Clapton 1987 Michelob Beer Commercial
ua-cam.com/video/r8YDwuDGW3o/v-deo.html - The Night Belongs to Michelob' Commercial w/ Genesis (1986)
14:50
Do you play chess?
“No, I don’t.”
Kubrick is DONE with this guy! He mentally rolled his eyes haha!
Way to project
Kubrick loved to play chess with the people he worked on films with, it gave him the upper hand with them because he was so proficient he usually always beat them. I would I have replied to him, "uh, no, I don't...how about we play some...Poker?"
Stanley Kubrick's driver and assistant Emilio D'Alessandro had no interest in chess or any of Kubrick's films or film in general, yet they were very close. I doubt Kubrick judged the interviewer for not being a chess player.
Peter sellers as Quilty is doing a Kubrick impression
46:40 Where Stanley Kubrick describes how he couldn't keep the building which resembles the monolith out of the frame in cowboy's death scene and says that he's sure that some people will believe this was a calculated reference to 2001. It's the same with David Lynch works especially with Twin Peaks: The Return, where some people believe that every little detail has an intended meaning, which sometimes leads to assumptions that sound truly insane.
@User Name Like when set decorator Frank Silva's reflection in a mirror was accidentally filmed, and David Lynch got the idea to let Silva play BOB!
Interview begins at 1:39