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Barry Lyndon is screening May 27-29 in a new print at the Film Society of Lincoln Center:

This is the first time Barry Lyndon is being screened at the Walter Reade Theater and we are fortunate to be presenting a restored, previously unscreened 35mm internegative print. This print has been timed and color-corrected under the supervision of Leon Vitali, Kubrick's right-hand man for many years and the actor who plays Lord Bullingdon in the film. We are pleased that Mr. Vitali will introduce several of our screenings.

That would be good news for the upcoming dvd release of the movie. I hope they will find the best print for this great looking film!!

did they end up remastering Barry Lyndon? I thought WB had only done 2001, Clockwork, Shining and Eyes.

Yes they did but it was not a frame by frame restoration that Waner Bros. have done on other dvds like Gone with the Wind or Casablanca. With todays computer tools they can do even better on the image and sound.

I'll be there Sunday, so we'll see what it looks like on the big screen.

An interview with Leon Vitali about Kubrick and his career.

iPhone meets 2001.

Antoine Doinel wrote:iPhone meets 2001.

Although that's just a spec ad, it wouldn't be the first time Apple took a drink from that well.

Dr. Strangelove gets 4K digital restoration and digital projection at Landmark Theatres in Los Angeles.

Matt wrote:

Antoine Doinel wrote:iPhone meets 2001.

Although that's just a spec ad, it wouldn't be the first time Apple took a drink from that well.

Creepy. So one device emits annoying high pitched whines that drives everyone around crazy, and the other speaks to you in a vaguely menacing manner about how you'd better not think about two-timing it with another brand of computer?

As I understand it, Stephen King didn't like Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining (Personally, I think it's one of the best horror movies ever made and the best cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King work).

According to the trivia page on imdb:

Stephen King tried to talk Stanley Kubrick out of casting Jack Nicholson in the lead suggesting, instead, either 'Michael Moriarty' or Jon Voight. King had felt that watching either of these normal-looking men gradually descend into madness, would have immensely improved the dramatic thrust of the storyline. Indeed, many fans of the book agreed with King, adding that Nicholson appeared fairly crazy from the very start, thus there was little or no surprise when Jack ultimately went totally overboard.

In theory, King had a point. But on the other hand, if Stanley casted either Voight or Moriarty in those roles instead, he would have had to deal with the possibility of those men not being able to pull that descent into madness off.

I've been hearing that Nicholson is crazy from the start argument for years, and I've never bought it. The novel's Jack Torrence is just as sociopathic before he arrives at the Overlook, if not more so. If I remember correctly, he's fired from his teaching job for beating a student; he has fantasies of beating his wife during sex; and his alcoholism is significantly more destructive and desperate. If a less outrageous actor like Voigt were cast, his performance would have made the domestic abuse motif explicit, and the film could only have played as straight drama. On the other hand, Nicholson's flamboyancy fits into the heavily stylized horror genre perfectly, allowing Kubrick to create minutely precise visuals and settings, upon which he unleashes the insane Nicholson and hysterical Duvall. I do love King's novel, but I think Kubrick's film is just as successful at portraying a decent into madness.

And it seems King himself has started to agree with this. His comments ever since the failure of his ABC miniseries and especially Kubrick's death have been more appreciative.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:In theory, King had a point. But on the other hand, if Stanley casted either Voight or Moriarty in those roles instead, he would have had to deal with the possibility of those men not being able to pull that descent into madness off.

I think Voight woulda been good. He was still a good actor at the time hte movie was made, he started sucking soon after though. Atleast that's my opinion.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Stanley Kubrick: Invisible Man

I have had a DVD-R of that doc for a few months. It would be great to see it included on one of the new SEs.

I wouldn't take King's criticisms too harshly. After all, he murdered John Lennon.

domino harvey wrote:I wouldn't take King's criticisms too harshly. After all, he murdered John Lennon.

And don't forget: he also shot Jack Ruby.

sorry, everyone knows that was Joe R. Lansdale

Sorry: I keep mixing him up with R. Lee Ermey.

The NW Film Center, here in Portland Oregon, just announced its schedule for showing a Kubrick retrospective, and here's the line-up (unless otherwise mentioned, screenings are at the Whitsell auditorium in the Portland Art Museum):

Aug.2: The Killing (on the rooftop of Hotel Deluxe)
Aug.3: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Aug.4: Spartacus
Aug.5: Paths of Glory
Aug.10: Lolita
Aug.11: Dr. Strangelove
Aug.12: Killer's Kiss
Aug.17: Full Metal Jacket
Aug.18: The Shining/Full Metal Jacket
Aug.19: Barry Lyndon
Aug.24: A Clockwork Orange
Aug.25: Eyes Wide Shut

I hope (but do doubt) that this means new restorations of The Killing, Paths of Glory and Killer's Kiss.

some other interesting screenings:

July21: When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
July26: Westworld (on the rooftop of Hotel Deluxe)
Aug.16: Sullivan's Travels (on the rooftop of Hotel Deluxe)
Aug.23/26: The Battle of Algiers

miless wrote:I hope (but do doubt) that this means new restorations of The Killing, Paths of Glory and Killer's Kiss.

Maybe new prints, but not restorations....

miless wrote:The NW Film Center, here in Portland Oregon, just announced its schedule for showing a Kubrick retrospective, and here's the line-up (unless otherwise mentioned, screenings are at the Whitsell auditorium in the Portland Art Museum)]

Yes..... hopefully I'd have made my move to Portland before the 18th. (although I do hope I can get up their to see 2001)

Cold Bishop wrote:Yes..... hopefully I'd have made my move to Portland before the 18th. (although I do hope I can get up their to see 2001)

I'm particularly excited because August 2nd is my birthday...
So I feel as if my birthday present is a Kubrick retrospective.