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Engaging but decidedly less than earth-shattering.
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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001 · 2h 21m · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Jan Harlan
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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Overview
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
Director and cast
- Jan Harlan Director
- Tom Cruise as Narration
- Barbara Kroner as Self - Stanley Kubrick's Sister
- Steven Marcus as Self - Professor, Stanley Kubrick's Schoolfriend
- Alexander Singer as Self
- Paul Mazursky as Self
- Jack Nicholson as Self
- Shelley Duvall as Self
- Matthew Modine as Self
- Sydney Pollack as Self
- Christiane Kubrick Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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85%
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The film pays no more than lip service to properly objective criticism.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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