Most of the diehard Kubrick fans already know about his 1975 lawsuit against the producers of “Space: 1999”…. But did you know that one of the reasons behind it was the possibility of a TV series based on 2001: A Space Odyssey ? And did you know that Kubrick tasked Arthur C. Clarke to produce ideas for a 2001 sequel as soon as 1975? To what extent was the director involved in 2010 , the sequel…
It was December 1964, and Stanley Kubrick had a problem: no one wanted his new movie. My latest essay (four years in the making!) is the untold story of how two New York underground filmmakers, Fredric Martin and Jack Malick , helped Kubrick in the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey - told through their words, the memories of their friends and relatives, materials from the archives, etc. The article…
The English edition of 2001 between Kubrick and Clarke: The Genesis, Making and Authorship of a Masterpiece by myself and Filippo Ulivieri is out now , with a foreword by 'Moon-Watcher' himself, Dan Richter ! What the book is about: The story of how 2001: A Space Odyssey came to be made is in many ways as epic as the events portrayed in the film itself—and until now, just as mysterious. In 1964,…
Cari amici, a Natale si regalano i libri! In occasione delle festività di fine anno, è possibile acquistare delle copie del libro 2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke autografate da me e Filippo Ulivieri , al prezzo di 15€ l'una, comprensivo di spese di spedizione. Il libro racconta la storia della creazione di 2001: Odissea nello Spazio attraverso i documenti inediti che io e Filippo abbiamo consultato in…
Carissimi amici sparpagliati per tutta Italia, sta per iniziare il tour di presentazioni di "2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke" : da questa settimana io e Filippo portiamo il nostro nuovo libro nelle scuole di cinema, librerie, associazioni culturali e caffè letterari per una serie di incontri col pubblico. "2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke" : La storia della creazione di 2001: Odissea nello Spazio come non è…
Il libro 2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke: Genesi, realizzazione e paternità di un capolavoro è uscito da tre settimane e negli ultimi giorni sono stati pubblicati alcuni articoli e interviste interessanti che ho il piacere di segnalarvi. Il giorno dell'uscita, 16 settembre, Filippo Ulivieri è stato ospite della trasmissione di attualità culturale Diderot della Radio Televisione Svizzera per parlare in…
Carissimi, da oggi il libro 2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke: Genesi, realizzazione e paternità di un capolavoro è disponibile in edizione cartacea presso tutti gli store online e su ordinazione nelle librerie fisiche. Grazie alle ricerche che io e Filippo Ulivieri abbiamo condotto presso il Kubrick Archive di Londra e la Clarke Collection in Virginia, 2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke racconta per la prima…
Nel ventesimo anniversario della scomparsa di Stanley Kubrick, per celebrarne l'immortale eredità artistica è disponibile da oggi in anteprima in edizione digitale il mio libro 2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke: Genesi, realizzazione e paternità di un capolavoro , scritto insieme a Filippo Ulivieri . Le illustrazioni della copertina sono opera di Roberto Baldassarri; il progetto grafico è di Gianni…
Cinquant’anni fa, il 12 dicembre 1968, 2001: Odissea nello Spazio faceva il suo debutto nelle sale italiane. Quest'anno, il 7 dicembre alle ore 17,00 e mercoledì 12 dicembre alle ore 20,30 al Cinema Arcadia di Melzo , nella prestigiosa Sala Energia (Miglior Sala in Europa ICTA) verrà proiettata in esclusiva la versione in 70MM in lingua originale senza sottotitoli presentata a giugno al Festival…
On July 22 I took part in the Kubrick symposium event at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, a series of lectures organized during the official 2001: A Space Odyssey 50th anniversary exhibition , with a presentation titled 'I am certain it will all come out right in the end': The Kubrick-Clarke collaboration on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and beyond . Enjoy! All the other videos of the symposium…
Why Stanley Kubrick chose to work with Arthur C. Clarke on 2001: A Space Odyssey ? How did they collaborate on the creation of the 'paranoid' Hal 9000 ? To what extent was Kubrick involved in writing the book that came out in May 1968? Why was their next collaboration - the development of Brian Aldiss' Supertoys last all summer long in 1992 - not as succesful as the first? Read about it in my…
The book Understanding Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - Representation and Interpretation (edited by James Fenwick and published by Intellect Books ) for which I wrote the first chapter, is finally out next week! Here it is, featured in the last essay of Sight And Sound magazine. In my chapter, titled " God, it’ll be hard topping the H-bomb": Kubrick’s search for a new obsession in the path from…
Stamani, in edicola su Il Giornale ( e online qui ), un articolo scritto a quattro mani dal sottoscritto e Filippo Ulivieri sulla relazione – spesso idilliaca, a volte burrascosa – tra Kubrick e Clarke durante la realizzazione di 2001: Odissea nello Spazio . Attingendo dal carteggio inedito conservato allo Smithsonian Institution di Washington, io e Filippo abbiamo raccontato lo sviluppo della…
April 2, 1968 : '2001: A Space Odyssey' is revealed to the world at the Uptown Theatre in Washington D.C. Fifty years later , the title of the first review in the Washington Post is still the best description for the movie. You can read the whole review here: http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/billhuelbig/media/cGF0aDovcG9zdHJldmlldy5qcGc=/?ref=
It's been in the works for a while, and it has just been officially announced: on occasion of the 50th anniversary, 2001: A Space Odyssey will be back in theaters. A new, "unrestored" 70mm print, whose production has been overseen by Christopher Nolan, will be unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, introduced by the director. The screening will also be attended by members of Kubrick’s…
It's now official, so I can post it here as well! On July 22 I will take part in a symposium held by the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany, in occasion of the ' 2001' official 50th anniversary exhibition, ' Kubrick’s 2001. 50 years A SPACE ODYSSEY' that will be hosted there from March 21 to September 16. Here's the full program: http://2001.deutsches-filmmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/ I will…
As the year 2018 promises to be full of events and publications about our favorite movie, before being flooded with new releases it's time to finally catch up with stuff from last year that I haven't covered yet. Published by McFarland in July 2017, Kubrick's Monolith: The Art and Mystery of 2001: A Space Odyssey , written by Joe R. Frinzi, is one of the latest book about 2001 hitting the market,…
The main event for 2018 - the year that marks the 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey - will surely be the Official exhibition that will be hosted at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany, from March 21 to September 16. On show there will be the largest collection of original designs, models, costumes, props, shooting schedules, production documents and photos from Kubrick's…
Stanley Kubrick passed away 18 years ago today. His legacy lives on. "One of the things that I always find extremely difficult, when a picture's finished, is when a writer or a film viewer asks: "Now, what is it that you were trying to say in that picture?" And without being thought too presumptuous, for using this analogy, I like to remember what T.S. Eliot said to someone who had asked him - I…
Fifty years ago today, July 7, 1966 : Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood had just completed shooting their scenes and left England; before diving into the 18-month period of perfecting the special effects scenes, Kubrick and the crew had some pick-up shots to do. This is the last day of shooting in the hotel room "with cube" - everybody still called the monolith that way, despite the fact that it had a…
By February 1965 the "Dawn of Man" section of 2001 was still in its early stages of pre-production, and the final look of the ape-men (or men-apes) was still not agreed upon - this happened only in 1967. On February 17 Stanley Kubrick approached actor Robert Shaw and asked him if he was interested playing the Moonwatcher character; Shaw was fresh from its international breakthrough with the wildly…
The conference in Leicester DMU University was GREAT! Here's Kubrick brother-in-law, Jan Harlan, taking a picture of the last slide of my paper, a quote from a 1964 interview with the director from the italian newsmagazine "L'Europeo": "In so far as we believe that good movies can educate the masses, we must believe that bad movies can make them worse."
From May 11 to 13 the De Montfort University in Leicester (UK) will host " Stanley Kubrick: A Retrospective " ( #KubrickDMU on Twitter and Facebook), a conference about the director and his works that will feature keynotes from Jan Harlan (Kubrick’s brother-in-law), Professor Robert P.Kolker, Professor Nathan Abrams, and Peter Krämer. The University has received more than 30 proposals to its…
It was Friday, December 17th, 1965 : Fifty years ago today, at nine o' clock in the morning, a young woman entered stage 1 of the MGM Borehamwood studios, near London. Judy Keirn was a young american actress that had moved to London a few years earlier; in Brodway she had taken part in a few musicals, the most famous being Bye Bye, Birdie (1960). While in London she went through a few auditions,…