r/StanleyKubrick

It's probably just a visual coincidence, but recently I noticed that the colour choice and composition of the "Bloodbath"-coloured bathroom in Phillip Stone's scene is somewhat similar to the Nazi Party flag. You have the black-clad figure of Mr. Grady (next to the somewhat-black of Jack's dark red and blue) in the centre, surrounded like the Swastika by very strongly clashing red and white. Then there's also the interwar origins of the Overlook's ghosts, and the very strong racism present in the hotel's ghosts like Grady.

Obviously the main purpose of the set design is to symbolize the family massacre and likely nothing more than that, but seeing the room as subtly fascist does give it an even more unsettling atmosphere...

I had no idea, so it was a bit of a shock to hear as I was listening to the audiobook.

The film is almost an exact copy of the book, except for the part where Rosemary leaves for retreat for a few days. The screening is mentioned in a phone conversation when she's away. Then she comes back and asks how it was.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/18/stanley-kubrick-christiane

So I found this link, about an interview with Christiane Kubrick. Reading the contents all I can say is: Hope to see what the people say about it. Quite sad for me at least, all of the things that were happening right during Kubrick’s last years, both in his career and in his family, and all of the things that his wife went through after his dead, apart of his death itself. It’s interesting in some way. Behind all of the stories, myths and conspiracy about Kubrick and his family, there was a family, a marriage, and a family man. It makes you think all sorts of questions, but just like his films, no answer is available, or if there is, it may not answer everything.

If anyone already posted this interview, i would be pleased to see the original post. I don’t want to pretend everything presented in the interview is real or documented. Let me know your thoughts of it, or if you know anything else.

I don't know what he was thinking making that infamous phone call where he explained what the dining room and bedroom in 2001 symbolized.

He was otherwise reticent to explain his movies like David Lynch for instance, but for some reason he spilled the beans to some random dude and the film suffered for it. Not because what he said wasn't brilliant, but that it reduced wonder and intrigue.

Pardon the pedantic observation, but I noticed this small mistake while watching Eyes Wide Shut.

I'm aware the film was shot mostly in the UK, so I was keeping an eye out for road markings. I noticed in the taxi scene driving to the mansion, we can see these yield signs on the left hand side of the road, despite being set in New York and driving on the right.

Given Kubrick's acute attention to detail, do you think this is a shot he would have noticed and kept out? Or something that was posthumously edited in? I'm not familiar with the edit history, just that Kubrick died shortly after presenting his final cut to Warner Bros and the nature of the final cut being a thing of mystery. But I thought it was worth pointing out since I couldn't find any other reference to it online.

I get the feeling that, as much as Kubrick was an unrelenting perfectionist, he must have also had a wonderful sense of humor. There are so many small background details in his movies that are genuinely delightful and often hilarious when you notice them. I'm wondering what are some of your favourite background details like this.

I'm watching Eyes Wide Shut today (the first time with an 85" mini LED TV and Dolby Vision player!) and beyond being blown away by the visuals, I've noticed so many little background details I've never seen before. My favourite so far is the literal angel over Bill's shoulder when he's in Domino's apartment and awkwardly negotiating a rate with her. The angel obviously ties into the themes of the movie, including temptation, the Garden of Eden, etc, but having this visual gag of an angel on Bill's shoulder when he's about to do a bad bad thing was, I found, quite funny.

So what are your favourite small background details?

This is one of my favourite Kubrick moments. Maybe Alice was interested in Sandor at the start but by this point she's obviously made up her mind that nothing is going to happen, yet the dude keeps pushing and pushing. Her exasperated demeanor in this moment is so real. I love this moment whenever I'm watching EWS.