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The '2001' spacecraft art of Simon Atkinson
Now that Taschen's "The Making Of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey" is out in a more affordable version, many more fans have had the chance to access the superb work of Piers Bizony. They will...
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The first day of production of '2001', fifty years ago
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...
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Off to Leicester for the Kubrick Retrospective
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...
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How I stopped worrying and love Leicester
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...
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The moonwatchers that (almost) were
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...
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Hotel room (with cube)
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...
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18 years ago
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,...
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A couple of 50th anniversary-related events
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,...
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Book review: "Kubrick's Monolith", by Joe R. Frinzi
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...
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“I am certain it will all come out right in the end”
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...
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'2001: A Space Odyssey' returns to theaters with a new 70mm print
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...
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Fifty years ago, today
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...
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In edicola su "Il Giornale": Kubrick, Clarke e 2001
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...
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Understanding Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
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...
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“Dear Arthur, what do you think?” The Kubrick-Clarke collaboration on '2001'...
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...
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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,...
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2001 TRIBUTE: '2001' in 70 millimetri a Melzo il 7 e 12 dicembre
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...
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Disponibile da oggi "2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke: Genesi, realizzazione e...
(English version coming soon!)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...
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2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke: Genesi, realizzazione e paternità di un capolavoro
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...
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Rassegna stampa per "2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke"
Il libro 2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke: Genesi, realizzazione e paternità di un capolavoroè uscito da tre settimane e negli ultimi giorni sono stati pubblicati alcuni articoli e interviste interessanti che...
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Tour di presentazioni di "2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke"
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...
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Promozione di Natale: '2001 tra Kubrick e Clarke' autografato
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...
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"2001 between Kubrick and Clarke" is available in english!
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...
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Stanley Kubrick’s “Manhattan Project”: How Two Experimental Filmmakers...
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...
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