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Tag: Stanley Kubrick

  • Review: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    Steven Spielberg’s futuristic, melancholic take on the Pinocchio story is arguably the director’s most uncharacteristic and yet most personal film to date. It might not be an obvious choice for Valentine’s viewing, but this is a tale of unrequited love: maternal love, childhood love, innocent love. The irony, of course, is that the source of this love is a machine, not a man, but that doesn’t stop it from being a deeply affecting fairy tale in its own right.

    Full review: A.I. Artificial Intelligence | TAKE ONE

  • Interview with Jeff Blyth

    I recently interviewed cameraman and director Jeff Blyth for TAKE ONE – here’s a link to the full article…

    The memorable opening sequence from THE SHINING, with the camera snaking through the air above trees and a mountain lake, was shot by Jeff Blyth, a photographer and director with over 40 years’ experience in Hollywood. With the recent re-release of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal horror, we caught up with him to find out how he got started in his career, and just how tricky it was to capture the right footage for the notoriously perfectionist director.

    Full article: Interview with Jeff Blyth | TAKE ONE

  • Review: The Shining (1980)

    The Shining is, paradoxically, a horror film with barely a single shocking scare throughout, and yet remains a hypnotically chilling experience. Stanley Kubrick’s classic adaptation of Stephen King’s ghost story is now on general re-release in its US version, which runs 24 minutes longer than its later European counterpart after the director took it back in to the editing suite. Whether the film benefits from the additional material is open to question, but the opportunity to see any Kubrick film on the big screen is not one to be spurned.

    Full review: The Shining | TAKE ONE