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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film

2001 · 141 min

An absorbing, affectionate deep-dive into a legendary filmmaker's craft, told through admiring interviews and rare glimpses behind the scenes.

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.

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  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
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  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
  • ambition
  • memory
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Audience
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  • documentary
  • true story
  • anthology
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  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Humour4
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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jan Harlan
Starring
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Runtime
141 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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