Stanley Kubrick Retrospective and Exhibition Comes to LA; Vote in Our Kubrick Poll

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by Anne Thompson and Sophia Savage
August 16, 2012 3:37 PM
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Kubrick's 'The Shining'

LACMA and The Academy will co-present the first US retrospective exhibition of Stanley Kubrick. The retrospective, which launched in Frankfurt and has toured Berlin, Melbourne, Ghent, Zurich, Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam, was developed in collaboration with the Kubrick Estate and the Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt, but will be designed specifically for LACMA by film production designer Patti Podesta. The exhibition provides access and insight into the filmmaker's vision and methods that led to his universally adored masterpieces, from "Full Metal Jacket," "Lolita" and "Dr. Strangelove" to "2001: A Space Odyssey," "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Shining." LACMA board member Terry Semel worked closely with Kubrick on many of these films when he was running Warner Bros. Pictures (one little known fact: Kubrick spawned the modern box office report.)

The film retrospective kicks off on November 7 with "An Academy Salute to Stanley Kubrick,” hosted by actor Malcolm McDowell and featuring many Kubrick colleages and collaborators. LACMA's exhibition and the Bing Theater film retrospective will follow.

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Folks continue to be excited by Kubrick. Steven Spielberg took over "A.I." Artificial Intelligence" after the filmmaker's death in 1999; he rewrote one of the scripts based on the Brian Aldiss story. Kubrick's iconic "2001: A Space Odyssey" is Number 6 on the latest Sight & Sound Top 50, and influenced more films than its most recent obvious descendant, Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," which features a HAL-like sentient robot. "Room 237," a doc laying out many theories behind the meaning of "The Shining," has been building buzz since its January Sundance debut; IFC Midnight has booked it into Fantastic Fest. At least three unmade Kubrick films are in active development. Here's a story about how the photograph at right came to be.

Kubrick is on my top ten directors of all time list (along with John Ford, Akira Kurosawa, Buster Keaton, Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Jean Renoir, and David Lean.) I placed "A Clockwork Orange" at number 10 on my Sight & Sound ballot after seeing it again on Blu-ray; before that I would have chosen "2001." What are your fave Kubrick films? See our poll and my ranking on the jump.

LACMA's Michael Govan states:

"By featuring this legendary filmmaker and his oeuvre in his first retrospective within the context of an art museum, Stanley Kubrick will reevaluate how we define the artist in the twenty-first century, and simultaneously expand upon LACMA’s commitment to exploring the intersection of art and film. We are also pleased to honor Kubrick’s impact on film and art history at our 2012 Art + Film Gala, along with artist Ed Ruscha, on October 27.”

Academy CEO Dawn Hudson adds that the collaboration is “a taste of things to come when we open the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in the historic Wilshire May Company building on the LACMA campus.”

The Los Angeles presentation of the retrospective is funded by Steve Tisch.   More below:

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A Girl I Know | August 19, 2012 3:16 AMReply

I must've watched A Clockwork Orange 7 times before I was able to finish it prior to falling asleep. That's not to say it was a boring film -- I was really tired at the time. In fact, I would watch it again and again because I remembered enjoying it so much. Only each time I would discover a new ending, and realize that my previously conceived ending had satisfied me, but as adventures go, I was whisked into uncharted territories and a fabulous new ending experience was before me. I was hooked before I knew it. Especially once I got to the real ending. Thanks, Stanley. =)
Edward | August 17, 2012 2:32 AMReply

Someone might want to fix the typo about 1995's Killer Kiss, and since it's been shown on Turner Classic Movies recently, add 1953's Fear and Desire to the list.
JoeS | August 16, 2012 8:21 PMReply

LACMAâs wording is very tricky here. They make it sound like this is the first ever American Retrospective of Kubrickâs films. I think they mean that itâs the first museum sponsored event with his family. Still, a lot of Media outlets are just calling it the First Retrospective â period.

To wit. Other PRIOR âKubrick Retrospectivesâ:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/movies/02bmovi.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/feb/1/20070201-120810-2599r/

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-07-01/entertainment/0507010283_1_gladiator-school-amores-perros-barry-lyndon

http://www.ifccenter.com/series/waverly-midnights/kubrick/

Not to mention âKubrick Retrospectivesâ in L.A.:

http://americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2001/2001.htm

http://egyptiantheatre.com/archive1999/2002/sched.htm

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