My first thought on hearing that one painting is in both 2001 and The Man Who Knew Too Much isn't to theorize on shared themes or elaborate callbacks. I think it means they used the same prop house.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 25 November 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link
ah but clearly Kubrick chose to work with this film studio so as to gain access to that prop house and therefore...
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 25 November 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
To me the beauty of these deep, intertextual analyses isn’t to get hung up on what % of the stuff is actually “intentional”; but to enjoy the connections being made and themes/observations being drawn out.
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Friday, 25 November 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
(When I read the Idyllopus write-up on EWS, I thought maybe 70% of her observations were brilliant/mind-blowing, and 30% a wild stretch… for The Shining, I would maybe reverse those numbers, but still really enjoyed reading it.)
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Friday, 25 November 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
Wow, first I've heard of those series. They out to put them in print.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 25 November 2022 21:36 (one year ago) link
She gets pretty "out there" – but the degree of cultural knowledge that she brings into play is incredible. I've also never seen anyone analyze a film so closely... and there's obviously a lot of grist for the mill there (as a basic example, I had never realized that Kubrick moves props around and stuff).
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Friday, 25 November 2022 22:30 (one year ago) link
(I would also highlight this piece called The Problems with Discussing Stanley Kubrick's Lolita... it's somewhat of a departure from her usual format, in that it's a lengthy, somewhat personal rumination/essay on "problematic" art & artists – obv. a very familiar subject these days, but she goes places that were new to me, and I thought it was really good and thoughtful.)
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Friday, 25 November 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
Another good "Supplemental" piece (sorry, my last post) is The Real Horror of The Shining: The Misogyny of the Audience for Wendy Torrance.
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Friday, 25 November 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link