Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film

7.4IMDb Score
Released:2001-02-17
Duration:141 min
Director:Jan Harlan
Actors:Tom Cruise, Barbara Kroner, Steven Marcus, Alexander Singer, Paul Mazursky
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures

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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