Tuesday, February 15, 2005

STANLEY KUBRICK EXHIBITION (2005 Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin)


Stanley Kubrick: The Shining (GB/US 1980). A sheet of Jack Torrance's work-in-progress was available as a memento for patrons of the Stanley Kubrick exhibition.

Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, visited on 14 Feb 2005. The wonderful exhibition is a reminder about how each of Kubrick's films was special. Besides materials to the finished films there are displays of his great unfinished projects: NAPOLEON and WARTIME LIES. Also Kubrick's Wunderkind career as a photographer in the 1940s and in the 1950s is presented. The fact that the Kubrick family (Jan Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, etc.) is behind it provides a personal touch to it all. ****

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