NP: Kubrick Bio Rec

[David Morris]

Yep. I saw 2001 as a child, before my first acid trip at age 13. Kubrick
was better than acid.


On Saturday, November 28, 2015, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Kubrick's 2001 and Strangelove are two world-historic works of art on the
> level of Beethoven, DaVinci, Rembrandt, Joyce, Pynchon, Zappa, etc. (Paths
> of Glory is damn near that level, too).
>
> Kubrick fully deserves to be on the shortlist of artists in the running to
> be on the latest iteration of the 20 pound note in England (I hope he gets
> it).
>
> The best Kubrick book is KUBRICK, by Michel Ciment. The best Kubrick
> biography is Stanley Kubrick: A Biography, by Vincent LoBrutto.
>
> I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to Stan the Man. I maintain a blog
> about him: www.KubrickU.blogspot.com
>
> I know... I blog too much.
>
> Jerky
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','steviekoteff at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday I got my sister very stoned and took her to see 2001. It was
>> playing at the Logan Theatre here in Chicago. Her first time seeing it
>> (she's 21) and the first time I'd seen it in theaters.
>>
>> I'm sure the movie and the director have been talked about ad mortem on
>> here but if anybody had anything to say about it I am all ears. I will
>> personally confess that I consider it an important part of my life, a work
>> of art that elicits genuine awe from me. Sometimes I put the scene of Hal's
>> deactivation on in the background on a loop while I work.
>>
>> Realized I've never actually read a Kubrick bio. Or anything about
>> him/his movies. Anybody have any recommendations? -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>
>
>
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