NP: Kubrick Bio Rec

[Mark Thibodeau]

Depends on your musical tastes. What are some of your favorite
musicians/groups/genres of music?

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Except I don't know much Zappa. Where would you recommend I start?
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 5:25 PM, 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>
>> 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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