Stanley Kubrick was known to work through some crazy on-set conditions, but not when terrorists were around. The stories around director Stanley Kubrick and his movies are the stuff of legends. He's an artist that gave everything he had to the cinema. He was an iconoclast and a great artist. One of the legends I did not know about Kubrick was his brief brush with a terror attack. One of my favorite Kubrick movies is Barry Lyndon. It's a movie about society, cynicism, class, duty, and life. The director shot it with natural light, and it remains one of the most sumptuous films ever put on screen. The film was shot over 300 days from 1973-1974. They filmed in and around Dublin, Ireland. At the time, Ireland was going through massive change. This was the time of the intense national troubles that started in 1968. That meant rioting, a police presence, bombing, fighting, and unrest. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 17 November, 2021