....and a lot do judging by the threads here, may I commend you to Jan Harlan's documentary on Stanley Kubrick, A Life in Pictures. This will give you a great insight into the man and his films. Footage of his St Albans Estate and interviews with his wife too.
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As well as a doc on the shining dvd which you get rare video footage of him
by rare i dont mean not many people can get it but that there isnt hardly any
available video footage of him unless youre his family and have home videos of him
"You're an errand boy,sent by grocery clerks to collect the bill."-Col. Kurtz
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Books are good to read to get a better insight on someone's life. But nothing is more fascinating then seeing real archival footage of a person's life, and being able to see them breathe, and speak, and study their mannerisms. Books often create fictional characters in a persons head. Obsevation of the real thing can do a person the justice that is needed.
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I'm not trying say books do a person an injustice. You will learn a lot about a person through detailed information. But all the information tends to make a lot more sense when you've studied the person first hand or if fortunate enough, you are able to meet them in person. So it isn't true that you learn more about a person's life through a film then you do a book. It can be more interesting though to judge things for yourself then through another persons perspective. Any book that is written based off fact, can never be as real as the actual person, event, or place.
"Books often create fictional characters in a persons head."
"That has absolutely got to be the most ridiculously stupid thing I have heard lately."
A person needs imagination to be able to follow a story. No description is detailed enough to paint a picture in a persons head as accurate as the real thing.
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"I doubt there will be any great insight gained from looking at pictures and watching an old home movie or two."
^I agree with that. I just understand people's fascination with it. Espeacially since this sort of material featuring Kubrick is rare.
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