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Personal Details
Other Works:
Former staff photographer for Look Magazine.
Publicity Listings:
4 Biographical Movies
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38 Print Biographies
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7 Portrayals
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6 Interviews
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58 Articles
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2 Pictorials
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2 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
Stanley Kubric
Height:
5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Parents:
Kubrick, Jacob Leonard
| Perveler, Sadie Gertrude
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Personal Quote:
[on what advantages film has over other media] Well, for one thing I think it is fairly obvious that the events and situations that are most meaningful to people are those in which they are actually involved--and I'm convinced that this sense of personal involvement derives in large part from visual perception. I once saw a woman hit by a car, for example, or right after she had been hit, and she...
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Trivia:
Following
J.R.R. Tolkien's sale of the film rights for The Lord of the Rings to United Artists in 1969,
The Beatles considered a corresponding film project and approached Kubrick as a potential director; however, Kubrick turned down the offer, explaining to
John Lennon that he thought the novel could not be adapted into a film due to its immensity. The eventual director of the film adaptation
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Trademark:
Known for his exorbitant shooting ratio and endless takes, he reportedly exposed an incredible 1.3 million feet of film while shooting
The Shining (1980), the release print of which runs for 142 minutes. Thus, he used less than 1% of the exposed film stock, making his shooting ratio an indulgent 102:1 when a ratio of 5 or 10:1 is considered the norm.
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Nickname:
SK