‘Strict continuity’ - On the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964), a game engaged with George C. Scott (see here) When you’re making a film you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and  there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip. It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set, But a few seconds’ thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance. With respect to films, chess is more useful preventing you from making mistakes than giving you ideas. Ideas come spontaneously and the discipline required to evaluate and put them to use tends to be the real work.— Stanley Kubrick, interviewed by Michel Ciment, in ‘Kubrick: The Definitive Edition’ (Macmillan, 2003) photo from: blog.chess

‘Strict continuity’ - On the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964), a game engaged with George C. Scott (see here)

When you’re making a film you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and  there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip. It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set, But a few seconds’ thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance. With respect to films, chess is more useful preventing you from making mistakes than giving you ideas. Ideas come spontaneously and the discipline required to evaluate and put them to use tends to be the real work.
— Stanley Kubrick, interviewed by Michel Ciment, in ‘Kubrick: The Definitive Edition’ (Macmillan, 2003)

photo from: blog.chess

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Stanley Kubrick playing chess on the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) -nd[ref: toutlecine] entregulistanybostan: Stanley Kubrick y el ajedrez (sin crédito ni fecha) giorney kubrick’s other obsession: chess

Stanley Kubrick playing chess on the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) -nd
[ref: toutlecine]

entregulistanybostan:

Stanley Kubrick y el ajedrez (sin crédito ni fecha)

giorney

kubrick’s other obsession: chess

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The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.
– Stanley Kubrick (via icicestmoilecacou)

11 months ago  471 notes

Leonard Bernstein, August 22, 1949 -by Stanley Kubrick from iccarus

Leonard Bernstein, August 22, 1949 -by Stanley Kubrick

from iccarus

1 year ago  35 notes

Stanley Kubrick, Self-Portrait on a boat, Palisades Amusement Park (New Jersey), 26 June 1946 (18 y. old) Kubrick was not yet 17 years old when he joined the staff of photographers at Look, an illustrated magazine. [some more of his self-portraits chez EGyB] from iccarus

Stanley Kubrick, Self-Portrait on a boat, Palisades Amusement Park (New Jersey), 26 June 1946 (18 y. old)

Kubrick was not yet 17 years old when he joined the staff of photographers at Look, an illustrated magazine. [some more of his self-portraits chez EGyB]

from iccarus

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Stanley Kubrick, London, 1969 -by Dmitri Kasterine [more photos and ref. at EGyB] I worked for Stanley as a stills photographer on three of his pictures. Stanley loved ping-pong and he put up a tent in his garden so that he could play in all weathers. He was a family man who worried a lot about his cats and his children’s mice and hamsters. His children often appeared on the set. One day some Warner Brothers executives were expected to visit the set of “A Clockwork Orange”. (He was probably well behind in his shooting schedule and they would have tried to push him.) Stanley just didn’t turn up for that day’s shooting.(D. Kasterine) photo and comment from dmitri kasterine

Stanley Kubrick, London, 1969 -by Dmitri Kasterine

[more photos and ref. at EGyB]

I worked for Stanley as a stills photographer on three of his pictures. Stanley loved ping-pong and he put up a tent in his garden so that he could play in all weathers. He was a family man who worried a lot about his cats and his children’s mice and hamsters. His children often appeared on the set. One day some Warner Brothers executives were expected to visit the set of “A Clockwork Orange”. (He was probably well behind in his shooting schedule and they would have tried to push him.) Stanley just didn’t turn up for that day’s shooting.
(D. Kasterine)

photo and comment from dmitri kasterine

1 year ago  22 notes

‘Strict continuity’ - On the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964), a game engaged with George C. Scott (see here) When you’re making a film you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and  there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip. It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set, But a few seconds’ thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance. With respect to films, chess is more useful preventing you from making mistakes than giving you ideas. Ideas come spontaneously and the discipline required to evaluate and put them to use tends to be the real work.— Stanley Kubrick, interviewed by Michel Ciment, in ‘Kubrick: The Definitive Edition’ (Macmillan, 2003) photo from: blog.chess

‘Strict continuity’ - On the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964), a game engaged with George C. Scott (see here)

When you’re making a film you have to make most of your decisions on the run, and  there is a tendency to always shoot from the hip. It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set, But a few seconds’ thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance. With respect to films, chess is more useful preventing you from making mistakes than giving you ideas. Ideas come spontaneously and the discipline required to evaluate and put them to use tends to be the real work.
— Stanley Kubrick, interviewed by Michel Ciment, in ‘Kubrick: The Definitive Edition’ (Macmillan, 2003)

photo from: blog.chess

Stanley Kubrick playing chess on the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) -nd[ref: toutlecine] entregulistanybostan: Stanley Kubrick y el ajedrez (sin crédito ni fecha) giorney kubrick’s other obsession: chess

Stanley Kubrick playing chess on the set of Dr Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) -nd
[ref: toutlecine]

entregulistanybostan:

Stanley Kubrick y el ajedrez (sin crédito ni fecha)

giorney

kubrick’s other obsession: chess

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.
– Stanley Kubrick (via icicestmoilecacou)
Leonard Bernstein, August 22, 1949 -by Stanley Kubrick from iccarus

Leonard Bernstein, August 22, 1949 -by Stanley Kubrick

from iccarus

Stanley Kubrick, Self-Portrait on a boat, Palisades Amusement Park (New Jersey), 26 June 1946 (18 y. old) Kubrick was not yet 17 years old when he joined the staff of photographers at Look, an illustrated magazine. [some more of his self-portraits chez EGyB] from iccarus

Stanley Kubrick, Self-Portrait on a boat, Palisades Amusement Park (New Jersey), 26 June 1946 (18 y. old)

Kubrick was not yet 17 years old when he joined the staff of photographers at Look, an illustrated magazine. [some more of his self-portraits chez EGyB]

from iccarus

Stanley Kubrick, London, 1969 -by Dmitri Kasterine [more photos and ref. at EGyB] I worked for Stanley as a stills photographer on three of his pictures. Stanley loved ping-pong and he put up a tent in his garden so that he could play in all weathers. He was a family man who worried a lot about his cats and his children’s mice and hamsters. His children often appeared on the set. One day some Warner Brothers executives were expected to visit the set of “A Clockwork Orange”. (He was probably well behind in his shooting schedule and they would have tried to push him.) Stanley just didn’t turn up for that day’s shooting.(D. Kasterine) photo and comment from dmitri kasterine

Stanley Kubrick, London, 1969 -by Dmitri Kasterine

[more photos and ref. at EGyB]

I worked for Stanley as a stills photographer on three of his pictures. Stanley loved ping-pong and he put up a tent in his garden so that he could play in all weathers. He was a family man who worried a lot about his cats and his children’s mice and hamsters. His children often appeared on the set. One day some Warner Brothers executives were expected to visit the set of “A Clockwork Orange”. (He was probably well behind in his shooting schedule and they would have tried to push him.) Stanley just didn’t turn up for that day’s shooting.
(D. Kasterine)

photo and comment from dmitri kasterine

"The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good."

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