Review of Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) by Ben L — 04 Sep 2017
A lot has been reported about Kubrick in the past, and it feels like the agenda of A Life in Pictures is to set the record straight (particularly in regards to his personal life.) In that way I think this film is somewhat successful.
It has pictures and stories of Kubrick being a loving family man and perfectly social, instead of gruff and reclusive. However this film is not willing to stay in that niche, instead it heads down a familiar path and just walks through the career of Kubrick.
Film by film it takes us on this journey, and because he directed so few movies we basically get a chapter for each one. It makes the documentary overly long, and it wanders into very familiar territory you could probably see on any of his films? DVD special features.
I?ll applaud A Life in Pictures for one thing, it made me want to watch more Kubrick movies and to revisit the ones I?ve seen. I think if they had focused this documentary a little more instead of trying to talk about everything it would have been better, but it was still informative.
This review of Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) was written by Ben L on 04 Sep 2017.
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures has generally received very positive reviews.
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