I think what made him great was the attention to detail on the level that he worked at. One of the really cool things about 2001 was that he consulted actual NASA engineers and computer programmers to work on the film. Most of the minor details like the video communications, and the color HUD displays that were in the film didn't appear until the 1980s.
I don't think that Spielberg could work on that level of detail at all. There are very few directors that can. Most are busy just trying to get through points A-Z. I think the guy that shot Children of Men, Alfonzo Cuaron could do it. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > No doubt, the man was, in many ways, ahead of those ahead of the curve when > it came to filmmaking. Perhaps the greatest tribute to him is that, after he > died while shooting "A.I." and Spielberg took over, he knew instinctively > that he had to veer away from the plans that Kubrick had for the movie, > because he knew he wasn't good enough to go there, follow in Kubrick's > footsteps.. (At least that's how I interpreted the interview he gave on it.) > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> This is a documentary about the legendary director. Many people know his >> films, but very few people know that he left behind a huge cache of boxes >> filled with work, papers, memos, book reviews by screenplay readers, ideas, >> screen tests etc that were in storage sheds, and all over his mansion. The >> documentary by Jon Ronson takes a peak at the madness of the genius of the >> man. The film is strangely compelling, because you can see the obvious >> madness but at some point I had to agree with his methods. The accumulation >> of hundreds of roles of film to obtain scenery shots for Eyes wide shut was >> obsessive compulsive at best, and knocking on the door of insanity quite >> nicely. There were reasons for this. Kubrick kept boxes of some of the crazy >> letters, and movies sent to him by some people. One was covered in the film. >> >> >> One cool thing about the film was Ronson discovered a previously unknown >> documentary that was shot by the daughter of Kubrick while he was directing >> Full Metal Jacket. The film she shot showed us how so many subtle nuances >> were added by Kubrick while he was filming. Some were even penciled into the >> script while he was shooting the film. >> >> Overall it is an interesting insight into a slightly under-appreciated >> genius. >> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
