The way the world almost ended: with a pie fight.
After a test screening of #DrStrangelove on 22 November 1963 – the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination – the infamous 'pie fight' scene was subsequently taken out, and Kubrick having decided “it was too farcical and not consistent with the satiric tone of the rest of the film.”
So, one of cinema's most legendary deleted scenes was left on the cutting room floor.
“I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker — in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business.”
— Stanley Kubrick, 1980
Filming the iconic 'blue room' scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which were lit entirely through the floor!
"One of the most unusual aspects of the live action photography on the interior sets of 2001 is that almost all lighting was an actual integral part of the set itself." - Cinematographer Douglas Trumbull
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RESTORING KUBRICK'S ORIGINAL MIXES
This week in our countdown to THE COMPLETE KUBRICK — a monumental 4K + Blu-ray collector’s set bringing together the auteur's entire directorial output for the first time — Ryan Hullings, audio supervisor at the Criterion Collection, shares his experience unearthing and restoring the original monaural mixes that Kubrick intended for the theatrical release of many of his films, but which have not been readily available to the public–until now.
"The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say about it over the years and on how much affection for it they have."
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