Director: Jan Harlan
The career and the life of Stanley Kubrick explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
I was having some doubts regarding Stanley Kubrick's standing as the greatest director of all time and this documentary banished those thoughts. He was so far ahead of his time and the scale in which he operated is part of his greatness. To make those films with that kind of scale without having to compromise is something he earned over his career. Many of the things I read about as Kubrick trivia are shown in the documentary but it is great to hear it from those who have worked with him. Plus we can hear from Scorsese and Woody Allen along with Spielberg and Sydney Pollak. The documentary is directed by Kubrick's brother in law who also worked with him for many years.
Shame that he didn't get to make his Napoleon and second world war film.
Rating: 4.5/5
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