:16:00
Stanley was aware that Lucien was
simply bulling past him. . .
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. . .but also what particularly
nettled him was the assumption. . .
:16:08
. . .that he wouldn't understand this
or wouldn't care about it.
:16:11
Stanley said:
:16:14
"Put the camera where I told you,
with the lens that I asked for. . .
:16:19
. . .or get off the set
and don't come back. "
:16:24
He said it very quietly,
very softly. . .
:16:27
. . .and there was
a look between them. . .
:16:30
. . .and Lucien changed the setup and
moved the camera where it had to be. . .
:16:35
. . .and there was never an argument
again, about anything.
:16:39
All right, all right,
check it through.
:16:42
I'm sure you'll find our service
to your complete satisfaction.
:16:48
I suppose a lot of what Stanley is,
and what he did. . .
:16:53
. . .in more complicated ways
with later films. . .
:16:56
. . .is implicit in this simple movie
about a meticulously planned crime.
:17:00
The sense the Sterling Hayden
character has that he's on top of it. . .
:17:04
. . .he really knows what he's doing.
At the end of it. . .
:17:07
. . .the little yapping dog
gets loose. . .
:17:10
. . .and the money
blows all over the place.
:17:13
It's a brilliant
and existential movie.
:17:16
If existentialism basically posits
that we define ourselves by doing. . .
:17:21
. . .and that chance is the one thing
we can never quite fully comprehend. . .
:17:26
. . .prior to its impinging on our
desires, or plans, or whatever. . . .
:17:31
It's a brilliant statement of that.
:17:33
The Killing was not
a commercial success. . .
:17:35
. . .but it did succeed in building
Kubrick and Harris' reputation.
:17:40
When I saw The Killing I said,
"My God.
:17:44
Stanley's gonna make it.
This is good. "
:17:49
But it's Paths of Glory
that turned it all around.