:59:01
They didn't understand the film at
all and left, whole rows of them.
:59:06
And we were panic stricken.
Then there was an enormous. . .
:59:11
. . .catastrophic meeting
in our hotel room. . .
:59:15
. . .and Stanley was so upset
he lost his voice.
:59:17
We were up all night. The next
morning we went to this house. . .
:59:22
. . .and Stanley was battling on
in New York.
:59:25
I fell, clutching my handbag,
across. . .
:59:30
. . .my bed asleep,
because I hadn't slept all night.
:59:33
And woke up to the sounds of a DJ. . .
:59:38
. . .saying:
:59:40
"This is the most fantastic film and
people are queuing around the block. "
:59:44
He was talking about 200 1.
:59:46
I was desperately trying
to ring Stanley to tell him. . .
:59:50
. . .some people like it, it was the
blue-rinse brigade that walked out.
:59:55
He told me that the first. . .
1:00:00
. . .exhibitor screening of 200 1...
1:00:03
. . .had, I believe
he said, 241 walkouts.
1:00:08
You know, I'm sure he
counted them too.
1:00:12
When I first saw 200 1,
I didn't like it. . .
1:00:15
. . .and I was very disappointed.
1:00:19
Then three or four months later,
I was with some woman in California. . .
1:00:24
. . .and she was telling me
what a wonderful film it was.
1:00:27
And I went to see it again. . .
1:00:30
. . .and I liked it a lot more
the second time I saw it.
1:00:34
Then a couple of years later
I saw it again and I thought:
1:00:38
"Gee, this is really
a sensational movie. "
1:00:42
And it was one of the few times
in my life that I realized. . .
1:00:47
. . .that the artist
was much ahead of me.
1:00:49
A lot of people didn't get it
the first time around. . .
1:00:52
. . .and I'm really fond of quoting
the MGM executive who said:
1:00:57
"Well, that's the end
of Stanley Kubrick. "