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Clockwork Orange was the second
largest-grossing film. . .
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. . .in the history of Warner's
after My Fair Lady.
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I'd meet with the foreign distribution
guys and say, "Wait a minute.
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What we're doing is
following Stanley's instruction. . .
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. . .and getting a great result. We're
grossing huge numbers on a picture. . .
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. . .you said would be a catastrophe
because it was so inaccessible.
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Is it not possible that he knows
something we don't know?
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Is it not possible that his way
is a better way?"
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They go, "No, he doesn't know.
He's just a pain in the ass. "
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Kubrick had a unique relationship
with Warner Bros.:
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Complete creative control and the
support of a major Hollywood studio.
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We all envied that more than anything
over here.
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The fact that one studio would
support an artist in that way. . .
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. . .is extraordinary.
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It was a question
of working with a master. . .
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. . .and wanting to do
the movies of Stanley Kubrick.
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There weren't runaway costs,
it was always overblown. . .
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. . .and overestimated because he shot
films for long periods of time.
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But he did them at low cost.
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You'd walk on a Kubrick set, which was
almost never allowed, I might add. . .
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. . .and marvel at the fact
that there was hardly anyone there.
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Compared to most movies, there'd be
crowds of people with donuts. . .
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. . .and passing coffee and people
coming and going.
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I saw it as an absolute priority.
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Something that we were gonna
focus our attention on. . .
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. . .and that continued to nurture
the relationship. . .
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. . .and to enhance the relationship.
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He was obviously always a step ahead
of me. He called me once. . .
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. . .I was at Warner's. . .
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. . .I think he was getting ready
to do Lyndon...
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. . .and he said,
"Do you have any of those. . .
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. . .special BNC cameras
that we used for rear process?"
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I said, "Why?"
He said, "For sentimental reasons. . .
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. . .I'd love to buy one from
you if I could get one. "
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I called the camera department
and I said, "Do you have any?"