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. . .this slightly dim, handsome boy. . .
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. . .trying to find the clues and the
cues to what's the right behavior.
1:29:08
"What's the behavior that's going
to advance me in this society?"
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So it's a movie really about
a young man defining himself. . .
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. . .in a climate
that's foreign to him.
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That's not at all what people
were lead to believe it was about.
1:29:26
Barry Lyndon was released
just as Hollywood entered. . .
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. . .the age of the blockbuster
action movie.
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With a running time of three hours,
the film came in for heavy criticism.
1:29:36
It was labeled as tedious and boring
by critics in America and Britain. . .
1:29:41
. . .but in Europe it was hailed
as a film of breathtaking beauty.
1:29:45
I remember it won four Oscars:
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Cinematography, production design. . .
1:29:51
. . .costume design and the music.
1:29:54
I think Stanley was disappointed
because in the end. . .
1:29:57
. . .it wasn't a commercial success.
1:30:00
He was very, very, very sad
and disheartened. . .
1:30:04
. . .that particularly smaller papers
and smaller television stations. . .
1:30:09
. . .did not at all appreciate. . .
1:30:11
. . .the tremendous effort
that went into these films. . .
1:30:14
. . .and just simply dismissed it.
1:30:17
Whatever movie Stanley made,
what I love about his work. . .
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. . .is they are completely conscious.
1:30:22
You may like them,
you may not like them. . .
1:30:25
. . .you may say, "What about this,
that or the other thing?"
1:30:30
But everybody pretty much
acknowledges he's the Man. . .
1:30:36
. . .and I still feel that underrates him.
1:30:39
Kubrick's next film
looked far more commercial.
1:30:42
With Stephen King's
best-selling novel, The Shining...
1:30:46
. . .he took the chance to make a film
that would satisfy him artistically. . .
1:30:50
. . .and meet box office demands.
1:30:52
I'm asking about The Shining,
and he says:
1:30:56
"In reality, this is
an optimistic picture. "