1:51:01
. . .I think it was that feeling
that he was slow.
1:51:05
I suppose the other thing
I noted about Stanley. . .
1:51:09
. . .was there were still magnificent
obsessions he never quite realized.
1:51:14
His fascination with World War II
and with the movie industry. . .
1:51:18
. . .and Goebbels during that period.
1:51:20
For years Kubrick had tried
to find a way. . .
1:51:23
. . .of portraying the appalling
inhumanity of the Holocaust on screen.
1:51:26
He turned Louis Begley's book,
Wartime Lies...
1:51:30
. . .into Aryan Papers...
1:51:32
. . .the story of a Jewish family
trying to evade capture by the Nazis.
1:51:37
By the time he was ready
for production. . .
1:51:39
. . .Spielberg had begun shooting
Schindler's List.
1:51:43
Feeling the similarities
were too great. . .
1:51:45
. . .Kubrick reluctantly shelved
Aryan Papers.
1:51:49
Another thing, he felt it
just couldn't be told.
1:51:52
"If I really want to show
what I've read and know happened..."
1:51:56
And he read everything.
1:52:00
"...how can I even film it?
1:52:02
How can you even pretend it?"
1:52:07
He became very depressed
during the preparation. . .
1:52:11
. . .and I was glad
when he gave up on it. . .
1:52:14
. . .because it was really
taking its toll.
1:52:17
Kubrick turned his attention
to another longstanding project. . .
1:52:21
. . .based on a short story
by Brian Aldiss.
1:52:24
But A.I. evolved
into such a mammoth undertaking. . .
1:52:27
. . .he sought the collaboration
of another director.
1:52:30
He said, "You ought to direct A.I.
and I should produce it. "
1:52:34
I was shocked. I said, "Yeah, right. "
1:52:37
He said, "I'm serious.
1:52:39
It would be a Kubrick production
of a Spielberg film. "
1:52:42
I remember him actually giving me
a title card on the whole proposal.
1:52:47
I said, "Why would you want to?"
1:52:49
Because I knew he had been developing
this from his heart for so long. . .
1:52:54
. . .and had contributed
so many elements. . .
1:52:56
. . .beyond Brian's
original short story.