136. Stanley Kubrick - Legendary Filmmaker

Diving into the life and genius of legendary filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick

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Sources:

Kubrick: An Odyssey - Robert Kolker

Kubrick on Kubrick

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Time Stamps

2:38 - Chess and creative supporting activities

4:15 - Get your reps

6:55 - “Get a hold of the camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.”

8:00 - What are you insanely curious about?

11:08 - Shoot your shot

14:23 - Doing the thing is the best education. “What I learned in that four-year period exceeded what I could have learned in school…the experience was invaluable to me. Not only because I learned a lot about photography, but also because it gave me a quick education in how things happened in the world.

16:45 - Stanley Kubrick and Woody Allen - Build volume

18:52 - The one word to describe Stanley

19:42 - Constraints aren't an excuse

21:23 - Early work is just work. “There’s no such thing as good work or bad work, there is only work at the beginning.”

24:25 - The power is creating things

26:05 - Obey your artistic muse

29:25 - A turning point and the importance of early work

31:30 - A lesson in control

33:48 - Stanley's insane preparation (Short essay on LeBron James and Preparation)

40:05 - Quality is the goal. "Stanley’s approach is, how can we do it better than it’s ever been done before? "

“Film stock is cheap, but remarkable quality will pay dividends forever.”

45:00 - The need for details and depths

47:05 - The need for control

49:03 - Obsessive worker/tinkerer

51:45 - Barometer for finding the right film

56:37 - Moviemaking as a metaphor for life

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