In search of Magnolia
A movie blog. Searching for the thrill I first experienced when I saw Magnolia by P.T. Anderson. I'll try to review every movie I see, good or bad, and top that with some other movie related stuff.
Letter of Stanley Kubrick to projectionists to ensure optimal viewing experience for Barry Lyndon. Fantastic!
Don’t you just love Kubrick!
“If im not incorrect, A Clockwork Orange was the second largest grossing film in the history of Warner’s after My Fair Lady. And I used to meet with the foreign distribution guys and say, ‘Well, wait a minute. What we’re doing here is following Stanley’s instructions and we’re getting a remarkable result. We’re grossing huge numbers on a picture that you predicted would be a catastrophe because it was so inaccessible. Is it not possible that he knows something that we don’t know? Is it not possible that doing it his way is a better way?’ ‘No, no, he’s doesn’t know what he’s…he’s just a pain in the ass.’”
John Calley
Former President of Warner Bros. and CEO of Sony Pictures
(on Kubrick’s involvment in publicity and advertising for “A Clockwork Orange”)
Gentlemen. You can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!
