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The Voight-Kampff Testing Machine from Blade Runner, 1982

I am deeply saddened to share that my Dear friend Tony Stella has passed away. My thoughts are with his family during this incredibly difficult time. At the moment, his family is working to gain access to his business and manage next steps. I will share news as it becomes available. Thank you for keeping Tony and his loved ones in your thoughts. ❤️

Logos for Evil Companies from 80s Sci-fi Movies

My uncle, Captain Wylder Modine, was a real B-17 "Flying Fortress" pilot during WWII. After returning from a bombing mission, he got hit by anti-aircraft fire and almost had his right arm taken off. He had his crew bail, but his co-pilot was shot up really bad and couldn’t parachute, so my uncle, with one arm, landed the heavily damaged B-17 in a field behind enemy lines. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. I talked with him before making MEMPHIS BELLE in 1989. He gave me his dress uniform to wear in the film and said, “when you put that on, don't disrespect it.”

Stanley Kubrick when he was 17.

Vladimir Putin watching the ending of Dr Strangelove.

That moment when Zootopia 2 (2025) suddenly becomes a Kubrick film.

デヴィッド・クローネンバーグが『シャイニング』（1980年）を傑作と見なさない理由と、スタンリー・キューブリックの「商業主義的」な性格について語る： 「私はキューブリックよりもずっと内省的でパーソナルな映画監督だと思っています。だからこそ、『シャイニング』（1980年）は傑作ではないと思うのです。彼は（ホラー）というジャンルを理解していなかったと思います。自分が何をしているのかも理解していなかったと思います。原作には印象的なイメージがいくつかあり、彼はそれを捉えていましたが、真に感じ取ってはいなかったと思います。奇妙なことに、彼は高名な映画監督として崇められていますが、私は彼が商業主義に非常に敏感で、ヒット作になり、資金を集められる作品ばかりを探していたと思います。彼はその点に非常に執着していたと思います。私やベルイマン、フェリーニほどではないでしょう。」 （「トロント国際映画祭におけるデヴィッド・クローネンバーグ：進化、マグワンプス、そしてキューブリック」、ピーター・ハウエル、トロント・スター、2013年）

David Cronenberg on why "The Shining" (1980) is not a great film & the "Commercial-minded" nature of Stanley Kubrick: "I think I’m a more intimate and personal filmmaker than Kubrick ever was. That’s why I find 'The Shining' (1980) not to be a great film. I don’t think he understood the (horror) genre. I don’t think he understood what he was doing. There were some striking images in the book and he got that, but I don’t think he really felt it. In a weird way, although he’s revered as a high-level cinematic artist, I think he was much more commercial-minded and was looking for stuff that would click and that he could get financed. I think he was very obsessed with that, to an extent that I’m not. Or that Bergman or Fellini were." ("David Cronenberg at TIFF: Evolution, Mugwumps and Kubrick", Peter Howell, Toronto Star, 2013)

A Stanley Kubrick 4K UHD boxset in the works for the Criterion Collection

1937年の『デッドエンド』（ウィリアム・ワイラー監督）の驚くべきオープニング・ショットは、ミニチュア効果、フォースド・パースペクティブ、手の込んだ編集を融合させています。そして、ほぼ90年後の今も、依然として素晴らしい出来栄えです。

The incredible opening shot from Dead End (1937) blends miniature effects, forced perspective and clever editing — and nearly 90 years later, it still looks fantastic.

Jack Nicholson celebrating his 89th birthday yesterday. Some gal named Joni Mitchell in the background 😎🎤

キューブリックのルック社時代の写真『地下鉄シリーズ』が新たに18枚見つかったという記事。記事にはすべてドキュメンタリー（隠し撮り）のように書かれていますが、よく知られているようにキューブリックはヤラセも使います。そのように見える写真もチラホラ。