Kubrick by Kubrick is a 2020 documentary film directed by Gregory Monro about the film director Stanley Kubrick.
| Kubrick by Kubrick | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Gregory Monro |
| Starring | Stanley Kubrick |
| Production | |
| Producers | Martin Laurent Jeremy Zelnik |
| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Arte |
| Release | May 12, 2020 |
Synopsis
editUsing archival footage (ranging from past interviews with people who worked with him to the director's own home movies) and rare audio interviews of the filmmaker explaining his own interpretations on his own works.[1][2][3][4]
Cast
editProduction
editThe film is produced by Martin Laurent, and Jeremy Zelnik under the banners of Temps noir, Telemark, and Arte. The film premiered on Arte in France on 12 May 2020.[5]
Release
editIt was scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, but the festival was canceled due to COVID-19,[6] but was once again selected for the 2021 edition. Kubrick by Kubrick has been selected in numerous festivals like Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Deauville American Film Festival. Gregory Monro's film was also awarded at the Focus International Film Festival and with a Rockie Awards at the Banff World Media Festival.
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 24 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "It might be fairly standard in terms of format, but Kubrick by Kubrick still offers the rare treat of hearing the famously taciturn filmmaker address his own work."[7]
Owen Gleiberman, writing for Variety, said, "Everything in a Kubrick movie is delivered to you; every aspect of it is visually, logically, spatially, metaphysically built. Yet in each case what that exquisite structure contains, in its very concreteness, is a mystery. Kubrick controlled every last dimension of his movies. Except what they meant".[8] Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "As a look at Kubrick's methods, madness and burning intelligence, Kubrick by Kubrick is fluent and discerning".[9] Eric Kohn of IndieWire said, "Kubrick by Kubrick lingers in the restless ingenuity at the heart of the filmmaker's work – a palpable desire to find new storytelling possibilities each time out".[6]
The film won Best Arts Programming at the 49th International Emmy Awards in 2021.[10]
References
edit- ^ 2021 Tribeca Festival|Tribeca
- ^ Review: Kiernan Shipka, Reggie Jackson and Stanley Kubrick highlight VOD, streaming options - Los Angeles Times
- ^ Museum of the Moving Image
- ^ MUBI
- ^ Blumenfeld, Samuel (12 April 2020). "" Kubrick par Kubrick " : confidences d'un cinéaste discret". Le Monde. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b Kohn, Eric (19 April 2020). "'Kubrick by Kubrick' Review: The Closest We'll Get to Hearing the Master Explain Himself". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Kubrick by Kubrick". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (9 May 2020). "'Kubrick by Kubrick': Tribeca Film Review". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "'Kubrick by Kubrick': Film Review | Tribeca 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "French Productions 'Call My Agent!' and 'Kubrick by Kubrick' Win International Emmy Awards!". The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. Retrieved 2 September 2022.