“The Hateful Eight” The glory of 70 mm filmmaking resurrected in the service of a vapid one-note narrative, that devolves into a prolonged finale of exploding meat bags. That said, I’ve seen a number of films this year that were excellent — this just wasn’t one of them — and…
Tag: Stanley Kubrick
Scheduled for release by Columbia Pictures in early fall, Dr. Strangelove is being shot in England, it was explained, to accommodate Peter Sellers, who was unable to leave the country for domestic reasons. In addition to the President, the protean Sellers also plays the title role of a German scientist,…
“Dr. Stangelove” designed by Ken Adam: . . . Ken Adam is a fascinating man – please do check out this link and hear about working with Kubrick – from his lips to your ears! This is the grace of the Internet… Click! Click! Click! Click below! Search results- Web…
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted at the time as one of the Hollywood Ten. Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of Spartacus, and President John F. Kennedy crossed picket lines to see the movie, helping to end blacklisting. via Spartacus (film) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The…