EYES WIDE OPEN

OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE STANLEY KUBRICK

This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war satire Dr. Strangelove and the 25th anniversary of his dreamlike swan song Eyes Wide Shut. Therefore this August we will showcase all the iconic, meticulously crafted works the visionary director made between 1964 and 1999.

As one of the most acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era, Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation and a standing unique among the filmmakers of his day. A perennial outsider, he worked far beyond the confines of Hollywood, maintaining complete artistic control and making movies according to the whims and time constraints of no one but himself, but with the rare advantage of studio financial support. Working in a vast range of styles and genres spanning from black comedy to horror to crime drama, Kubrick was an enigma, living and creating in almost total seclusion, far away from the watchful eye of the media. His films were a reflection of his obsessive nature, perfectionist masterpieces which remain among the most provocative and visionary motion pictures ever made.