:: I've been immersed in Stanley Kubrick fare of late. The last two books I read were Eyes Wide Open by Frederic Raphael, who co-authored the screenplay to Eyes Wide Shut, and Moonwatcher's Memoir - A Diary of 2001: A Space Odyssey by Dan Richter, the mime who Kubrick hired to choreograph the Dawn of Man sequence and play Moonwatcher in 2001. The Richter book fascinated me, bringing me behind the scenes of the making of this now famous sequence in my favorite movie of all time.
Tonight I watched Vivian Kubrick's 35 minute documentary, The Making of The Shining, filmed when she was 17 years old. Stanley is featured in many scenes, including some startling scenes with Shelly Duvall. Together with these two books and the recent documentary about him, made by Jan Harlan, his long time executive producer and brother-in-law, Kubrick seems much more human to me now than he was when he was alive. The documentary is included in the DVD version of The Shining, and includes a second track with commentary from Vivian, added 23 years later, when she was 40. You can watch 90 seconds of her documentary here (requires RealOne Player). BTW, for those of you who remember 2001 well, the scene in which Dr Floyd calls Earth from the space station and speaks to his daughter, "Squirt" - she was played by Vivian Kubrick.
:: From the Life Magazine publication, 100 Photographs That Changed The World, 28 of those pictures can be seen here.
:: Are those 92" computer screens I mentioned earlier a hoax? If so, it's a brilliant and elaborate one, because beyond reeling me in, it has fooled Forbes (which has withdrawn the story already), and by extension, Roland Piquepaille. Piquepaille became suspicious, though, after he received a comment from a reader, and began an investigation, concluding that the site is a fake. Then again, Lisa Ciesniewski, the PR Manager for Liebermann, gave an interview a few days ago in which she said the company has 30 employees and plans to open two showrooms in LA and NYC.
What do you think? Hoax or for real?
:: My thanks to those who sent comments about my two recent posts, including those who wrote privately.
Posted by Randy at September 29, 2003 10:46 PM | TrackBackThe Shining is one scary scary movie. I still shudder when I think about it....
Posted by: sharon at September 30, 2003 07:15 AMIt is difficult to make large TV tubes because as the size of the tube increases, so must the thickness of the glass to prevent the tube from impoding. I don't know the current practical limit, but you can get a good estimate by wandering through your local audio-visual store. Large-format TVs show up in the consumer market well before they are available for computer monitors.
Posted by: Keith at September 30, 2003 10:29 AMHi everyone,
My name is john and I live in Ireland.I just wanted everyone to know that Lisa Ciesniewski is a fake lady and she has cheated me on ebay.The item she sold me was SONY VAIO P4 3GHZ PROFESSIONAL DESKTOP NR - Item #2727705982.I had sent the money (exactly 2000 dollars)to her via western Union.She sent me a worthless item like a small radio.Her email id prior to that was lisamarie2000@ softhome.net and her address was Lisa Ciesniewski
8950 West Olympic Blvd., #127
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
USA.I am a student and as such this money was earned the hard way and she cheated me out of this.So everyone please be aware of this cheat and if anybody can help me in getting my money back I will be eternally grateful.
regards,
john