Thu, Jan 11, 2018
Mick Broderick is Associate Professor of Media Analysis in the School of Arts at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, and also Acting Director of the National Academy of Screen and Sound, which a multi-campus research centre specializing in the production of creative works based on research in media, communication and culture. His first book, published in 1988, was "Nuclear Movies: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of International Feature Length Films Dealing With Experimentation, Aliens, Terrorism, Holocaust". He has served as editor of three books, "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Nuclear Image in Japanese Film"; "Interrogating Trauma: Collective Suffering in Global Art and Media" and "Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives:. His current book,"Reconstructing Strangelove: Inside Stanley Kubrick's 'nightmare comedy", which he describes as a "research monograph" is about the movie's genesis, development, and assumption of its final form, and sets the record straight about much of the lore that and legends that have grown up around the movie. The Sunday Times title for their review of the book was "Stanley Kubrick's plan to flee nuclear attack foiled by toilet phobia".
Fri, Feb 16, 2018
In this episode, we catch up with actor and mime artist Dan Richter during his cross country journey back to his home in California. A rather enlightening exploration into the making of 2OO1: A Space Odyssey (1968) by a man who was there and worked closely and extensively with Stanley Kubrick. Dan Richter is best known as Moonwatcher the man-ape in the opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" which he also choreographed. Dan has had a long career as a mime, choreographer, actor, director, producer, memoirist, and for two decades a Hollywood executive. His book "Moonwatcher's Memoir" is about working on "2001." His memoir "The Dream is Over" describes the years he lived and worked with John Lennon and Yoko Ono from 1969 to 1973. Dan currently lives in Sierra Madre outside of Los Angeles where he has been leading Sierra Club mountaineering trips since 1991 and teaches courses on rock climbing and mountaineering. Dan is an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Rock Climbing Instructor. We spoke to Dan on the 7th of September 2017.
Sun, Mar 4, 2018
Shane Rimmer was born in Toronto, Canada in 1929. In 1959, after a successful singing career on Canadian TV and Radio he was brought to England by Director Dick Lester to appear as a singer in an ITV Special, After Hours with Cleo Lane, before marrying an English dancer and moving to London full time. In 1963 he played the Editor in a BBC soap called Compact and the following year he was offered his first major film role in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, playing the co-pilot of the ill-fated B52 bomber. He has appeared in more than 70 features, including the James Bond films, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me... as well as other highly regarded movies such as Rollerball, Star Wars - A New Hope, The People That Time Forgot, Warlords of Atlantis, Superman 1, 2 and 3,The Dogs Of War, Reds, Gandhi, The Hunger, The Holcroft Covenant, Out Of Africa, A Kiss Before Dying, Space Truckers, Spy Game and Batman Begins. Shane is a legend in the world of Gerry Anderson productions, providing one of the most recognizable voices in Supermarionation history for Thunderbirds' Scott Tracy. He is also the voice of Dick Spanner PI in the cartoon series of the same name. He has appeared in TV episodes of The Saint, Danger Man, Doctor Who, UFO and Space 1999 on British TV and has written AND appeared in The Protectors, The Persuaders and several episodes of Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service. Shane has also performed in National Theatre Productions and is a published writer. Recorded September 13th 2017.
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
Author Filippo Ulivieri talks to Kubrick's Universe about Archivio Kubrick and his fantastic book Stanley Kubrick and Me. Stanley Kubrick, has always been depicted by the media as the Howard Hughes of filmmakers, a weird artist obsessed with his work and privacy to the point of madness. But who was he really? Emilio D'Alessandro lets us see. A former Formula Ford driver who was a minicab chauffeur in London during the Swinging Sixties, he took a job driving a giant phallus through the city that became his introduction to the director. Honest, reliable, and ready to take on any task, Emilio found his way into Kubrick's neurotic, obsessive heart. He became his personal assistant, his right-hand man and confidant, working for him from A Clockwork Orange until Kubrick's death in 1999.
Sat, Apr 7, 2018
We have a great chat with Movie Geeks United host Dean Treadway, discussing Dean's love for 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, and other Kubrick movies. Dean also shares his personal thoughts and stories on Eyes Wide Shut, Film vs Digital, Meeting Malcolm McDowell, Interstellar, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Stephen King, A.I. and Steven Spielberg. We also have a live report from Mark Lentz at the site of the 2001 Premiere, exactly 50 years to the minute since it happened, as well as regular feature WISK?
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
We have a good old natter with film director David O'Reilly about his latest film Kubrick By Candlelight and also discuss Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975). David O'Reilly is a leading feature film location manager and has worked on many well-known movies over the years. He has worked closely with directors Christopher Nolan, Tim Burton and Michael Mann covering films such as Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and Blackhat. David has also managed locations for the Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, X-Men, Mission Impossible and Star Wars franchises. His latest film is the new, as yet, untitled Han Solo film. David has also written for various sketch shows for the BBC as well as having won the BBC Funny Hunt in 2006. After spending the last 2 x decades working with some of the worlds greatest film directors, he has now written and directed his own film, Kubrick By Candlelight, which is a story set amongst the backdrop of when Stanley Kubrick went to Ireland to shoot Barry Lyndon in 1973.
Fri, May 4, 2018
Producer Adam Rackoff talks about his Full Metal Jacket Diary App and Full Metal Jacket Diary Audiobook, and about his work with actor Matthew Modine. Adam Rackoff is a New York-based filmmaker with numerous credits, including 27 as producer on feature films, shorts, documentaries, and even a video game. But he is best known among Kubrick fans for his collaborations with Matthew Modine on the Full Metal Jacket Diary iPad App, and later the Full Metal Jacket Diary Audiobook. Interview Recorded: October 9th 2017.
Sat, May 12, 2018
Author Joe R Frinzi talks to Kubrick's Universe about his fabulous new book, Kubrick's Monolith The Art and Mystery of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Joe has been writing professionally since 1981 and his movie column, "The Art of Cinema," has appeared in the Lehigh Valley arts paper, The Easton Irregular since 1998. In addition to his "Princess Bria" book (the first in a proposed series), he has several other children's book projects in the works, including "The Persia Box" and "Concert Tina," as well as an anthology of his "Irregular" columns, "Movies on my Mind," available from Sanctum Press. Mr. Frinzi lives in Easton, PA.
Tue, May 22, 2018
Professor Nathan Abrams talks about his new book Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual. Nathan is Professor in film and Director of Research for the School of Creative Studies and Media at Bangor University in Wales. Nathan also lectures, writes and broadcasts widely on UK and American popular culture, history film and intellectual culture. He co-founded Jewish Film and New Media: An International Journal and has also written several books on the subject of Jewishness in popular culture including; The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema (2012) and Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture (2016). He is currently finishing work on an upcoming book for 2019 titled Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film but it's his current book, just released Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual (2018) that he is talking about in this episode. The following interview with Nathan is being conducted by Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum at the launch of his latest book at JW3 in London on the 26th April 2018.
Sat, Oct 13, 2018
Actor Derek Lyons who appeared in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 movie The Shining talks to Kubrick's Universe. Derek discusses his close on-set relationship with Jack Nicholson and Scatman Crothers as well as many hilarious stories as he reminisces about his career in the movies, starting back in the mid seventies on a new film called 'The Star Wars'.
Tue, Nov 6, 2018
The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales. Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018. This was a full day event and now we will present it to you in a special five part series. Here is the first part, with a brief event introduction by organiser, Nathan Abrams followed by an Introduction to 2OO1 by Piers Bizony, author of 2OO1: Filming the Future and The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2OO1: A Space Odyssey.
Wed, Nov 7, 2018
The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales. Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018. This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series. In part two we are airing Alternative Perspectives: a panel featuring experts on 2OO1's legacy beyond film, including psychology, artificial intelligence, evolutionary biology, and philosophy.
Fri, Nov 9, 2018
The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales. Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018. This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series. In part three we are airing a Film Symposium, hosted by Nathan and featuring key academics in conversation.
Mon, Nov 12, 2018
The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales. Our good friend, Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018. This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series. In part four we are airing a series of guests talking about there time working on 2001: A Space Odyssey over 50 years ago.
Tue, Nov 13, 2018
The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society is proud to present, 2OO1: Beyond 50 - A day of talks, music, and art celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey, featuring experts and people who worked on the film and was presented by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor University in Wales. Professor Nathan Abrams organised this event, which took place on the 16th of June 2018. This was a full day event and is being presented to you in a special five part series. In this fifth and final part we hear an introduction to 2OO1:A Space Odyssey by Kubrick's producer and brother-in-law Jan Harlan;
Sat, Nov 17, 2018
We talk about a recently discovered screenplay on July 15th this year that made the headlines. This wasn't just any screenplay. It was a script penned by Stanley Kubrick and Paths of Glory co-writer Calder Willingham, over 62 years ago and it had only been discovered when one of Stanley's earliest collaborators, the composer Gerald Fried, brought it to the attention of Kubrick fans the world over. The script is called Burning Secret and it's an adaptation of a 1913 novella by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, and it tells the story of a young boy who is seduced by a man in order to get to the boys' mother. Thus far there have been three filmed versions of the original novella, the most recent being in 1988. The production was written and directed by Andrew Birkin, and it stars Klaus Maria Brandauer, David Eberts, and the legendary Faye Dunaway. But this particular treatment of the screenplay, by Kubrick and Willingham, was discovered by our friend, Nathan Abrams, a professor in Film Studies at Bangor University, while he was just doing research for his new book about Stanley Kubrick. Earlier in 2018, we had the pleasure of speaking with Stanley Kubrick's long-time right-hand-man and good friend, Leon Vitali, incidentally, just a few days after this amazing news broke, so obviously we had to ask him for his take on what he knows about the screenplay.
Sun, Dec 9, 2018
Through A Different Lens : Stanley Kubrick photographs is an exhibition that Explores a formative phase in the career of one of the 20th century's most renowned motion picture directors. Stanley Kubrick was just 17 when he sold his first photograph to the pictorial magazine Look in 1945. In his photographs, many unpublished, Kubrick trained the camera on his native city, drawing inspiration from the nightclubs, street scenes, and sporting events that made up his first assignments, and capturing the pathos of ordinary life with a sophistication that belied his young age. Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs features more than 120 photographs by Kubrick from the Museum's Look Magazine archive, an unparalleled collection that includes 129 photography assignments and more than 12,000 negatives from his five years as a staff photographer. We start our show with a short interview by Alec Baldwin with the curators of the exhibition Donald Albrecht and Sean Corcoran, this piece is being presented to you with kind permission of the Museum of the City of New York. Then you will hear our 'Man in New York', Mark Lentz interviewing Sean Corcoran at length on June 1st 2018 at the Museum of the City of New York.
Tue, Dec 11, 2018
From Photography to Film Noir: Stanley Kubrick's Early Career was a special event held at the museum on May 22nd 2018. Inspired by the exhibition Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs, the museum examines two of the first films Kubrick ever made, Day of the Fight from 1951and Killer's Kiss from1955, in a screening and talkback session. New York magazine film critic Emily Yoshida and co-curators of the exhibition Donald Albrecht and Sean Corcoran consider the connections between these formative films and Kubrick's early start in photography, as well as the imaginative eye and visual flair that would come to define his later work.
Tue, Dec 25, 2018
Your team from The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society (Jason Furlong, Mark Lentz, James Marinaccio and Stephen Rigg) chat all things Stanley Kubrick in this end of year round-up/Christmas Special. We feature 'In Memorium' segments for R Lee Ermey and Pablo Ferro, discuss the 50th-anniversary release of 2OO1: A Space Odyssey and the various news and events that made our 2018 such a SKAS-tastic year.