8/10
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
4 January 2012
A thorough overview of the director's career, one that makes me want to watch his movies for the umpteenth time. I do have a couple of gripes about the documentary, though. Tom Cruise is a lousy narrator. Whatever you think of him as an actor, his voice, his intonation is very plain and flat. Also, the film is almost entirely gushing. Don't get me wrong, I love Kubrick. Everyone loves Kubrick, it's practically a cliché, like saying you love the Beatles. But there are valid criticisms that can be leveled at his films, and very few of those are voiced here, and even those are quickly dismissed. A little less fawning would have been nice.
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