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Was Napoleon the greatest film never made? [Kubrick] [ed]
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| August 15, 2019
| Nicholas Barber
Posted on 08/15/2019 1:45:47 PM PDT by C19fan
The Stanley Kubrick exhibition at London’s Design Museum examines the making of every one of the extraordinary director’s films. But its opening section is devoted to a film he didn’t make: a biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte. As odd as that might seem, Kubrick fans are almost as fixated on Napoleon – to use its working title – as they are on anything else in his awe-inspiring canon. Critics regularly hail it as the greatest and most tantalising unfinished film of all. Besides, the story of how Napoleon was nearly-but-not-quite made exemplifies Kubrick’s sky-high ambition, his ravenous intellectual curiosity and his obsessive planning. “We put the display upfront because it’s a beautiful illustration of his process,” says Adrienne Groen, the co-curator of the Design Museum’s exhibition. “You can see his methods, and the amount of material he gathered before he even started.
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TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; kubrick; movies; napoleon
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The article mentions Audrey Hepburn was offered the role of Josephine. She played Natasha in the Hollywood version of "War and Peace". Kubrick was going to use the upwards of 20,000 Romanian soldiers as extras. This project was doomed when "Waterloo", directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, lost money at the box office. The other what if movie was Alejandro Jodorowsky's aborted "Dune" project.
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:45:47 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Did they have to ask?
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:48:11 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
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To: C19fan
Well, at least he made Barry Lyndon as a consolation, which is one of my favorite films. I also liked Waterloo.
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:50:34 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
To: Magnum44
Best art direction:
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:52:05 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
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To: C19fan
There was a great nap film. Silent. French. Five hours. I watched 2 hours. Had dinner. Back for last three. Used split and triple screen. Sepia for battle scenes.
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:54:39 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
To: morphing libertarian
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:55:06 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
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To: Magnum44
Like anyone can even know that.
To: morphing libertarian
watch the Napoleon series by PBS.
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:58:11 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy it. I hope every lib die.)
To: C19fan
It’s a tough subject, and everyone is entitled to an opinion on what they imagine to be the greatest film never made. Alfred Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope would probably get my vote.
To: C19fan
To: morphing libertarian
There was a great nap film. Silent. French. Five hours
1927 Napoleon by Able Gance - watched on the big screen at a special showing around 1980, it was great.
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posted on
08/15/2019 1:59:39 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: C19fan
I have watched Waterloo a dozen times, great movie, Rod Steiger as Boney, Chrisopher Plummer as Wellington - even an appearance by Orson Wells. A very factual based movie - very in line with events.
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:01:41 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: morphing libertarian
Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - saw it with a live orchestra in San Antonio in 1980.
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:04:34 PM PDT
by
decal
(I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
To: Jolla
So you were the other one there
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:04:55 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
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To: C19fan
Any Godzilla movie has to be near the top of the list.
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:06:23 PM PDT
by
seawolf101
(Member LES DEPLORABLES)
To: Magnum44
That’s what I’m talking about. Sweeeeet!
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:06:55 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: Jolla
1927 Napoleon by Able Gance - watched on the big screen at a special showing around 1980, it was great.I saw it too right after it was restored sometime in the late '70s, outstanding film.
To: Inyo-Mono
I saw it too right after it was restored sometime in the late '70s, outstanding film. I saw it in 1982 here in Houston with the three screens and an orchestra conducted by Carmine Coppola. It's actually been restored some more since then with more found footage. I think it's almost an hour longer.
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08/15/2019 2:22:02 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
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To: seawolf101
Oh no...
There goes Tokyo!
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:26:40 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: C19fan
Dr Strangelove gets my vote.
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posted on
08/15/2019 2:27:33 PM PDT
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Rummyfan
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