Holy cow. My mind is blown. Everything from the title, to the director dying 5 days after submitting the final cut, to the location chosen to film the cult party. These links are a long read but a great explanation of the movie.
So many unbelievable things that I've come across in this group are confirmed by this movie. I saw someone mention it in a comment months ago and glad I finally came around to watching it. It was very strange in the beginning, but you have to remember you're not watching a regular movie, you're watching someone trying to show you what's going on without explicitly saying it. After reading the above articles I am just blown away.
Wait until you learn about Room 237.
Kubrick knew some shit, and hid his knowledge in all of his films.
*adds to watchlist
What about Lolita, isn't that about a pedophile?
Yes. Haven't seen it in decades, it's on my rewatch short list though. I figure it's going to be plain as day what it's about - so not super high priority. I would really like to revisit all of his work, especially Strangelove and Barry Lyndon. I've never seen his earliest stuff, so have to remedy that as well. It'll be interesting to see how much of their secrets he gave out during his career.
Fun fact: Kubrick and David Lynch are Crispin Glover's aka "Mr. I want to assfuck Steven Spielberg to death" (his words, not mine!) favorite directors. I don't think it's a coincidence. Search "[HOLLYWOOD]" (with the brackets) on this forum for my post about if interested.
Yea but that doc is rubbish IMHO and even Jay Widner doesn't present his better work in it. I recommend staying away from it until you've exhausted many other resources.
Rob Ager is an interesting source on Kubrick and many other movies.
http://www.collativelearning.com
Old school website - http://www.collativelearning.com/FILMS%20reviews%20BY%20ROB%20AGER.html
This was a great read at the time from 2000.
"I'm sure you are aware of the extremely grave potential for social shock and disorientation caused by this information. We can't release it without proper conditioning" - Heywood Floyd
https://rense.com/general7/alchemkubrick.htm
Was Kubrick a WhiteHat at his core?
He was an artist deeply involved with the filth of Hollywood and probably even higher up (NASA) who probably found them repellent and sent the world messages about it in the best way available to him at the time: deeply symbolic films.
My man!
Rob Ager on YouTube has THE best The Shining takes around. The rest of these theories are essentially child's play in comparison.
Exaggerating, there's a lot of good work out there of course. But if you've watched Room 237, you're the type who'd love Ager. ?