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.
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.