"Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made" Topic
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07 May 2011 8:22 a.m. PST
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| arthur1815 | 07 May 2011 6:20 a.m. PST |
Bibliophile Books – orders@bibliophilebooks.com – a UK remainders firm, have a facsimile edition of the 2009 limited edition, with ten volumes, an essay by Jean Tulard on Napoleon in cinema, and a transcript of interviews Kubrick conducyed with Professor Felix Markham, and includes keycard access to searchable/downloadable online research database of Kubrick's complete picture file of c.17000 Napoleonic images, for £45.00 GBP GBP. I have had excellent service from Bibliophile in the past, so have no hesitation in recommending them to you. Alas, my personal finances prevent me from purchasing a copy – perhaps some of you will. |
| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 07 May 2011 6:27 a.m. PST |
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| jedburgh | 07 May 2011 6:43 a.m. PST |
link Amazon UK have it considerably cheaper |
| Repiqueone | 07 May 2011 8:42 a.m. PST |
As does Amazon USA, see: link |
| Mapleleaf | 08 May 2011 6:20 a.m. PST |
This post brought back memories of a novel that I tried to read that was supposed to be the basis for a Kubrick movie about Napoleon. After a little searching I found it It was "Napoleon Symphony" written by Anthony Burgess in 1974. I can't remember much about it except I it was awful and never finished it. Looking at the Amazon review and comments, it supports my memory .in that. it shows the book concentrating on Egypt and the reaction of West and East to each other. If this was to be the basis of the movie it is easier to understand why the movie was never made. Any studio executive reading the novel would have demanded a lot of changes. Burgess was a writer that to keep it positive requires a lot of getting used to and acceptance by the reader ( remember Clockwork Orange ?) A movie based on Napoleon Symphony would have been to say the least " different" link |
| Keraunos | 08 May 2011 11:30 p.m. PST |
I would have liked it, but then I like Barry Lyndon, and I like european cinema, which Kubrick was moving ever closer towards. For all the Spartacus and Paths of Glory he did, we have to remember that he preferred films like Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001 – long films, slow lingering camera shots, little action, slow editing and masses of detail. the detail would make the film stand up, but to be honest, almost all of the folk who post on these forums would be bored to tears quite quickly. it wouldn't get a singlefavourable comarison on these forums with teh Duelists, for example, and anyone who even tollerates being asked their opinion on 300 would hate it.
OTOH if you liked Andrei Rubilev, and enjoyed all of Doctor Zhivago (not just the fight sceenes), then you'd probably get a copy of Kubricks napoleon for you collection. try encouraging Ridley to take the project up, and you might just get something outstanding – he would take Kubricks detail and accuracy and then add action and make it compelling |
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gets started with Flintloque.