Uransa aikana Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) "voitti" itselleen ainoastaan yhden Oscar-palkinnon elokuvasta 2001: Avaruusseikkailu (1968). Oscar myönnettiin parhaista erikoistehosteista, joita Kubrick ei ollut tehnyt, silti ainoastaan hänen nimi oli kaiverrettu pystiin.
Virallisen version mukaan Englannissa asunut lentolupakirjan omannut Kubrick ei lentopelkonsa seurauksena viitsinyt osallistua palkintoseremoniaan - ikään kuin lentokone olisi ainoa mahdollinen kulkuyhteys Yhdysvaltoihin.
Virallisen version mukaan Englannissa asunut lentolupakirjan omannut Kubrick ei lentopelkonsa seurauksena viitsinyt osallistua palkintoseremoniaan - ikään kuin lentokone olisi ainoa mahdollinen kulkuyhteys Yhdysvaltoihin.
1970-lukulainen "kuustudiovalo" 1700-luvulle sijoittuneessa ja leväperäisesti tuotetussa Barry Lyndonissa (1975).
Nasa avusti Kubrickia 2001: Avaruusseikkailun teossa[1] ja Kubrick osti myöhemmin itselleen Nasan mittatilaustyönä teettämän Zeiss-linssin ylijäämäkappaleet, joiden avulla Kubrick pystyi kuvata Barry Lyndonin öiset sisätilakohtaukset käyttäen studiovalojen sijasta kynttilöiden omaa luonnollista valoa.[2]
Kubrick vaati viimeisen elokuvansa Eyes Wide Shut (1999) -sopimuksessa, että elokuvan ensi-ilta tapahtuisi Apollo 11:sta 30-vuotisjuhlapäivänä.[3]
Kyseessä oli järkevä šakkisiirto, sillä Kubrick kuoli "sydänkohtaukseen" ennen Rothschildien Mentmore-linnaan sijoittuneen elokuvansa leikattua julkaisua. Elokuvaa ei ole koskaan julkaistu alkuperäisessä Kubrickin tarkoittamassa muodossa.
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[1] The truth of the matter is that in order to get a sense of scientific accuracy and realism, both Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke hired many leading aerospace engineers, former NASA employees and NASA contractors who provided a direct insight as to how they should go about designing the sets, props, and importantly the spacecraft interiors and exteriors. They advised Kubrick and Clarke on how they design the control panels, the communication systems, everything. NASA’s George Mueller would visit the set of 2001 in 1965. It has often been said that the attention to detail, and the scientific accuracy of the space technology, sets and props led Mueller to dub the London based studio “NASA East”. However, Fred Ordway writes it differently. “When Mueller saw the amount of documentation [Harry] Lange and I had brought with us from the States, he dubbed our office complex "NASA East"”. Either way, if you are looking for affiliation between Kubrick and NASA, there it is right there! The take home message, obviously, is that if a movie production crew teams up with the scientists actually building space technology, naturally there are going to be similarities in both the visual presentation and scientific accuracy of the technology on display for the viewers. And there is indeed an influence that 2001: A Space Odyssey had – not just on the space industry – but the way we use technology in the modern world. If you look closely, you can see that the film ultimately predicted many everyday devices. The characters are seen using flat screen televisions, tablet computers, artificial intelligence, they even maintain communication via video telephone calls. There are also robots used in space, which has long since become a reality. —Jarrah White, Kubrick Appendixes, Aulis Online, (2019), s. 18-19, lainaa, Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece, Simon & Schuster, New York, (2018); Lauren Fuge, Fifty years later, scientists reflect on the influence of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Cosmos, (18 OCTOBER 2018); Frederick I. Ordway III, 2001: A Space Odyssey in Retrospect, Visual Memory, (2001); Luke Westaway, Samsung says 2001: A Space Odyssey invented the tablet, not Apple, Cnet, (Aug. 25, 2011 2:18 a.m. PT).
[2] The truth is that Kubrick didn’t directly acquire this Zeiss lens from NASA. Nor was it one of a kind. In reality, Zeiss produced ten of these lenses for use on the Apollo program under contract to NASA. But NASA only purchased six of them. In the December 1975 issue of American Cinematographer, John Alcott – the director of photography for Barry Lyndon – stated that Kubrick simply purchased three of the remaining surplus lenses from Zeiss. —Jarrah White, Kubrick Appendixes, Aulis Online, (2019), s. 4.
[3] Stanley [Kubrick] specifically ordered that Eyes Wide Shut be released on the day of the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. [...] It is also significant to remember that the 2001: A Space Odyssey film project, filmed over several years at MGM Borehamwood Studios in the UK, was dubbed 'NASA East' by officials from ‘NASA west’. —Stanley Kubrick and Apollo, Aulis Online, (April 2019); Before his death, he [Kubrick] insisted that the film [Eyes Wide Shut] be released on July 16, 1999, which just happened to be the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. —Craig Fraley, Why There's Doubt: Moon Landings, CreateSpace, California, (2017), s. 165.
Stanley Kubrickin ja Douglas Trumbullin mahdollisesta yhdeydestä Apollo-huijaukseen ks. Fraley, s. 158-165; 2001: Avaruusseikkailusta ks. Bill Kaysing, We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle!, Desert Publications, Arizona, (1981), s. 75-86.
