Rolling Stone's rare interview with Stanley Kubrick

(A young Stanley Kubrick, above.)


by Terry Keefe

Yesterday was the 12th anniversary of the death of Stanley Kubrick. I was never an obsessive fan, but remember the news of his death stunning me more so than any comparable celebrity passing. I think this was because I always had this image of Kubrick endlessly puttering around somewhere in an undisclosed location in England, working on his new, secret project. And that he would always be doing that. Then, he was just gone.

Rolling Stone recently posted this 1987 interview with Kubrick, a true rarity from a man who was so rarely photographed in public that a shambling, bearded imposter was able to successfully pass himself off as Kubrick for a period in London during the 90s. On that note, the general lack of photo access to Kubrick was perhaps another reason his death was such a surprise to me. Unlike, say, Hitchcock, who looked like a walking clotted artery for most of his life, it was difficult to ascertain what type of physical shape Kubrick was in, because we rarely saw him. In the back of my mind, I pictured the kid with the camera, in the photo above, half the time when thinking of Kubrick.

(Thanks to Movie City News for posting the link.)