1:17:02
For him to be able to do that
was always astonishing to us.
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I remember me as a young
filmmaker thinking:
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"That's extraordinary. "
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But more than that is, actually,
he had the will to do it.
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It hurt him financially,
but he didn't care.
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It hurt Warner Bros. even more
financially, but they obliged.
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It wasn't worth it to them.
1:17:24
Having peace with Stanley, and making
more films with Stanley.
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Having him under contract for the
rest of his life was more important. . .
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. . .than if the film played in England.
1:17:36
For the release of the film, Kubrick
went beyond the role of a director. . .
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. . .persuading Warner Bros. about
how the film should be sold.
1:17:45
If you've taken all the trouble
with preproduction, shooting. . .
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. . .with the postproduction
and trying to get the film together. . .
1:17:54
. . .and approach it in so many ways. . .
1:17:56
. . .why do you not be a part of it
just when the public's gonna see it?
1:18:00
Clockwork Orange was the second
largest-grossing film. . .
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. . .in the history of Warner's
after My Fair Lady.
1:18:07
I'd meet with the foreign distribution
guys and say, "Wait a minute.
1:18:11
What we're doing is
following Stanley's instruction. . .
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. . .and getting a great result. We're
grossing huge numbers on a picture. . .
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. . .you said would be a catastrophe
because it was so inaccessible.
1:18:25
Is it not possible that he knows
something we don't know?
1:18:28
Is it not possible that his way
is a better way?"
1:18:32
They go, "No, he doesn't know.
He's just a pain in the ass. "
1:18:36
Kubrick had a unique relationship
with Warner Bros.:
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Complete creative control and the
support of a major Hollywood studio.
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We all envied that more than anything
over here.
1:18:47
The fact that one studio would
support an artist in that way. . .
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. . .is extraordinary.
1:18:53
It was a question
of working with a master. . .
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. . .and wanting to do
the movies of Stanley Kubrick.
1:18:59
There weren't runaway costs,
it was always overblown. . .