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When I say that the people. . .
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. . .who love Stanley's movies
were mostly movie people. . .
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. . .they're just looking
at what's in the frame.
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What's the "movieness" of the movie.
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They, of course, love Stanley
in a very uncomplicated way.
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Whereas the critical community. . .
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. . .tends to fuss and fidget. . .
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. . .over what Stanley did.
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After The Shining,
Kubrick and his family. . .
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. . .moved to a mansion
in the Hertfordshire countryside.
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Except when filming on location,
he would do all his work here. . .
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. . .supported by a small,
dedicated team.
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The joke we had about Stanley was...
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This was the line
you would never hear from him. . .
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. . .was, "Don't bother me with details,
I've got faith in your judgment. "
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Stanley would involve himself
to such an extent. . .
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. . .with the detail of stuff that
one thought was a bit beneath him.
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He should've been doing major stuff. . .
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. . .not worrying about
how you had files in your office.
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I guess he saw it as a package deal.
You either cared or you didn't.
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When we went to Ireland
on Barry Lyndon...
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. . .he left this 1 5-page document. . .
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. . .of care instructions
of how to look after the animals.
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And the 37th instruction is:
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"If a fight should develop
between Freddy and Leo..."
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That was a father and son
tomcats that we had...
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"The only way you can do anything
is dump water on them. . .
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. . .try to grab Freddy
and run out of the room.
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Do not try and pick up Leo.
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Alternatively, if you open a door and
let Freddy out, he can outrun Leo. . .
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. . .but if trapped in a place where
you can't separate them. . .
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. . .keep dumping water, shouting,
jumping up and down. . .
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. . .and distracting
and waving shirts.
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Just try and get them apart
and grab Freddy. "
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I remember once he had a cat that was
drinking excessively and I said:
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"Perhaps you can measure
how much he's drinking. "
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He said, "No, that's impossible.
There are too many cats. "