1:54:00
They rehashed old stories. . .
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. . .which Kubrick
had never bothered to deny.
1:54:05
He had been pegged:
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"Reclusive filmmaker,
probably half mad. "
1:54:11
For a man to whom, I think,
control was everything. . .
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. . .the notion that he could not,
in the last analysis. . .
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. . .control this image that had
grown up about who he was. . .
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. . .it must have bought him a despair,
like, "The hell with it.
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If that's what they want to think,
I can't do anything about it. "
1:54:31
He dealt with it the way he had to.
1:54:33
I knew it was rubbish
which was all that mattered.
1:54:36
And it mostly was
all that mattered to him. . .
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. . .but the more disgusting
things upset him.
1:54:42
He would talk about that sometimes.
1:54:44
I know until the end of
Eyes Wide Shut he'd started to say:
1:54:48
"Right, now I'm gonna do
a few proper interviews. . .
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. . .and try and set the record
a little straighter. "
1:54:57
He didn't want
to shoot tourists on his lawn. . .
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. . .then give them money
when they bleed.
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But also because it's another thing
that fits into. . .
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. . .the nerdy monster. . .
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. . .sliming around in his house
and hating women.
1:55:11
Hating women?
He was surrounded by them.
1:55:14
I think there are few men who knew
as much about women as he did.
1:55:18
It's impossible for me to just
be objective and say:
1:55:21
"He should have spoken up.
He should have been more gregarious. "
1:55:26
Should? He couldn't.
He wasn't. Why should he?
1:55:29
He had a great nerve.
1:55:30
He'd open the door to somebody
looking for Stanley Kubrick and say:
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"He's not at home. "
1:55:36
For a long time, nobody knew
what his face looked like.
1:55:39
He was very, very knowledgeable
about things, Stanley.
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Curious and interested
in the world.
1:55:45
I think people aren't aware of that.
1:55:47
They think for someone so obsessive
and so committed. . .
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. . .that the rest of the world
might pass him by.
1:55:53
He funneled the world into his life,
into his kitchen.
1:55:57
Well, here was a man
who set up his life. . .