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By the third week
when we're in the billiard room. . .
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. . .I'm saying, "My God. How? How?"
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Of course, Stanley said, "I didn't
think you would be much longer.
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But don't you want to get it right?"
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I tell you, there are a lot of people
in our business who are. . . .
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Well, they label themselves
as perfectionists.
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That's a kind of euphemism
for a pain in the ass, really.
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Stanley was the first real
perfectionist that I met.
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I mean, there just wasn't any way. . .
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. . .for him to go one take less.
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He never gave an inch on anything.
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So much was expected of him
every time.
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He wasn't allowed just
to make a movie.
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It had to be an amazing movie. . .
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. . .because so many were waiting
for the next Kubrick film.
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It had to be an event. I think,
on his shoulders was a responsibility.
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When Eyes Wide Shut was shown
for the first time in New York. . .
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. . .on March 1, 1 999. . .
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. . .to Tom and Nicole
and the heads of the studio. . .
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. . .the response was very enthusiastic.
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Stanley was very, very happy.
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A great, heavy weight
was lifted from his shoulders.
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I think this change
of his being. . .
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. . .caused almost a physical
change in his body. . .
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. . .because he had lived with this
enormous responsibility. . .
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. . .for a very expensive film. . .
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. . .which was long in the shooting
for two years.
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And suddenly it was all gone.
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He died a week later.