CPT868 : STANLEY KUBRICK : His Letters to His People - including Arthur C. Clarke
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, 1968
The process of collaboration between Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke begins.
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March 31, 1964
"Dear Mr Clarke, It’s a very interesting coincidence that our mutual friend Caras mentioned you in a conversation we were having about a Questar telescope. I had been a great admirer of your books for quite a time and had always wanted to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial really good science-fiction movie. My main interest lies along these broad areas naturally assuming great plot and character.
1. The reasons for believing in the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life.
2. The impact (and perhaps even lack on impact in some quarters) such discovery would have on earth in the near future.
3. A space probe with a landing and exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Would you consider coming sooner with a view to a meeting, the purpose of which would be to determine whether an idea might exist or arise which could sufficiently interest both of us enough to want to collaborate on a screenplay?”
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Click the title link above for the original article containing several letters to the likes of Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier and various producers & studio chiefs.
A Kubrick museum exhibition to display a lost cache of material as well as the motherload of boxes of material that Stanley packed into his home - like props from Full Metal Jacket to the Jack Torrance typed pages of his psychotic novel from The Shining and many other items and letters will be available to the public to see.
Click the link below to visit the full article and more:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/13/sv_stanleykubrickprops.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
Telegraph.co.uk : Stanley Kubrick Props
The process of collaboration between Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke begins.
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March 31, 1964
"Dear Mr Clarke, It’s a very interesting coincidence that our mutual friend Caras mentioned you in a conversation we were having about a Questar telescope. I had been a great admirer of your books for quite a time and had always wanted to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial really good science-fiction movie. My main interest lies along these broad areas naturally assuming great plot and character.
1. The reasons for believing in the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life.
2. The impact (and perhaps even lack on impact in some quarters) such discovery would have on earth in the near future.
3. A space probe with a landing and exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Would you consider coming sooner with a view to a meeting, the purpose of which would be to determine whether an idea might exist or arise which could sufficiently interest both of us enough to want to collaborate on a screenplay?”
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Click the title link above for the original article containing several letters to the likes of Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier and various producers & studio chiefs.
A Kubrick museum exhibition to display a lost cache of material as well as the motherload of boxes of material that Stanley packed into his home - like props from Full Metal Jacket to the Jack Torrance typed pages of his psychotic novel from The Shining and many other items and letters will be available to the public to see.
Click the link below to visit the full article and more:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/13/sv_stanleykubrickprops.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
posted by Sir Alfred Darknight at 9:56 PM
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Well written article.
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