What documentaries are there about Kubrick?
Making The Shining – Vivian Kubrick (1) UK BBC2, 1980 (show as part of the “Arena” series of arts programmes) Available in the US with the DVD release of The Shining Inevitably a subjective account of the director at work by his 18 year old daughter, who in true Kubrick fashion, operated all the camera and the sound equipment herself and filmed some 60 hours of material for a 25 minute programme. Making The Shining is a kind of miracle, in that it is an intimate, almost fly-on-the-wall portrait of the famously ‘publicity shy’ director at work, certainly more revealing than most portraits of directors at work this reviewer has seen. On first viewing, it seems slight and even quite slap-dash; the lack of any guiding narration, for instance, contributes to a sense of disorientation, giving the impression that what we are watching is nothing more than a series of unconnected incidents.
Making The Shining – Vivian Kubrick (1) UK BBC2, 1980 (show as part of the “Arena” series of arts programmes) Available in the US with the DVD release of The Shining Inevitably a subjective account of the director at work by his 18 year old daughter, who in true Kubrick fashion, operated all the camera and the sound equipment herself and filmed some 60 hours of material for a 25 minute programme. Making The Shining is a kind of miracle, in that it is an intimate, almost fly-on-the-wall portrait of the famously ‘publicity shy’ director at work, certainly more revealing than most portraits of directors at work this reviewer has seen. On first viewing, it seems slight and even quite slap-dash; the lack of any guiding narration, for instance, contributes to a sense of disorientation, giving the impression that what we are watching is nothing more than a series of unconnected incidents. It is only on subsequent viewings that Vivian’s non-didactic approach to documentary making starts to bea
