What was Kubricks dispute with Punch magazine about?
The following letter appeared in the Tuesday edition of The Times Of London: […] The story begins in August 1998 when Punch published an article about Kubrick in its “Lowdown” column. In the main, the article did not differ from many others published over the years by journalists who felt at liberty to take pot-shots, in print, at a man they knew was unlikely to reply. But this alleged that he was clinically insane. The words used were “we’re hearing stories that suggest Kubrick is even more insane than psychiatrists have led us to believe…” Unfortunately for Punch, English law is designed to protect people from such unfunny and blatantly defamatory statements. With Stanley, we consulted Keith Schilling, a libel specialist; Stanley decided to sue Punch Ltd for libel. It in turn decided to defend the claim. As any barrack-room lawyer knows, there are limited defences to a libel action. One is “truth”, but Punch could not begin to prove that Stanley was clinically insane, so instead
