This summer, the Design Museum in London held a Stanley Kubrick exhibition. I went to it and here is my experience.
The exhibition told the story of Stanley Kubrick’s life and showed his creative process when writing, directing and editing his films.
It was split up into sections based on his different films with props, sets, artwork, scripts and more. Each section had clips from the film playing such as the hallway scene from The Shining, the battle scene from Barry Lyndon and Alex’s arrest in Clockwork Orange.
Seeing Kubrick’s attention to detail through how he planned shots, researched characters and looked for locations gave an even greater appreciation of his art.
All of this made it a very immersive experience.
Most, if not all, the material in the exhibition was on loan from the Kubrick archive held by the University of Arts London. Stanley Kubrick’s family donated this to the university as it was just lying about unorganized at his manor where he spent the last years of his life.
Unfortunately, the exhibition isn’t on in London anymore, but it is a touring exhibition and is opening in on January 18th at the Museum of Moving Image, New York.
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