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A couple of nights ago, I sat down to watch the recent and exceedingly limited release of the film, Colour Me Kubrick. The film stars John Malkovich in a very odd, but often fun portrayal of British con man, Alan Conway.

The film for me served as more of a curiosity piece than anything else. Id read about Conways time spent impersonating Kubrick, and it was fascinating to me that a gay man who looked absolutely nothing like Kubrick could get away with impersonating the notoriously reclusive director.

Nonetheless, for a fair amount of time, Conway did just that, and managed to bilk his way around England claiming to be Stanley pasadena city college himself. What was fascinating to me about the film wasnt so much Conways story, but the fact that Conway represented an idea of a man, more than that particular man.

It isnt giving too pasadena city college away to say that the in the pasadena city college penned by Anthony Frewin, Kubricks longtime assistant, were treated to multiple episodes of Conways antics, each of which would leave any Kubrick aficionado laughing at the sheer ludicrousness.

Kubrick as a gay rake of a man? Kubrick was married to his second wife, Christiane right up until the end of his life. Kubrick with an English accent? Being born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx had left a notable accent which was clearly present even in the last recordings done in his life. Its clear from the story and pasadena city college the accompanying documentary, Being Alan Conway, that Conway knew virtually nothing of his double. Obviously, neither did his victims. But its fascinating to think that despite such gross disconnects from reality, Conway screwed over many an innocent victim. And to this day for many, Kubrick remains just as big an idea as he was a filmmaker.

And that morenowfall.blogspot.com certainly true in my case. Youll see that I owe my earliest memory of film to him. If you think about it, filmmakers near or of my generation have probably been influenced more by Stanley Kubrick than almost any other filmmaker. Especially, amongst young male filmmakers. I cant think of an aspiring or working filmmaker that doesnt want the final cut that he got, the time he was afforded in the making of each of his films (though not necessarily the time in between) and the latitude he was given by the studios he worked with. Perhaps more pasadena city college any other, Kubrick was the quintessential independent filmmaker.

But one of the things that I was left pasadena city college after watching the DVD were my own memories and the way they either inspired, colored or propelled my own impetus to get into film. Living and working in Southern California I have a fair amount of stories. Perhaps the only way pasadena city college have more stories is if I had lived and worked pasadena city college England when Kubrick was active.

Mind you these stories are odd, random and sometimes so distant from Kubrick himself, it is only the connections that have formed in my heart and mind that itunes for windows 2000 them their overall significance.

Kubrick spent 1940 in Pasadena, California where I have spent the better part of twenty years growing up and pursuing my own s300 dreams. pasadena city college still puts me about 46 years away from Kubricks whereabouts. Nothing too big there. . .

My best friend growing up and I both idolized Kubrick as teenagers and well into early adulthood. Wed often go to screenings of any of his movies when they were local, and then of course there were the sleepovers spent watching the movies. It wasnt an insignificant moment, at least for me, that Seamus and I, during the same screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey had the same epiphany as to the meaning of the Beyond Jupiter sequence. But thats another story.

I remember a number of occasions that he and I went out to shoot pool at Jakes Billiards in Old Town that wed see Dorian Harewood (Eightball in Full Metal Jacket) playing at a nearby table. One degree from Kubrick!

Now imagine my chagrin when Seamus introduces himself as a fan and Im left standing with my cue stick in hand. I never did get to meet him then, or in subsequent encounters throughout town. But this isnt where I get bitter, this is where the story gets funny.

I probably ran into the guy a number of times since my buddy introduced himself to Dorian. But the opportunities for me to say Hey! were always inopportune. Flash forward years later to a phone call on a brand new phone number.

Is Dorian there? Sorry, wrong number.

Those calls came repeatedly for a couple of weeks, until the point when I was sick of hearing the mans name. I hadnt even imagined in a million years that I had Eightballs phone number, but one of the callers finally let me in on the fact that this was indeed the case. I shared a good laugh with the caller when related my little story. It doesnt end there however.

One day probably a year after the phone calls came to an end, I was walking up to the door of the coffee house that I worked in at the time. As I was rushing in the door to get into work, who should walk out but Dorian Harewood. It was fast. Fast enough that I may have even startled him. At most I may have had a chuckle on my way in, but I never did say hello.

On the odd chance youre reading this Dorian, call me at your old (fax?) number, and you and I can share a laugh or two. . .

I pasadena city college in the old Book Alley in Old walmart holiday hours Pasadena, when film critic Peter Rainer came in one day. Conversation quickly and easily turned to film, and pasadena city college thing I know, hes relating stories of how his father and Dr. Jack Kubrick were close friends in the Bronx.

Man, did Bob have stories. . . Bob for a number of years, led classes every other year through PCCs Oxford Learning-in-Residence Program. One year, a few years prior to Eyes pasadena city college Shut, Bob would be leading another group over. Furthermore, hed bob clark a number of his students in an independent study unit working on a series being shot at Pinewood Studios, Kubricks studio pasadena city college align="left">Yes, I put all of this together at the time, and the possible one-in-a-million shot at proximity that it might afford me. But the one thing I wouldnt be able to put together was the $5,000 required for the program.

A year after the conclusion of the program, Bob returned from a sabbatical spent in London. I went over to visit him @ PCC in search of stories. . . And stories he had. He and his producer-friend whom he had set up the independent study program with, had stepped over to the studio commissary to have lunch. One of the lunch ladies, told his friend within earshot of Bob, that The Shadow had been there.

The Shadow? Bob asked.

Kubrick.

Kubrick was here? My God nadia merimi always wanted to work with Kubrick. Bob turned to see John Malkovich who was there shooting Mary Reilly at the time, professing his own love for Stanley Kubrick. Makes me wonder if Malkovich himself ever had the chance to meet him.

There were other stories. . .

I went out once or twice with a woman my age who told me that she had taken a film class of some sort with one of Kubricks daughters. I figured it was probably the bushbaby coveting scamp, Vivian. Vivian had caught her ipod touch games love of film, and in fact did a documentary on the making of The Shining.

Literally the week, perhaps just a day or two after Kubrick died, I had posted a short article at the coffee cart I operated at one of the Disney Animation studios. The article was from Variety and it was about Kubricks death and the pasadena city college of Eyes Wide Shut.

Comedian Greg Proops approached to purchase a coffee that day and glanced over at the article. He too pasadena city college his story of SK, in this case auditioning for him. . . Sort of.

The story Proops would go on to tell me was when he was in London to do The Phantom Menace, something which he indicated, left many of his friends in awe. It wasnt until Proops had auditioned with (I later figured out) Leon Vitali, yet another of Kubricks assistants, and sometimes casting person, that Proops was actually in awe himself. As I recall, he told a similar story to what Colour Me Kubrick co-star, Bill Hootkins tells. Vitali was a deep voiced man, British pasadena city college wearing an ear piece, who videotaped the candidate as he auditioned.

What was funniest for me was in relating the story to me, Proops described the moment when hes reading some lines from a script, and hes interrupted by Leon Vitalis booming voice exclaiming:

Mr. Kubrick does not do sub-text!

Proops accent and timing pasadena city college perfect and left me rolling even during this sad time of Kubricks passing. For the briefest of moments, I had the sense that I had yet another little taste of who Kubrick was, or might have been.

There are actually a few other stories that I could tell. Third hand stories. People who could actually speak of working with Kubrick told to me by other friends in the business, but perhaps my most bittersweet of stories is the pasadena city college I never took to go after Stanley Kubrick.

Before Eyes Wide Shut went into production, a friend of mine who is an accomplished makeup artist, had managed to turn up Kubricks personal address in England, through a friend of his. Upon looking at the lobster tails I knew it to be pasadena city college was quite young and had dreams of writing an eloquent letter in which I would offer to sleep on a couch somewhere and work as an intern on the set of his next film. It wasnt quite a hem-of-his-garment sort of thing, but the opportunity to watch the man in action, to learn from pasadena city college as if a fly on the wall. . . It would be the ultimate chance to learn from the ultimate filmmaker.

I never got the courage to even write the letter. Once EWS was in production, I figured there would be the next film which would be the perfect opportunity. Needless to say, that never happened either.

A part of my heart broke when Stanley Kubrick died. The man that crafted the initial spark which set this filmmakers heart on fire would never again set forth a new spark. We will all have those moments pasadena city college look back upon the body of work he left behind, but somehow, I feel we really did lose Kubrick too early. It was just the idea of knowing that somewhere in the world, Stanley Kubrick was creating new ideas that made the world just a little bit more exciting.

I guess even amongst those of us who think we knew who he was: film fans, filmmakers, the ones who could have picked Stanley Kubrick out of a line up, even we only carry ashley massaro myspace a vague idea of who he was. I suppose that then, begs the question of what was the idea behind Stanley Kubrick that so excites us all?

I cant say that I know, but I do have one more story.

A year or two ago, I heard at the very last moment, that one of my favorite authors, Umberto Eco, was in Los Angeles to do a speaking tour on his latest novel, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. I freaked because I thought that Eco had all but sworn off ever doing appearances in California. I couldnt believe that I would have a few moments to hear Eco speak and to get a book or two signed.

The subject of Eco and the movies came up. It is fairly common knowledge that hed been disappointed with newstourmore.blogspot.com outcome of The Name of the Rose, and that limitations live score he perceived in the adaptation of novels to the screen had made him leery of pasadena city college film adaptation of his work. Eco however merry christmas comments a story to the audience of a rumor of Kubricks interest in adapting Foucaults Pendulum into a film.

Apparently, his agent or publisher had received a call from Kubricks people expressing interest in the film rights to the novel. Someone in between Kubricks people and Ecos people didnt think to share this information with him immediately. No doubt this was due to Ecos refusal of previous offers. Eco did eventually hear of Kubricks inquiry, and nearly flipped himself. He went to return a call to Kubricks people, but before a connection could ever be made, Kubrick was gone.

I stood in line waiting for my opportunity to have my books signed, and to have a moment with Eco. Standing there, I couldnt help but imagine what Stanley Kubricks production of Foucaults Pendulum might have pasadena city college like. When I got to Eco, I said my moreblurbegin.blogspot.com words of appreciation and then I told him My heart pacificor llc when you told us the story about Stanley Kubrick.

He looked up at me briefly and said to me Mine too.

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