from immense talent, is an
ultra-clear concept of what
they want. This is something
I'm sure they share with
Stanley Kubrick—the subject
of my short film, Kubrick
by Candlelight, the script of
which won the FilmOffaly/
Filmbase 2016 Bursary.
This traveling circus is
almost all we know. The
family of disparate nomads—
tradesmen, technicians,
actors—has always fascinated
me. Two hundred people
from all walks of life forced
together for an intense time
all working toward the vision
of one person—the director.
There's no question that one
of those visionary directors is
Stanley Kubrick. Obsessive in
detail, relentless in perfection,
his films remain some of
the most respected works
of cinematic art since film
began. Killer's Kiss, Lolita,
Spartacus, 2001: A Space
Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange,
Barry Lyndon, The Shining
and Eyes Wide Shut—all of
them benchmarks of direction,
design and writing.
So … when I sat down to
write a short film about a
crew filming in a small Irish
town, the stories I had heard
of Stanley in Ireland during
Barry Lyndon instantly came to
mind. A famously long shoot in
stunning Irish landscapes that
was mysteriously cut short by
a threatening phone call that
sent Kubrick back to England
overnight and the production
not long behind to complete
the principal photography of
Barry Lyndon.
Widely regarded as one of
the most beautiful films ever
made, I knew the reality of
production would have been
mud, bacon sandwiches,
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