NR | 1h 1min | Documentary, Biography, Film History | 21 March 2023 (USA)
For those largely unfamiliar with the films of Stanley Kubrick, director Gregory Monro’s one-hour, one-minute movie, narrated mainly by Kubrick, might be considered a cheat, which is understandable. For Kubrick devotees, it could be viewed as suspect. In actuality, it is not a cheat nor is it suspect.
If there is anything to find fault with in these segments, it is the odd choice of framing on the part of Monro. The already iffy archival footage is made worse when Monro superimposes it onto mock antique cabinet TV sets, lending parts of the movie a sort of cheesy, access-cable quality….