Re: (idm) stanley kubrick dead (fwd)

From wells
Sent Mon, Mar 8th 1999, 02:06

On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, sun rob and his arkestra wrote:

> 
> It's a sad day indeed for the world of art and really, humanity.  First
> Kurosawa, now Kubrick...
> 
> hopefully Eyes Wide Shut will be released to great success, even if it
> might be in rough form. There would be no better tribute to such a grand,
> driven visionary. 
> 
> love your artists while you are lucky enough to have them
> 

yes... very sad indeed. however, i heard that eyes wide shut had been
finished 100% and even screened to a few critics. supposedly, it narrowly
avoided a nc-17 rating by virtue of the names attached to it.

it's a shame we won't ever see 'AI' or whatever else he may have had in
store.

he will be missed.

- wells