I grew up under the shadow of the spectre of nuclear war. In the 1980s, popular culture was rife with the imagery of nuclear annihilation — from The Day After, to Threads, to Smiths songs. But nothing approached Dr Strangelove.
Stanley Kubrick made some really weird movies. If you want a little peak at his mental formation, the 10,000 photos he took as a teenager will probably only confuse you more — in a good way.
Here, apropos of nothing, is an excellent photograph of Stanley Kubrick directing his actors inside a giant centrifuge on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s a hell of a set and a hell of a movie. [Mappeal]
Your desk. A lone ray of sun shines upon it. Tension squeezes the air. Your pencils tremble. Your pulse quickens. Mysterious forces of the universe are at work. And there it is: a black plastic monolith. Dare you touch it?
Here’s some interesting context for Hamilton’s watch: they recycled the design from a clock they originally made for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Director Stanley Kubrick was notoriously pernickety about design, so what was good for him is good for us.
