Kubrick does Napoleon

Faeelin

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While researching Kubrick's life for a godforsaken pointless project, I came across an interesting tidbit, that he wanted to do Napoleon's life after 2001.

Say he does. (he did Barry Lynden, and that wasn't half bad). It turns out to be a really good movie, and makes a hefty profit. It being a movie, czar Alexander becomes a monstrous tyrant like all russians, as are the austrians. They even get the emperor to portray the cause of liberty, neatly sidestepping the pope's imprisonment and all that.

So, effects on hollywood? This means that big budget epics are popular for a while yet.
 
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If he makes it very dull in a pretentious sort of way like he did with Eyes Wide Shut it would strike a blow against big budget epics. I can't see Kubrick doing anything close to a conventional war film--his films are replete with the idea that sexuality and violence have some fundamental link.
 
Stanley Kubrick was a fascinating example of how guillible Hollywood is. How he managed to get off with his crap for so long is astonishing. He had talent, was capable of nice set pieces, but couldn't do a coherent film. Look at the mess he made of BARRY LYNDON. How anyone could turn that book into a bore... He would probably put back large scale epics by a decade (and yes, you can have small scale epics, look at THE VIKINGS or THE WAR LORD).
 
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