ABSTRACT
A polymathic artist and polemicist of his stature endeavoring to produce commercially successful films for the international mass entertainment market, creating risk-taking works intended to remain relevant for generations, should elicit controversy and, therefore, logically endure condemnation from some quarters. Malcolm McDowell hosted Stanley Kubrick’s Sound Odyssey, a series of concerts performing Stanley Kubrick film scores at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The 2001 re-release continued to push exhibition boundaries with an additional IMAX 4k laser series of limited digital screenings at 350 venues world-wide. Just as this landmark film remains topical and relevant, so too does Kubrick fandom that spans generations. Similarly, The Kubrick Series podcast was granted special permission to release Tim Cahill’s two-hour raw interview tape with Kubrick from his 1987 Rolling Stone interview. Kubrick’s twice-abandoned Napoleon project is now slated for production as a much anticipated mini-series for HBO, adapted by David Leland and with Cary Fukunaga named as a possible director.
