Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon. The greatest movie never made. Taschen (Flip Book)
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- čas přidán 26. 11. 2023
- -Per ben quarant’anni, i fan di Kubrick e gli appassionati del cinema si sono chiesti che fine avesse fatto il misterioso film del regista, rimasto incompiuto, su Napoleone Bonaparte. La produzione doveva iniziare immediatamente dopo l’uscita nelle sale di 2001: Odissea nello spazio, e Kubrick aveva pensato il suo “Napoleone” come un film biografico e, al contempo, un colossal senza precedenti, pieno zeppo di epiche scene di battaglia, in cui avrebbero partecipato migliaia di comparse. Per scrivere la sceneggiatura originale, il regista si lanciò in una ricerca che lo vide impegnato per ben due anni, coinvolse dozzine di assistenti e un esperto di Oxford, e raccolse un volume incredibile di materiale di pre-produzione, compresi circa 15.000 scatti di possibili location e 17.000 diapositive su Napoleone. Alla ricerca di ogni minima informazione storica su questo personaggio, Kubick non si lasciò sfuggire nemmeno il più piccolo dettaglio. Ma, ahimè, il film non era destinato a venire alla luce: gli studi, prima M.G.M. e in seguito United Artists, decisero che la sua uscita sarebbe stata una mossa troppo azzardata in un periodo in cui i film epici di carattere storico non incontravano il favore del pubblico. Tratto dall’edizione limitata uscita nel 2009, composta da dieci libri inseriti in una riproduzione decorata a incisione di un volume storico, questo libro raccoglie tutto il materiale originale. Perciò, i libri della prima edizione sono riprodotti in queste pagine nella loro integrità: le lettere, gli studi sui costumi, le fotografie delle location, il materiale di ricerca, le bozze della sceneggiatura, e molto altro ancora. Il copione finale di Kubrick è presentato in versione integrale. Il testo non presenta variazioni rispetto all’edizione originale: contiene saggi che analizzano la sceneggiatura dal punto di vista storico e cinematografico, un contributo editoriale di Jean Tulard sul personaggio di Napoleone nel cinema e la trascrizione delle conversazioni tra Kubrick e il professore di Oxford Felix Markham. Questa pubblicazione, che rende giustizia ad anni di ricerca e preparazione, offre ai lettori la possibilità di vedere con i propri occhi il processo creativo di uno dei più grandi talenti del cinema, nonché di scoprire tramite un’affascinante storia il personaggio enigmatico di Napoleone Bonaparte.
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-For forty years, Kubrick fans and film buffs have wondered what happened to the director's mysterious, unfinished film about Napoleon Bonaparte. Production was supposed to begin immediately after the theatrical release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Kubrick had conceived his “Napoleon” as a biopic and, at the same time, an unprecedented colossal, full of epic battle scenes, in in which thousands of extras would have participated. To write the original screenplay, the director embarked on a two-year research effort that involved dozens of assistants and an Oxford expert, and collected an incredible volume of pre-production material, including around 15,000 shots of possible location and 17,000 slides on Napoleon. Searching for every bit of historical information about this character, Kubick did not miss even the smallest detail. But, alas, the film was not destined to come to light: the studios, first M.G.M. and later United Artists, decided that its release would be too risky at a time when historical epics were not popular with audiences. Taken from the limited edition released in 2009, composed of ten books inserted in an engraved reproduction of a historical volume, this book collects all the original material. Therefore, the first edition books are reproduced in these pages in their entirety: the letters, costume studies, location photographs, research material, screenplay drafts, and much more. Kubrick's final script is presented in its entirety. The text does not present any changes compared to the original edition: it contains essays that analyze the screenplay from a historical and cinematographic point of view, an editorial contribution by Jean Tulard on the character of Napoleon in cinema and the transcription of the conversations between Kubrick and the Oxford professor Felix Markham. This publication, which does justice to years of research and preparation, offers readers the chance to see with their own eyes the creative process of one of cinema's greatest talents, as well as to discover the enigmatic character of Napoleon Bonaparte through a fascinating story .
Apparently he was all ready to shoot and was about to film it. Maybe he pulled out because he did not get the necessary funding which amounts to millions and millions of dollars and the final green light from one of the big Hollywood Movie Studios who have the big money in Los Angeles. To shoot such epics as Napoleon. What Kubrick did not complete it looks like Ridley Scott got the go ahead from Hollywood and has done his own interpretation of the movie which I suspect will never be as good as the vision that Stanley Kubrick had in mind for the movie Napoleon had it been filmed. Back in the 1970s Hollywood was cash struck unlike post star wars to fund big epics otherwise I am sure Stanley Kubrick and the world would have had the definitive Napoleon movie done by Stanley Kubrick.
Hi, thanks for the comment and for stopping by my channel. You are absolutely right about the substantive points that led to the cancellation of Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon. I can mention 3 in particular: as he wrote, everything was ready to shoot, all that was expected was the green light from MGM which was supposed to finance the project. On September 29, 1969, Kubrick sent the script to the production company. that same evening the studio called saying that it was not interested in financing the project because the cost of 40 million dollars at the time was too prohibitive. Kubrick said, "Americans aren't interested in Napoleon" and since then there has been no further discussion of the project. The second reason is the critical and commercial failure of previous cinematographic works on Napoleon (such as Waterloo), distributed in 1970 which failed to cover the production costs.the third and final reason: the recent distribution of the film "Vojna i mir" based on Toltoj's masterpiece "War and Peace" which, despite being tormented by cuts for the overall duration which amounted to approximately 8 hours, won the Oscar for best film foreigner in 1965. To be honest Kubrick always declared that he was doubtful about the realization, but that if he had succeeded he would have created "the best film ever made".I advise you whether the book "Stanley Kubrick and me" by Emilio D'alessandro, his Italian assistant for about thirty years, has been translated into English or the documentary: S for Stanley, always taken from the same book where there is so much written also of the reasons that led to the cancellation of the Napoleon. Sorry if I dragged on. thanks again for the message.
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Sarebbe stato per certo migliore dell'obbrobrio pieno di odio per Napoleone che c'ha rifilato Ridley Scott.
Grazie molte per essere passato di qui e per il commento. Purtroppo non ho ancora visto il film di Ridley Scott, quindi mi riserbo di commentare l'opera appena lo avrò recuperato. Quello che scrive in merito al film appena uscito non mi meraviglia, la (non)simpatia tra Inglesi e francesi è storicamente nota.🙂Resta davvero il rammarico per quello che Kubrick avrebbe potuto realizzare con questo film. Anche se le dirò da grandissimo appassionato del Maestro, ritengo la sua alternativa e cioè Barry Lyndon, un capolavoro difficilmente eguagliabile. Alla fine il film del 75 con le dovute proporzione racconta proprio la storia di Napoleone: la sua vita, la sua ascesa e l'inevitabile caduta. Grazie ancora per il messaggio.
@@lafortezzadellasolitudine744 Vorrei tanto vedere Barry Lyndon, ma leggerò prima il romanzo di Thackeray. Anche se combaceranno solo a grandi linee, opto sempre per la lettura previa alla visione (senza nessuno snobbismo, cinema e letteratura hanno linguaggi diversi).
Lei lo ha letto il libro?
@@SirSaladAss Hi thanks for the reply. I read William Makepeace Thackeray's book, I always try to recover the works from which the films I love so much are based. Obviously the novel delves even further into the psychology and conscience of the protagonist. The novel is told by Barry himself, who acts as an "unreliable narrator" who incurs - with involuntary self-irony - continuous boasting, without perceiving the indirect denigrating effect of such an expressive style. I agree with you on the issue that books and films are two completely different mediums that have different languages, but if you try to recover both I'm sure you will be fascinated.
God, what a terrible idea. (The book, not the video.) I hope they at least made some money. Which seems to be the ultimate purpose of this ridiculous editorial endeavour.
Hello and thanks for the message. This is the cheap version of a much more expensive limited edition volume released some time ago, but which I couldn't afford. Taschen will do the same in January 2024 with the film The Shining. they are indeed questionable choices but they leverage the passion of enthusiasts. Thanks for commenting and congratulations on your channel, very interesting indeed.