[kubrick] Was Unique In The Sense That

If Kubrick Had Lived To See The Opening Of His Final Film, He Obviously Would Have Been Disappointed By The Hostile Reactions. But I'm Sure That In The End He Would Have Taken It With A Grain Of Salt And Moved On. That's The Lot Of All True Visionaries, Who Don't See The Use Of Working In The Same Vein As Everyone Else. Artists Like Kubrick Have Minds Expansive And Dynamic Enough To Picture The World In Motion, To Comprehend Not Just Where Its Been, But Where It's Going.

In Truly Great Films - The Ones That People Need To Make, The Ones That Start Speaking Through Them, The Ones That Keep Moving Into Territory That Is More And More Unfathomable And Uncomfortable - Nothing's Ever Simple Or Neatly Resolved. You're Left With A Mystery.

There's A Way That The Force Of Disappointment Can Be Alchemized Into Something That Will Paradoxically Renew You.

You Don't Make Pictures For Oscars.

I've Been Thrown Out Of Schools And Fired From Jobs. I Don't Want To Work. I Can Honestly Say I Haven't Done An Honest Day's Work In My Life.