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Forward thinking: Great stuff, but alas, no 'Dr. Strangelove'
By COLETTE BANCROFT, Times Book Editor
Published October 22, 2007
We fans of the brilliant director Stanley Kubrick have a treat in store Tuesday: the release of
Warner Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick. It's a 10-DVD collection of restored and remastered versions of five of his films:
2001 - A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and
Full Metal Jacket. The set is packed with extras, as well as
A Life in Pictures, a documentary about the director, who died in 1999.
And now . . . Heeeere's Johnny!
Speaking of The Shining, a fine, shivery choice for Halloween viewing, on bookstore shelves this week is Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times. Dennis McDougal's exhaustively researched biography goes beyond Nicholson's wild-man persona to explore his complicated family life, his staunch network of friends and some of his lesser- known passions, including a major art collection.
Some of 'I'm Not There' comes here
And in more movie news: One of the most talked-about films this fall is director Todd Haynes' I'm Not There, which is, in a surrealistic sort of way, about Bob Dylan - played by six actors, including Heath Ledger, Richard Gere and, yes, Cate Blanchett. The film won't be released until November, but at 4 p.m. Thursday its producer, Christine Vachon, who is co-founder of Killer Films, will speak and screen portions of I'm Not There at the Reeves Theater in the Vaughn Center, on the campus of the University of Tampa. It's free.
Be glad this film shows in daylight
Why stop talking about movies now? Tampa Theatre's Halloween special is one of the scariest movies ever, made long before gore-spouting special effects. Director F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, filmed in 1922, was based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The black-and-white silent film perfectly captures the fevered, creeping dread of the book, and Max Schreck's performance as the rodentlike vampire has haunted moviegoers' dreams for more than 80 years. It screens at 3 p.m. Sunday, with spooky music on the mighty Wurlizter by the inimitable Rosa Rio.
Okay, cake, candles, action
It's birthdays this week for two great screen beauties and one Oscar-winning director. Today, Catherine Deneuve (Persepolis) is 64. Director Ang Lee (Lust, Caution) turns 53 on Tuesday. And on Sunday, Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War) will be 40.
-- Colette Bancroft, Times staff writer, can be reached at (727) 893-8435 or bancroft@sptimes.com.
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