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In Reply to: I'm pretty sure Kubrick did posted by Analog Scott on November 22, 2007 at 06:38:26:
Yes, it's a different world today. In 1997, which is the Stone Age by cinema standard, the average budget in Hollywood was just over $100-million, of which about 40% is for marketing. Nobody is going to give a director $100-200-million and tell him, "Surprise me."
There's no shortage of directors who want to work in Hollywood. And movies aren't sold on the strength of the director these days.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman had their way with Kubrick on Eyes Wide Shot according to R. Lee Ermey. They saw that Kubrick didn't have the strength to stand up to them and they had a field day with him. Kubrick didn't stand a chance. Not only was he an old man, Cruise and Kidman had the studio brass on their side. It's actually hard to understand why Kubrick didn't quit when they had wrestled the movie out of his hands and he was fully aware that the movie was heading down the toilet. Perhaps Kubrick didn't want to go out a quitter. Whatever the case, the ordeal took its toll and literally sent him to the grave. Cruise and Kidman must have been aware of what they were doing to Kubrick. I guess stroking their egos meant more to them.
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