10 Things you might not know about STANLEY KUBRICK

Stanley Kubrick was a revolutionary Director in the film industry and everyone has heard of "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Shining" so here are 10 things you might not know.... 


1. Kubrick never watched his films once they were completed


2. His reclusiveness made the press make up random stories about him, one of these stories was that he shot a fan in his garden and then shot him again for bleeding on the grass


3. Kubrick changed the script so much in "The Shining" that Jack Nicholson gave up reading it


4. Because of the disruption caused by his controversial film "A Clockwork Orange" Kubrick helped petition to have it pulled from cinemas 

Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson 






5.During the filming of "The Shining" Kubrick would often call Stephen King at three in the morning and ask him questions like "Do you believe in God?"

 
6. Kubrick became a photographer for a newspaper at the age of 16 while he was still at school


7. Kubrick's first edited version of "A Clockwork Orange" was almost four hours long 


8. Kubrick was a big cat lover and at one point had 16 of them, often letting them lounge around his editing room with him


9. Some conspiracy theorists believe that Kubrick directed the moon landing and that there are subliminal messages within "The Shining" that back up this theory          

10. Kubrick used to skip school so he could go and watch double-features at the cinema