On 2021-03-21 11:55 a.m., Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-21 9:51 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
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>> Neither acid nor the Clarke book could manage that.
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> That film and "Eyes wide shut" confirmed, to me at least, that Kubrick
> was over-rated. "EWS" also confirmed that Tom Cruise couldn't act his
> way out of a wet paper bag!

These guys have their idiosyncrosies. Kubrick is pretty good at epic
boredom. David Lean has made some great movies that needed editing. I
just watched Ryan's Daughter for the first time. I don't know how I
missed it before. Great story, incredible scenery. Good thing I had it
PVRed. I lasted about 2 hours before we needed a break. We split it up
into a two nighter.