Every Unmade Stanley Kubrick Movie (& Why They Didn't Happen)
Stanley Kubrick is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, but which movies did Kubrick fail to make? In a career that spanned over five decades, Kubrick made 13 feature films. His first film was 1956's The Killing and although it was not a commercial success, Kubrick's mastery of vision impressed enough for his second film, 1957's Paths of Glory, to be financed. The film performed well with critics, establishing Kubrick as an exciting director and beginning his long line of critically and commercially successful films.
Although not critically adorned upon release, both Kubrick's The Shining and A Clockwork Orange are now considered among the greatest and most influential movies of the 21st century. Kubrick operated in various genres — from noir to war films and period pieces to sci-fi. Each time, Kubrick sought to reinvent the genre he worked in, and while he was not the most prolific director, Kubrick's quality of vision never wavered across his iconic filmography.
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The fact that Kubrick did not make as many films as might be expected across his forty-year career is partly due to his numerous projects that did not materialize. Among those projects are films that were eventually released after other directors took over or ideas that were shelved altogether thanks to Kubrick's relentless schedule across a 50-year career. As a result, here's every unmade Stanley Kubrick movie and why they didn't happen.
After the success of 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the next project Kubrick wanted to make was a huge scale biopic about Napoleon Bonaparte. In his determination, Kubrick watched «every film that was ever made about the subject,» researched the
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