| Kubrick by Kubrick | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Gregory Monro |
| Starring | Stanley Kubrick |
| Production | |
| Producers | Martin Laurent Jeremy Zelnik |
| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Arte |
| Release | 12 May 2020 (2020-05-12) |
Kubrick by Kubrick is a 2020 documentary film directed byGregory Monro about the film directorStanley Kubrick.
Usingarchival footage (ranging from past interviews with people who worked with him to the director's ownhome movies) and rare audio interviews of the filmmaker explaining his own interpretations on his own works.[1][2][3][4]
The film is produced by Martin Laurent, and Jeremy Zelnik under the banners of Temps noir, Telemark, and Arte. The film premiered onArte in France on 12 May 2020.[5]
It was scheduled to premiere at the 2020Tribeca Film Festival, but the festival was canceled due toCOVID-19,[6] but was once again selected for the 2021 edition.Kubrick by Kubrick has been selected in numerous festivals likeKarlovy Vary International Film Festival andDeauville American Film Festival.Gregory Monro's film was also awarded at the Focus International Film Festival and with a Rockie Awards at theBanff World Media Festival.
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 83% of 24 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "It might be fairly standard in terms of format, butKubrick by Kubrick still offers the rare treat of hearing the famously taciturn filmmaker address his own work."[7]
Owen Gleiberman, writing forVariety, said, "Everything in a Kubrick movie is delivered to you; every aspect of it is visually, logically, spatially, metaphysicallybuilt. Yet in each case what that exquisite structure contains, in its very concreteness, is a mystery. Kubrick controlled every last dimension of his movies. Except what they meant".[8] Sheri Linden ofThe Hollywood Reporter wrote, "As a look at Kubrick's methods, madness and burning intelligence,Kubrick by Kubrick is fluent and discerning".[9] Eric Kohn ofIndieWire said, "Kubrick by Kubrick lingers in the restless ingenuity at the heart of the filmmaker's work – a palpable desire to find new storytelling possibilities each time out".[6]
The film wonBest Arts Programming at the49th International Emmy Awards in 2021.[10]