... times during the film, in between long-winded philosophical lectures our dreamer steps away to channel surf on his television. Flipping through channels he stumbles upon a clip of film director Steven Soderbergh telling a joke about filmmakers Louis Malle and Billy Wilder. Basically the joke goes something like this: Billy Wilder runs into Louis Malle, this is in the late 50's, early ... ...

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... (2001), but tragically suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep at the age of seventy on March 7, 1999. Based on a relationship of mutual respect and friendship, fellow director and producer Steven Spielberg took over as the film's director and completed the last Kubrick project. On viewing any of director Stanley Kubrick's masterpieces, it becomes immediately apparent that extreme care and precision ... ...

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