In conversation with ... Alan Yentob, Jan Harlan and Katharina Kubrick on Stanley Kubrick | BFI

This event to launch our two-month season brings together experts and special guests to explore the defining elements of Kubrick’s cinematic universe. Watch our speakers as they analyse key scenes, discuss the main themes that inspired Kubrick throughout his career, consider cultural context and assess the importance of his work in film and broader culture in the 21st century.
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[@sattarabus]

This discussion highlights the outstanding qualities and quirks of Kubrick as an auteur extraordinaire

[@nimos1]

I'm not sure when this event took place or if tickets were available to the general public, but I wish I had been able to attend. Are there any other similar discussions planned for the imminent Kubrick Exhibition at the Design Museum?

[@Experimentalfilms123]

This event took place earlier this month at the BFI Southbank, tickets were sold on the BFI website. I'm not sure if there are any events happening for the Exhibition.

[@cjknotty]

It took place on the 4th April. I'm a BFI member but as far as I know tickets were available to the general public. I'm not sure if the event was a sell out but it was certainly well attended.

[@kubricksmith]

Tickets were available to the public, I bought one. There are events at the Design Museum, check their website.

[@thunderpeel2001]

There are a few, sort of... oversights, in the way they talk about Stanley. For example, he may well have been forced to add a happy ending to Killer's Kiss, but they don't mention that he was also forced to keep the UNHAPPY ending to Paths of Glory (he was afraid the ending was too depressing and that it would affect the film's success). Yes, he watched all the arthouse films, but he also watched all the popcorn films and American Football.
Yes he worked with Ken Adam on Dr Strangelove, but Adam had such a tough time that he vowed never to work with Kubrick again. Kubrick talked Adam into returning for Barry Lyndon, but it ultimately resulted in Adam having a nervous breakdown. (It's actually a bit sickening to hear Katharina say they had a "good working relationship" when Stanley literally sent Ken Adam into a psychiatric hospital, twice, but I guess she was too young to know what was going on.)
Even Yentob's recollection of Stanley making his short films is half-baked (although the moderator sort of finishes the story). Yes it's true that other companies made short films for $40,000, but they were bad businessmen who quickly went out of business. Kubrick made a LOSS on his first efforts!
Not saying he was a monster, but there's truth and half-truth.

[@richardscally694]

Well' I wish I'd have been there.

[@1qwasz12]

I can easily explain 2001. Kubrick gives it away through exposition dialogue. You just have to pay attention to the monoliths' purpose.

[@the8ctagon]

You're beautiful.