"I wonder what percent of people ever actually encounter a work of art that changes them" with Manohla Dargis | The Movie Racket
Summary
Michael and Manola Dargis debate Stanley Kubrick’s claim that cinema rarely changes viewers’ minds, contrasting his skepticism with their own transformative experiences. Dargis cites Jean-Luc Godard’s *Every Man for Himself* as a pivotal moment, while Michael recalls the puzzling impact of *2001: A Space Odyssey* on his childhood. They also discuss how films like *Barry Lyndon* and *Sounder* expand aesthetic horizons rather than fundamentally altering life trajectories.
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Intro: Kubrick, Barry Lyndon, and the Quote
Kubrick's View on Movies Changing Viewpoints
Early Movie Experiences: Lust for Life
Interlude: Baking and Math Joke
First Godard Film: Every Man for Himself
Avant-Garde Films and Brain Rearrangement
Romanian Cinema: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Breathless and the New Wave Editing
Growing Up Downtown: Orphée and Jules and Jim
Struggling to Answer the 'Change' Question
Dr. Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut Reactions
The Love Bug and 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Approach to Art: Puzzles and Understanding
Interlude: Buggy Joke
Chicago Trips and Marx Brothers
Kubrick Explaining 2001's Meaning
Taking a Son to See 2001
Kubrick as an Entertainer
HAL 9000 and AI Imagery
Movies as Lenses for Reality
Early Memories: Sounder
Coming of Age in the 70s: Altman and More
East Village Life vs. Movie Violence
Unpleasant Films: The Love Bug
Betrayal by The Love Bug
Movies as Candy: Developing Taste
Developing a Critical Sensibility
Declining Top 10 Lists
Love Story and Flowers of Shanghai
Ecstatic Experiences with Barry Lyndon
Does Art Change Lives? Duchamp and Life
The Word 'Masterpiece' and Kubrick's Impact
Barry Lyndon: Zeiss Lenses and Detail
Ryan O'Neill and Tom Cruise Limitations
Tom Cruise's Range and Kubrick's Fit
The Shining and Jack Nicholson
The Shining: Re-watching and Dialogue
The Shining: Operatic and Tragic
Pauline Kael's Critique of Kubrick
Kubrick as 'Cold' vs. 'Dull'
Why 'Cold'? Bringing the Wrong Expectations
Kubrick's Early Streak: 5 Films
Kubrick's Free-Handed Adaptations
Entry Points in Kubrick vs. European Cinema
Kubrick and the Studio System
Paramount Buys Warner Brothers
The End of the Hollywood System
Warner Brothers' Recent Great Years
Reflections on Manola's Upbringing
Kubrick as a Unique Filmmaker
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