Long-lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay recently discovered

[John 2,032]

Thought this bit of news might warrant a thread of its own...

 

Lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay, Burning Secret, is found 60 years on

 

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His first world war classic, Paths of Glory, is one of cinema’s most powerful anti-war movies, widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, as was his Roman epic, Spartacus, both of which starred Kirk Douglas. Now a “lost” screenplay by director Stanley Kubrick has been discovered – and it is so close to completion that it could be developed by film-makers.

 

Entitled Burning Secret, the script is an adaptation of the 1913 novella by the Viennese writer Stefan Zweig. In Kubrick’s adaptation of the story of adultery and passion set in a spa resort, a suave and predatory man befriends a 10-year-old boy, using him to seduce the child’s married mother.

He wrote it in 1956 with the novelist Calder Willingham, with whom he went on to collaborate on Paths of Glory the following year.

 

The screenplay was found by Nathan Abrams, professor in film at Bangor University and a leading Kubrick expert, who said: “I couldn’t believe it. It’s so exciting. It was believed to have been lost.”

He added: “Kubrick aficionados know he wanted to do it, [but] no one ever thought it was completed. We now have a copy and this proves that he had done a full screenplay.

 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Keep Christopher Nolan away from this!

[A24 4,331]

Written in 1956 ... Meh.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

But aren't artists at their best in their early years?

[SteveMc 2,674]

Oscar bait!

Might be of interest, anyway.

46 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

Keep Christopher Nolan away from this!

Most would want Steven Spielberg kept away from it. 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,520]

3 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

Written in 1956 ... Meh.

 

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, LOOK BACK IN ANGER, and VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE were all written (or, at least, published) in 1956. None of those are meh.

[A24 4,331]

10 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

Written in 1956 ... Meh.

 

10 hours ago, Stefancos said:

But aren't artists at their best in their early years?

 

6 hours ago, Richard said:

 

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, LOOK BACK IN ANGER, and VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE were all written (or, at least, published) in 1956. None of those are meh.

 

Steef gets it, Richard. 

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Sounds like Lolita. Either way, don’t think the plot would go over well in contemporary Hollywood. 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

His best movie was Eyes Wide Shut. Sex flicks showed his potential. It's a shame he could never see this one through to completion.

[Chen G. 3,949]

On 7/15/2018 at 10:25 PM, Stefancos said:

But aren't artists at their best in their early years?

 

That’s certainly true of a lot of directors and writers. 

 

Although some put Hitchcock as an example of a director who peaked later in his career, and some would say the same about Kubrick.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,520]

17 hours ago, Koray Savas said:

Sounds like Lolita. Either way, don’t think the plot would go over well in contemporary Hollywood. 

 

Of course it would. Just turn the main character into Melissa McCarthy, and get Kathryn Bigelow to direct. It's a triple Oscar winner, right there!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Any reports on whether the script is really boring?

[Chen G. 3,949]

Scripts are rarely all that boring. Their realization often is.

[A24 4,331]

You are on a roll, Chen! 

[Kasey Kockroach 2,344]

7 hours ago, Chen G. said:

Scripts are rarely all that boring. Their realization often is.