A Deep Dive on Stanley Kubrick's Unmade Napoleon - The Director Dossiers Podcast #17
The Director DossiersShow Notes
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is listening to a deep dive into the script, the history, the pre-production, and the ultimate unmaking of Stanley Kubrick’s Unmade Napoleon Film.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
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Each episode of “The Director Dossiers” is a mega deep dive into film history that explores an influential director’s entire career, or focuses on a single movie in their filmography.
The show is hosted by Johnny Cruz, an award-winning screenwriter who has written & directed two feature films alongside Danny Barker, who is a filmmaker and musician in the band Great Oblivion, two-time nominees at the Asbury Park Music Awards.
Together, Johnny and Danny blend insightful, in-depth film discussion with a relaxed, hang-out style atmosphere.
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0:00 — Intro 01:50 — Researching Napoleon 31:59 — Writing Napoleon 40:56 — The Script for Napoleon 42:36 — The Provincial Youth 57:05 — 1789 - Revolution 1:28:14 — The First Italian Campaign 1:35:26 — Egypt 2:03:53 — Coup d’état 2:10:45 — Empire 2:33:57 — The Fall 2:48:06 — Defeat 3:17:25 — Rant of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon 3:21:42 — Defeat Cont’d 3:23:33 — Invasion of France 3:37:52 — Elba 4:05:59 — St. Helena 4:26:00 — Gladiator II Ratings 4:27:21 — The Pre-Production of Napoleon 4:59:09 — Napoleon in Film 5:16:40 — The Unmaking of Napoleon 5:44:37 — Louis XVIII was dumb 5:48:20 — Thanks for watching! 5:51:12 — Pressing On —————————————————
Book Recommendations:
Napoleon by Flex Markham Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made by Taschen Stanley Kubrick by Vincent Lubrutto Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker & Nathan Abrams The Stanley Kubrick Archives edited by Alison Castle Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at his Side by Emilio D’Alessandro Stanley Kubrick: A Life by David Mikics Stanley Kubrick: Interviews by Gene D. Phillips Kubrick by Michael Herr Stanley Kubrick: The Complete Films by Paul Duncan Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film. by Robert P. Kolker & Nathan Abrams Stanley Kubrick by John Baxter
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