Malcolm McDowell reflects on working with Stanley Kubrick

[@mistofoles]

Malcom's voice is so distinctive.

[@DesertRockfall]

"Would you like to work on a Stanley Kubrick project for the next 4 years?" Malcom is unique, for sure. Another forgotten favourite is "Time After Time". You see a completely side of Malcom. Stanley knew he had the right guy for "Clockwork".

[@mistofoles]

@TurnedLeftAtTheRockyMountains Eh ?

[@agentcooper4627]

Malcom got his cornea scratched and thought he might have been blinded when his eyes were forced open in Clockwork. He put himself all the way in for that film and I think Stanley kind of abused him.

[@hemiolaguy]

Can we all please spell Malcolm's name correctly?

[@StrawberryMixALot]

It is actually. I'm from the UK and hate many of our accents but his is nice.

[@tiffsaver]

What a marvelous interview. I just wish it would have been LONGER...

[@lfh.8545]

It doesn't matter how many movies he made after that, Malcolm McDowell will always be remembered for Clockwork Orange. There is no question about that. But I will also remember him as Calígula, because that is a Very good movie, and he was amazing on it.

[@Mark-lj1dj]

He was also awesome as dr sam loomis in Halloween 👌

[@tubian323]

Welly, well well!

[@iwaisman]

Do you remember If and O Lucky Man ( both directed by Lindsay Anderson) ? McDowell was splendid.

[@46metube]

If...

[@in-a-bad-mood]

Well, I only knew him from Star Trek before. No joke.

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

Just appreciate these three sitting together and sharing memories. A great sight.

[@elsuperbrain]

What a pleasure to see these three wonderful actors together talking about the greatest audio visual artist of the XX Century. There is always a special sensation when people gather to discuss Stanley Kubrick. What he accomplished is just unbelievable.

[@kurthines8874]

The Full Metal Jacket that I saw as a 19 year old Hospital Corpsman was different film from the Full Metal Jacket I saw as a 42 year old man. As a 42 year old man I came to the conclusion that Full Metal Jackets is a horror movie.

[@Seras99]

Kurt Hines 0_0

[@simon6kilo90]

It is a horror movie and it's terrifying because we send our kids straight into this scenario still. Ongoing self perpetrating horror

[@franjes9999]

I saw it as a 21 year old and It was a horror movie from the jump

[@stewartbloomfield8035]

Wow.stew fmj crew.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Yes, as all war movies are. I wonder if 80 year old you will even be able to bear watching it?.

[@111Phoenix777]

I haven't seen "2001" on Cinemascope yet, but I was lucky enough to see it in IMAX a few years ago, and they even had an intermission halfway through, and it made all the difference. That film was never designed to be seen on a TV or even a regular movie screen.

[@coolcat23]

I cannot believe that Kubrick approved of the panning that was used in some of the dialogue scenes in the small format version. In the regular version, one would see both dialogue partners at the same time in one static shot, whereas in the TV version, the "camera" panned back and forth between the characters, and that's just on top of the huge difference the large size of a proper projection makes.

[@qwj68boots]

Wow, imagine these three great performers sitting down with you and talking about their collective collaborations with one 'genius' such as S. Kubrick! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@deckofcards87]

The host is correct about Eyes Wide Shut. The movie needed it's runtime trimmed a bit, but it's production & central message is absolutely brilliant.

[@citeriorcf]

It does not it's perfect.

[@AlmissaGaming]

I wish it was longer

[@FFSixtyFour]

I've never had a problem with the runtime in that one. It feels like 2 hours to me.

[@blakeshannon9800]

Malcom reminds me of Sting the singer. Great actor.👍

[@briansotosf85]

Why does the description say, "Ryan Hall" and "Leon Vitale"? Are they just making names up? (It's clearly Ryan O' Neal and Leon Vitali"

[@RudyAdrian]

Just what I was wondering, lol :)

[@TheSheemed]

they're so...red.

[@yaphace]

I KNO. Amd white people have the nerve to call other people colored. Ha!

[@pasijutaulietuviuesas9174]

yaphace I hope you're joking... You can't be that stupid, can you?

[@ciao63097]

Aaron Ross 😂

[@ciao63097]

He Who Judges IT IS A JOKE.

[@pasijutaulietuviuesas9174]

ciao63097 Poe's Law.

[@gustavbrinkel5489]

Ryan O'Neal not Ryan Hall

[@trannongoble7722]

Malcolm looks like Sting

[@kevshearer3245]

Trannon Goble - exactly my first thought....sounds a bit like him too....us brits have unique accents

[@corpmobb4134]

@@kevshearer3245 I hate Brits bunch of girly girls

[@jb9090]

Malcolm and Stanley never spoke again after Clockwork

[@pascalscherr5206]

Why?

[@oosa358]

@Dallas Sucks really ? I thought they had a good time filming

[@scorpnov13]

Stanley kept his relationships to his actors only while filming.

[@a_ya5555]

Huh, I saw Malcom say they talked every once in a while. Pretty sure they were on friendly terms.

[@johnwatson3948]

Kubrick’s producer told a friend of mine that using Anthony Michael Hall was abandoned when they realized how difficult casting the other roles with matching “teenagers” would be.

[@AnthonyL0401]

HitFix dude: The guest on the left is Ryan O'Neal, not Ryan Hall

[@justinneill5003]

I first watched Barry Lyndon at the cinema in 1976. It was my first date with a girl from school, so I didn’t give it the attention it deserved. I’m not sure it would have been my ideal choice at the time, for a first date, but that’s what was showing that week, and I just wanted to make the date happen before she changed her mind! The relationship didn’t last too long, and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. I got married eventually and had raised a family, as did she I believe. Over the years since, I developed quite a fascination with the Napoleonic era, have read various biographies of Napoleon and Wellington, and have studied the Waterloo campaign in detail. I’ve also delved deeply into Irish history, inspired by my own ancestry and heritage, and I’ve come to be highly appreciative of historical authenticity (and highly critical when there’s a lack of it) when watching period movies. So now, looking back on Barry Lyndon, I finally have a true appreciation of the movie and its attention to the finest detail, which went completely over my head all those years ago. I’ve replayed many of the scenes online, but haven’t yet got around to watching it again in full from start to finish. I will certainly be doing so in the very near future.

[@PoletBally]

I like Barry Lyndon, and I'm sure that I will like it even more as I grow older, but I can't imagine that that will make me like the masterpiece that is A Clockwork Orange less. I don't think that I will ever "grow out" of that movie.

[@Man777Alive]

Peter Loew Don't think they're suggesting you grow out of it, just that as you age you see it differently as different things become more relevant.

[@deckofcards87]

Barry Lyndon is a far more subtle, more consistent kind movie narritively than ACO. But ACO is more entertaining.

[@kamuelalee]

Both were great films but I agree that A Clockwork Orange is in a totally different category of movie..it's so different from any other film before or since. High art, crime and science fiction mixed into one. Amazing!

[@loge10]

But that was the thing about Kubrick - while there were some similarities of technique and, perhaps, "attitude", every Kubrick movie was different and unique.

[@mirazusta2002]

Of course not. It's always better to add up than to substract, especially when it comes to Stanley Kubrick's movies.

[@michealcurrie8272]

A Life time achievement award nominee ....Mr. McDowell!

[@truthseek3017]

Barry Lyndon, incredible, epic film.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

yeah! I mean... shooting scenes with nothing but CANDLE LIGHT!!!!! That was a first and it looks just absolutely incredible. That film has the perfect and ultimate period piece look. No other film has ever come close to that again afterwards.

[@deckofcards87]

Was astonished to find out it didn't do well commercially in the US and UK, even though it's such a brilliant film!! Luckily it's garnered appreciation decades later.....I can only imagine how amazing Kubrick's Napoleon epic would've been.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

The best after 2001.

[@AdamAus85]

Man, that's Leon Vitale? The hell happened. Time can be cruel. Or he has been sick too perhaps? A clockwork Orange is an awesome film, and watching it for the first time was the best. I'd have to say Barry Lyndon is my favourite though.

[@GeorgeLA9480]

Ryan O'Neal - not Ryan Hall

[@guileniam]

Why do they keep cutting Leon off?

[@caffeinatedcinema1096]

Dizzy Blu I love Malcolm McDowell, but having seen this after watching Filmworker, it’s very off-putting to see him talking about Kubrick as if he knows just as much if not more than Vitali. And then O’Neal just flat out cuts him off. It’s like if Leon Vitali starred in one of Lindsay Anderson’s most popular films, and during an interview about him he boasts his knowledge as if he knows just as much as McDowell.

[@mojado1982]

I was thinking the same. I was like: let Leon talk!! That guy knows more about Kubrick than anybody else in the room. Great interview anyway. I had never seen Leon Vitali and Ryan O'Neal interviewed together and it's a bit weird since I had always seen them (many times being my favorite movie) as the characters in Barry Lyndon hating each others so badly.

[@FFSixtyFour]

@@caffeinatedcinema1096 Exactly! if.... is a fantastic movie too. No one talks about that film these days.

[@whiteymcqueen]

Ryan Hall? Do you mean Ryan O'Neal?

[@rossegan7244]

When you hear leons voice you instantly hear the red cloak from eyes wide shut.

[@shadowmoses1990]

Leon vitali AKA Mr Red Cloak - Eyes wide shut!

[@Aivottaja]

I remember Malcolm saying in an interview he felt abandoned by Kubrick. He thought they were friends, playing chess and all. But after A Clockwork Orange was finished, he never contacted him again.

[@jamesdrynan]

I saw the original release of 2001 in 1968 and was mesmerized. I couldn't understand the bad reviews it got. Of course, as time passed, people realized what Kubrick had accomplished with the film.

[@guitaoist]

4 of the top 10 films of all time are Kubrick. 2001, Clockwork Orange, The Shining & Dr Strangelove.

[@mistercut8331]

i only saw 2001 about 5 years ago and was blown away, but i must admit if i had seen as younger man in 1968 i would have thought it was way drawn out and boring

[@ezrasky3761]

So sad that Malcolm was traumatized by A Clockwork Orange. He worked with a giant at such a young age.. it tainted his work with future directors. :(....... Malcolm is the man.

[@rareosts5752]

He wasn't traumatized, but he did get a nasty eye scratch. It's such Hollywood Legend that Kubrick traumatized his actors, it's just not true. He frustrated them many times, but no trauma. This comes from the fact that he was pretty private and very demanding, but mainly because he put out a short making of The Shining in which he came across as temperamental and also as borderline abusive to Shelley Duvall. However, this goes against every thing ever said about him, and every other piece of footage we have of him. He was very patient and levelheaded, and people would rarely see him lose his cool, even in incredibly stressful and financially pressing situations. Also. he'd go through tons of takes with an actor, but he'd never be the one to flip out. I don't know what his intentions were with that making of The Shining, but it's safe to say he was putting on a bit of an act for the camera, which only covered a tiny fraction of the behind-the-scenes behavior. Duvall's unfortunate issues with mental health later in life are not because of Kubrick, as people often think. In fact examples people give of horrible things she endured are mainly things seen in the Making Of. She had a long and happy career after that and stated she'd absolutely do The Shining all over again and even said in 2021 that Kubrick was actually "very warm and friendly" to her.

[@thegiftedone]

Your greatly mistaken….

[@davidwinson2319]

Malcolm mcdowell his menacing stare no one beats that

[@roquefortfiles]

Stanley has been elevated to this mythic "Cinema God". Much of it is totally unwarranted. Not to say he's not a fabulous filmmaker. But his daughter broke it all down when she said.. "He's just a guy who loved movies and wanted to make them. Nothing more than that"

[@Quato369]

"Michelangelo was just a guy who wanted to paint and sculpt, nothing more than that."

[@DarkFortressPictures_Official]

Three legends!

[@craigsimpson3901]

Very enjoyable thankyou

[@quicksite]

another distorted / clickbait title . Not at all about Malcolm reflecting about working with. why not title it correctly: Reflections on film music, marketing, and why Anthony Michael Hall wasn't cast in Kubrick film

[@Enevan1968]

Wow, Ryan O'Neal! Never thought he would have anything tot do with Kubrick after Barry Lyndon...

[@tuanjim799]

why?

[@remaguire]

I saw 2001 when it first came out. I was the only person in the theater.

[@almsecurity2857]

Great actors in the interview

[@elizabethbrauer1118]

2001 and Barry Lyndon: masterpieces Clockwork Orange: 😱

[@rafiqadarr6217]

The second half of A Clockwork Orange was brilliant - the first part was obviously disturbing. When Alex is reformed - that is the genius of that film.

[@yellowjackboots2624]

Looks like Brian Wilson has wandered into the wrong interview again. Oh shit its Ryan O'Neal.

[@viborgvee8399]

Hahahahaha

[@BlotRorschach]

RIP Leon and Ryan.

[@grandmerelamort3804]

4:22 retirement home

[@terry4137]

Lakierski Materialski, you too sooner than you think!!!!

[@Wilburgur]

lol

[@glenngouldification]

Maybe, interview them before they head out the bar !

[@67judson]

Was this interview done at 3am...they all looked drained

[@kamuelalee]

They all look knackered

[@davidwinson2319]

I. Would like to meet this man

[@brandonkew9122]

Ryan O'Neal?

[@GeddyRC]

“Alright guys, we’ll hit the tanning salon for 5 hours and then do the interview, sound good?”

[@perkyporkpie]

There's something about Barry Lyndon that haunts your brain-in a beautiful way

[@truthseek3017]

perkyporkpie yes, i was so absorbed into that film it was unreal, it might be my favorite film by Kubrick.

[@georgeorr1042]

Wow. Nice to know someone else feels that way.

[@Kit_Bear]

Yeah, it is a reminder that if you are ever in a Duel and your opponent misses, just shoot him. Bullingdon was a little shit.

[@knownpleasures]

It’s his weakest movie, least memorable

[@fjuraa]

damn, what happened to Ray Liotta?

[@cree8vision]

The A Clockwork Orange soundtrack album went platinum, BUT IN AUSTRALIA.

[@rygdoomed442]

I still hear Alex

[@emilioa.2365]

Oh wow, that's why when Alex Delarge walks thru the record store there's a 2001 soundtrack record lol

[@HansDelli]

is ryan o'neal broken?

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

Who's the guy with the doorag?

[@dravalanche1997]

Hulk Hogan.......He aint been feelin too hot. BRUTHA!

[@zilchnilton]

I think they're wondering the same thing.

[@kevshearer3245]

Dr Avalanche - take your vitamins brother....your As...your Bs....your Cs :-)

[@jonathanmelia]

ArseneWenger Leon Vitali also played Lord Bullingdon on Barry Lyndon, then became Kubrick’s personal assistant. If you watch the 30 minute documentary about filming The Shining, you can see him running around chaperoning little Danny Lloyd, the boy who played Danny in the film.

[@deckofcards87]

Jonathan Melia Leon Vitali is the "fashion director" who's suspect in the "drug overdose" of the mysterious redhead in the newspaper article in Eyes Wide Shut. Noticed this the other day, Kubrick likes to name drop little details like that :) Also got me wondering if that was red cloaked leader of the sex cult.

[@talesmileto0]

Wasn't Leon Vitali the stepson of Ryan O'neal in Barry Lyndon? After thah became an assistant of Kubrick

[@stregadisalem732]

Leon Vitale-I hear his voice and it sounds like Red Cloak.

[@86blackberrywhite]

It IS him.

[@antagonistlover]

Does this dude even realise the real meaning behind Eyes Wide Shut now?

[@jrabele]

Who the fuck is Ryan Hall? Ryan O'Neal looks like they picked him up on Skid-Row.

[@jmmj8795]

"Ryan O'Neal looks like they picked him up on Skid-Row." And the other two don't? The other two look worse than he does, especially the bum in the middle with a sock or whatever that is on his head. McDowell didn't even bother to shave or comb his hair; at least O'Neal did that much.

[@TheMastermind729]

McDowell looks better unshaven.

[@MMAfighter38113]

John Abele Anthony Michael hall

[@davidmdyer838]

ryan o"neal is a mess.

[@MediaBuster]

John Abele you only wish you looked like that at about 80 years old.

[@dancingvirgil]

Who the fuck is Ryan Hall?

[@mpemberton7760]

Ryan O'Neal's and Anthony Michael Hall's adopted son?

[@melgrant7404]

Malcoms menacing eyes

[@amcaesar]

Is that the interrogative voice of Alan Sepinwall?

[@rackinfrackin]

When did Ryan O'Neal turn into Danny Kaye?

[@lynntolleson6688]

hahahhahahahhahaha!! was watching the other 2 talk before his closeup and had not recognized RO and assumed he was a danny kaye era actor.

[@lynntolleson6688]

i can’t stop laughing and now i have to rewind to hear what i missed.

[@mattmoves5920]

Why are them so pink?

[@kurthines8874]

Matt Moves Lighting.

[@dormaettu302]

Kurt Hines rosacea

[@jiggajigjones8210]

Matt Moves im pretty sure Barry O’Neal had or is battling cancer.

[@Octojohn6]

Stay away from alcohol

[@kamuelalee]

White guys

[@carlodave9]

The first time I saw Barry Lyndon I remember thinking that casting Ryan O'Neal was Kubrick's greatest mistake. He just didn't fit in with any of the actors or even the period itself. Like the whole movie was over his head. After a few more viewings (spanning decades) I see him as a perfectly cast outsider among cold-blooded freaks. I still haven't come around to Eyes Wide Shut though. The more times I see that one, the more I dislike it.

[@jonathangems]

Eyes Wide Shut was mutilated by the studio. Not what Kubrick intended.

[@nikshmenga]

Whoa! 4:23

[@AudieHolland]

About the red color which appears to be dominating these older actors: I guess it's the studio lighting. Television is a rather old technology (from as early as pre-WW2) which needs a great amount of light. I guess at their age they couldn't bother wearing too much make-up (white powder) for the interview.

[@gardensofthegods]

booze

[@elfambino4066]

Deodato made hella bread with 'also sprach zarathustra'

[@DesertRockfall]

It's also played during the opening of "Being There", when Peter Sellers gets booted from the "old man's" house......long version, too!

[@felixcat4346]

I can see how McDowell got lost. Kind of too much "Look at me."

[@doctorsocrates4413]

I think leon was red cloak from eyes wide shut...just an opinion though.

[@onedoorfilms]

Colour grading accident or serious health condition?

[@EgbertWilliams]

McDowell's age-appropriate white hair looks so much better than O'Neal's teen-surfer-boy dye job planted over an old man's face.

[@garyspence2128]

Ryan stopped caring about his looks years before this interview. If you've ever heard any of his children speak about him, it sounds like he was not the most supportive dad, even though he paid for everything in their lives. But sometimes money isn't enough to buy real loyalty or affection, especially from your kids. I've been down that road myself, so I can't honestly judge the man. I'm just another poor sinner like him, and the beat goes on. Clockwork was such a strange movie, but so powerful. And 2001 is a top-10 masterpiece visually, although the best part may be our ape ancestors at the beginning! Explains a lot about how we are even now!!

[@wishingwell5954]

oh god oh man...OH GOD OH MAN ....OH GOD OH MAN OH GOD OH MAN !

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

i understood that reference! :D

[@raphwalker9123]

Malcom just tells it how it is and dont give a fuck

[@rodg011]

should turn up the heat ,the guy is wearing a tuque

[@StrawberryMixALot]

what happened to joe's neck? also that bandana does him no favours.

[@UltimateEnd0]

Charlton Heston was wearing the red sneakers.

[@845callaway]

Makes me sad, the fact Stanley paid with his life to make his final film...

[@FigmentSALabel]

Is that some kind of conspiracy theory?

[@thedgzgames427]

More like played with paid, he did got death treaths because of the movei but his death has nothing to do with the movie, he died natural death decades after he made the movie.

[@TheGlasgowGamer]

You do realise he smoked for years right? That had a huge part in causing his death no doubt

[@house30house]

@@thedgzgames427 what you mean hi died decades after, he died before even the release of the movie

[@jamesdavies5266]

Malcolm didn’t like eyes wide shut!

[@binkytube]

Eyes Wide Shut is great! EXCEPT for Nicole Kidman. I have to skip through all her parts.

[@shentertainer6009]

red as fuck

[@TheCreatureWorksStudio]

RIP Leon

[@willyfeumba]

Ryan Hall ? WTF Ryan O'Neal !!!

[@fredricclack7137]

Shining 🤢📺 BTR!

[@StrawberryMixALot]

'mean meaning frugal' - why are you trying to protect him ffs? don't put words in malcolm's mouth. no, mean meaning kubrick was a cvnt.

[@fredricclack7137]

had 🍊⏰🎶

[@StrawberryMixALot]

Ryan Hall? That looks like Ryan o Neal. Another one who should be in jail. Domestic abuser.

[@w.m.aslam-author]

Full Metal Jacket - an education on why not to join the U.S. Army.

[@jkorshak]

The main characters in the film are all Marines.

[@anthonyjaswinski5732]

Wtf Ryan

[@vinnievictory1186]

Creepy.

[@renaissance6745]

Stanley Kubrick grossly overrated could not direct people chose terrible bad actors and there is so much hype crap about his film techniques

[@natejohnsonesqubar4201]

The Emperor is a dick

[@philsackett7341]

The Emperor has no clothes.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

If you can't appreciate 2001 it's your parents fault.

[@jkorshak]

Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton, Shelley Winters, James Mason, Peters Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones, Malcolm McDowell, Ryan O'Neill, Jack Nicholson, Joe Turkel, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Nicole Kidman - all noted terrible bad actors.

[@renaissance6745]

@@jkorshak “Things are seldom what they seem…Skim milk masquerades as cream; Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock’s feathers…Black sheep dwell in every fold; All that glitters is not gold; Storks turn out to be but logs; Bulls are but inflated frogs."