Farewll Stanley

Stanley Kubric was one of the great filmmakers, died in his bed of a heart attack on Sunday morning, March 7th 1999. When I first heard the report, I blinked twice in disbelief. It just seemed WAY too soon to bid good-bye to Stanley. Somehow, he was one of those people you get to think will always be there. And it's appealing to have known all these years that up there in Hertsfordshire, he was working …

…close, and knew him when no project was in progress, when he was relaxing, in "off" mode. They will have to speak for themselves. We shall miss him not as a mere celebrity (which many news reports and broadcasts did, damn them), but as a gifted artist and creator of some of the best films ever made. They will be watched, studied, and remembered long after the rest of us are gone, too. Pace, Stanley.