THE OBENSON REPORT

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Happy Birthday Stanley Kubrick!

It really was yesterday, July 26th, but since I was out most of the day, I didn't post anything.

But yes, if the man was still alive today, he would have turned 80 years old - a milestone, certainly!

He's one of my all-time favorite auteurs - easily making my top 5 list.

In memoriam... here are the sublime final 9 minutes to his sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the very first Kubrick film I ever saw, which happened when I was still quite young, but it left an indelible impression on me, and it still haunts me when I watch it:

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