Stanley Kubrick, on the set of the 1968 classic, consulted with aerospace corporations, universities, labs and observatories to research his vision in the film. Product placement deals informed the futuristic aesthetic — for example, IBM developed the look of the computers.ST
STORY: Nicole Kidman on Life With Tom Cruise Through Stanley Kubrick's Lens
At age 16, Kubrick used this camera to become the youngest staff photographer hired by Look magazine in 1945, and 900 of his photos eventually were published.
Far left: In 1980, when Kubrick acquired the rights to Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss, he felt technology hadn’t caught up with the story. In 1999, when he asked Steven Spielberg to direct, it had. Haley Joel Osment starred in the 2001 movie and is seen on the set with unidentified robots.
Near left: Printed on the LACMA gallery wall are replicas of Kubrick’s A.I. sketches.
Far left: Matthew Modine in the 1987 movie. With his production designer Anton Furst, Kubrick re-created the Vietnamese city of Da Nang by conducting numerous blastings as well as bringing 48 palm trees and hundreds of Vietnamese extras to the grounds of an old gas works scheduled for demolition in East London. The shoot lasted five months.
Near left: A prop helmet from the movie.
A model helicopter from the film.
Then-couple Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise starred in Kubrick’s tale of infidelity.
A napkin on which the password to the infamous masque ball is written.
A mask from the film will be on display at LACMA.
Cruise, Kidman and Kubrick on set in 1999. The film’s story meshed with fascination for the celebrity pair. Says Kidman: “He said, ‘We won’t spend money on clothes, we’ll just choose Nicole’s from her closet.’ The black Galliano dress with the low back I’m wearing — that’s mine! He said, ‘Let it fall, and you’ll be wearing no panties.’ I’m like, ‘What!?’ ”
Another mask from the LACMA exhibit.
