Although he’s been departed for well over a decade, few legacies in world of cinema live on like Stanley Kubrick. With his films being a prominent influence for an overwhelming amount of directors today, we often see his touch crop up in variety of films. But two upcoming projects, one a documentary and the other a narrative, take the next idea of homage to a whole other level.
We’ve already heavily discussed Rodney Ascher‘s wildly entertaining Room 237 (review and interview), the documentary that dissects The Shining. Following the theatrical poster, a new one-sheet has arrived which zeroes in on a particular theory tied to the Calumet Baking Powder cans our director “intentionally” placed in the Overlook Hotel. Postulating that these tie into the destruction of Native Americans, one can see it below via io9.
But before that, we’ve got what is perhaps an even more peculiar project. Directed by Florian Frerichs, Alex takes a look at a dystopian world in which our main character finds a copy of Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, and as we can see the first trailer, more or less embodies the anarchic nature of the original film. Starring Nikolai Kinski (son of Klaus Kinski), we’re intrigued to see if this can rise above its obvious counterpart, and one can see the trailer and synopsis below via Quiet Earth.
In the near future the society of a megalopolis is divided into two fractions: on one side a super-rich minority, led by the ruthless dictator Lucius (Werner Daehn), living a life of debauchery and decadence. On the other side the vast majority, dwelling in different degrees of nearly unbearable poverty.
When the young Frederick (Nikolai Kinski) comes in possession of the partial copy of a long forbidden Stanley Kubrick movie, it sparks a growing movement amongst the city’s formerly aimless youths, developing fast into serious opposition to the ruling system, which retaliates with rapidly increasing brutality. Frederick becomes Alex, his friends the new droogs. But are they even aware of the consequences of their actions?
Room 237 arrives at the end of the month, while Alex is aiming for a 2014 release.