Paul Duncan (paul.duncan@asml.nl)
Wed, 03 Nov 1999 10:50:20 +0100
Mark Sullivan:
> As far as the time flip goes, it wasn't that strange
at the time the
> Stark books were written. It even showed up in
movies like Kubrick's
> The Killing. (I haven't read White's book, is it
structured the same
> way?)
The Killing is based (fairly closely) on Clean Break by
Lionel White. Both Stanley Kubrick (director) and James B
Harris (producer) were attracted to the book because of the
fractured time storytelling. They bought the book away from
Frank Sinatra (who was thinking about doing it as a follow-up
to Suddenly (script Richard Sale)). Kubrick brought in Jim
Thompson to co-write the script. Kubrick decided which scenes
to use and the order, sent the details to Thomspon, who wrote
them up in his hotel room. Thompson added the wrestler's
speech about gangsters and artists, and the sado-masochistic
relationship of one of the couples.
BSP: I've just written a short book about Stanley Kubrick,
published by Pocket Essentials (www.pocketessentials.com)
Available through Amazon etc. ISBN 1-903047-01-3. Price 2.99
UK pounds, and includes all his films. US Distribution
through Trafalgar Square Publishing, PO Box 257, Howe Hill
Road, North Pomfret, Vermont 05053.
- paul duncan
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