He’s not in. What do you want?
I, um, want to talk to Stanley, please.
His name is Mr Kubrick. How did you get this number?
He gave it to me-
Of course he didn’t, are you crazy? Come on.
He did. How else could I have got it...?
… that’s-
I just want to ask Sta- Mr. Kubrick about some of the themes in his movies.
What themes, there are no themes.
The symbols, I mean. You know?
You boffins are all the same.
What-?
There are no meanings, no messages, and there is definitely no subtext.
That’s really not true. The movies are, er…and he’s given interviews about, um...
Are you saying I don’t understand my dad’s movies? He’s my dad.
But he was interested in duality and-
Dad! Dad!-I’ve got some kid on the phone. He says he wants to talk to you about symbols….yeah, and meanings. I know- My dad says you’re barking up the wrong tree. He says if you want symbols Fellini’s your man.
Kubrick’s better than Fellini.
Jesus Christ. Are you insane?! Dad, did you hear that? Dad’s shaking his head right now.
Please, I just-
Of course, if you want to get technical…dad’s a surrealist. He takes images, messes them up. That’s it. It amazes me, nerds like you, obsessing about toilets and plans and numbers. Waste of time.
So you do know some of his ideas then?
No. Why?
Because, because you just said! Oh god, I’ve got to talk to him.
You do know he's dead, right? He died in 1996, remember?
Oh… Yeah… Yeah, that’s true.
Of course it’s true. He’s my dad right?
But you said you were talking to him just now.
Who is this? Who’s speaking?
I’m Tim Frank. I just want to talk to Stanley Kubrick.
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