It’s still such a rare treat to hear the man himself say anything at all — let alone to hear him talk about why the ideas in his work and the challenges of bringing them to the screen excited him as much as they did his fans.

“Kubrick by Kubrick” doesn’t offer much that will surprise even mild obsessives. Still, it is interesting to hear Kubrick express ideas that run counter to conventional wisdom.

Hearing Kubrick speak at length about his films chips away at the idea of the director as a mysterious sage. He just sounds like an ordinary New York guy...

Kubrick by Kubrick has the effect of placing the notoriously particular and media-shy subject in the room with the eager listener/viewer.