Vivian Kubrick Explained

Vivian Kubrick
Birth Date:5 August 1960[1] [2]
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other Names:Abigail Mead
Occupation:Composer, filmmaker
Father:Stanley Kubrick
Mother:Christiane Kubrick
Birth Name:Vivian Vanessa Kubrick

Vivian Vanessa Kubrick (born August 5, 1960), also credited under the pseudonym Abigail Mead, is an American former film composer and director. She is the daughter of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.

Early life

Vivian Vanessa Kubrick was born on August 5, 1960, to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and German-born actress Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan). She had an elder sister, Anya, born April 6, 1959, and an elder half-sister, Katharina, from her mother's first marriage.[1] Her father's family is Jewish.[3]

Career

Kubrick made appearances in four of her father's films: as Dr. Floyd's daughter, nicknamed "Squirt", in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968),[4] [5] as a guest at Bryan's birthday party in Barry Lyndon (1975), as a guest on a ballroom couch in The Shining (1980), and as a news camera operator at the site of a mass grave depicted in Full Metal Jacket (1987).

At age 17, Kubrick directed and filmed a 35-minute documentary for the BBC, The Making of The Shining,[6] [7] which was edited by Gordon Stainforth and had some footage removed by Stanley Kubrick.[8] After the release of the documentary in 1980, it became popular on the Kubrick fan site alt.movies.kubrick (amk)[9] and distributed on DVDs of The Shining.[10]

Kubrick supervised and composed the score to Full Metal Jacket,[11] using the pseudonym Abigail Mead.[12] [13] In 1986, she shot footage for a documentary on the making of the film, but it was not completed.[14] Some of the footage was included in the 2001 documentary .[15]

In October 2008, Kubrick attended a 40th anniversary screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey sponsored by the Jules Verne Society, along with actors Keir Dullea, Daniel Richter, and Malcolm McDowell. She accepted the Society's Legendaire Award on behalf of her father.[16]

In 2016, Kubrick published an open letter on Twitter denying the conspiracy theory that suggests her father helped fake the Apollo 11 Moon landing, referring to the allegation as a "grotesque lie".[17] [18] In 2016, she also tweeted an open letter to Dr. Phil, after his 2016 interview with Shelley Duvall, stating "Your exploitive use of Shelly Duvall is a form of LURID ENTERTAINMENT and is shameful".[19] She started a crowdfunding campaign for Duvall.[20] [21]

Filmography

YearFilmFunctioned asNotes
DirectorComposerActressEditor
19682001: A Space OdysseyRole; as Heywood Floyd's daughter[22]
1975Barry LyndonRoles; as dancer, banquet guest, magic show spectator
1980The ShiningRole; as Ballroom party guest
Making ‘The Shining’Documentary
1986Shooting 'Full Metal Jacket
1987Full Metal Jacket Credited as Abigail MeadUncredited role as News Camerawoman
1999The Mao Game[23]
1999Eyes Wide ShutScore unused in final film
2001First Kill

Personal life

In 1995, Kubrick became a Scientologist.[24] [25] In a 2010 interview with The Guardian, her mother said she 'lost' her daughter to the religion.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Duncan . Paul . Stanley Kubrick : visual poet 1928–1999 . 2008 . Taschen . Köln . 9783822831151 . 26151149M.
  2. Abrams . Nathan . Becoming a Macho Mensch: Stanley Kubrick, Spartacus and 1950s Jewish Masculinity . Adaptation . December 2015 . 8 . 3 . 283–296 . 10.1093/adaptation/apv006 . 20 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Abrams . Nathan . 5 July 2018 . Kubrick: the enigmatic Jew . 2022-06-23 . The Jewish Chronicle.
  4. News: What Made '2001, A Space Odyssey' Such An Influential Film . 11 June 2022 . . . April 4, 2018 . Bob . Mondello . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180501122310/https://www.npr.org/2018/04/04/599579246/what-made-2001-a-space-odyssey-such-an-influential-film . May 1, 2018.
  5. Book: Berg . Nicole M. . Discovering Kubrick's Symbolism: The Secrets of the Films . 2020 . McFarland, Incorporated . 9781476639925 . 65 . 12 June 2022.
  6. Brownlee . John . Vivian Kubrick's The Making of the Shining . 14 June 2022 . . June 7, 2007.
  7. News: Garrison . Gary . Watch: 35-Minute Documentary By Vivian Kubrick Captures The Making Of 'The Shining' . 11 June 2022 . The Playlist . May 6, 2016.
  8. Book: Hughes . David . The Complete Kubrick . 2001 . Virgin Books . 9780753504529 . 7987439M .
  9. Egan . Kate . Precious footage of the auteur at work: framing, accessing, using, and cultifying Vivian Kubrick's Making the Shining . . 2015 . 13 . 1 . 63–82 . 10.1080/17400309.2014.990284 . 191324749 .
  10. News: Matheson . Whitney . So you've seen 'Room 237.' Now what? . 11 June 2022 . . April 9, 2013.
  11. Book: Abrams . Jerold J. . Britton . James R. . Cole . Rachel . Donelan . Carol . Fenwick . James . Gombash . William . Jaunas . Vincent . Johnson . Paul . A Critical Companion to Stanley Kubrick . 2020 . Lexington Books . 9781793613776 . 12 . 12 June 2022.
  12. Book: Broderick . Mick . The Kubrick Legacy . 2019 . Taylor & Francis . 9780429594908 . 62 . For Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick chose a number of rock songs from the era for the soundtrack, but scores a climactic scene with some haunting original music by his daughter Vivian Kubrick (credited as Abigail Mead). .
  13. Web site: Her Avant-Garde Tunes Are Getting 'Wide' Notice. Jon. Burlingame. 26 July 1999. Los Angeles Times . The synthesized sounds of "Full Metal Jacket" were done by Kubrick's daughter Vivian (under the pseudonym Abigail Mead)..
  14. News: A photographic diary of 'Full Metal Jacket' . 11 June 2022 . . February 9, 2016.
  15. News: Salovaara . Sarah . Stanley Kubrick Behind the Scenes of Full Metal Jacket . 14 June 2022 . . February 21, 2014.
  16. Web site: 2001: A Space Odyssey @ The Edison Downtown. LA Weekly. 13 October 2008 . 21 June 2020.
  17. News: Stolworthy . Jacob . Stanley Kubrick's daughter debunks moon landing conspiracy theory . 12 June 2022 . . July 6, 2016.
  18. News: McClendon . Lamarco . Stanley Kubrick's Daughter Addresses Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory . 12 June 2022 . . July 6, 2016.
  19. News: Steadman . Otillia . Dr. Phil Hit Back At Critics Who Say His Show Exploits People With Mental Illnesses . 13 June 2022 . . April 26, 2019.
  20. News: Vincent . Alice . Shelley Duvall: The Shining's saddest legacy . 11 June 2022 . . October 30, 2019 . subscription.
  21. News: Silveira . Ana Filipe . Filha de Stanley Kubrick quer ajudar atriz de "The Shining" . 13 June 2022 . . November 19, 2016 . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220609154753/https://www.dn.pt/pessoas/filha-de-stanley-kubrick-quer-ajudar-atriz-de-the-shining-5506917.html . June 9, 2022 . Stanley Kubrick's Daughter Wants to Help 'The Shining' Actress . (translated) Vivian Kubrick, daughter of The Shining director Stanley Kubrick, also criticized the presenter's stance and announced the launch of a campaign on the Go Fund Me platform to raise money to help Shelley Duvall achieve her financial independence and "perhaps, regain your health..
  22. Web site: Kaplan. Mike. 15 May 2012. Communing With Kubrick. 21 June 2020. HuffPost.
  23. Web site: Gustav . Hasford . Gustav Hasford . Full Metal Jacket Crew Notes . gustavhasford.com . 4 January 2011 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201094542/http://www.gustavhasford.com/fmjcrew.htm . 1 December 2008.
  24. Book: Mikics . David . Stanley Kubrick : American filmmaker . 2020 . Yale University Press . New Haven, CT . 9780300224405 . 192 . 20 January 2023.
  25. Book: McEntee . Joy . Someone to Care About : Children in Stanley Kubrick's Films . Gender, Power, and Identity in the Films of Stanley Kubrick . 31 August 2022 . 276–290 . 10.4324/9781003208174-18 . 9781003208174 .
  26. News: Ronson . Jon . 2010-08-18 . After Stanley Kubrick . 2024-05-12 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.