A Deep Dive on Stanley Kubrick's Unmade Napoleon - The Director Dossiers Podcast #17

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is listening to a deep dive into the script, the history, the pre-production, and the ultimate unmaking of Stanley Kubrick’s Unmade Napoleon Film.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

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Each episode of “The Director Dossiers” is a mega deep dive into film history that explores an influential director’s entire career, or focuses on a single movie in their filmography.

The show is hosted by Johnny Cruz, an award-winning screenwriter who has written & directed two feature films alongside Danny Barker, who is a filmmaker and musician in the band Great Oblivion, two-time nominees at the Asbury Park Music Awards.

Together, Johnny and Danny blend insightful, in-depth film discussion with a relaxed, hang-out style atmosphere. 

Watch on Spotify and listen on Apple Podcasts:

https://linktr.ee/TheDirectorDossiers

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 — Intro

01:50 — Researching Napoleon

31:59 — Writing Napoleon

40:56 — The Script for Napoleon

42:36 — The Provincial Youth

57:05 — 1789 - Revolution

1:28:14 — The First Italian Campaign

1:35:26 — Egypt

2:03:53 — Coup d’état

2:10:45 — Empire

2:33:57 — The Fall

2:48:06 — Defeat

3:17:25 — Rant of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon

3:21:42 — Defeat Cont’d

3:23:33 —  Invasion of France

3:37:52 — Elba

4:05:59 — St. Helena

4:26:00 — Gladiator II Ratings

4:27:21 — The Pre-Production of Napoleon

4:59:09 — Napoleon in Film

5:16:40 — The Unmaking of Napoleon

5:44:37 — Louis XVIII was dumb

5:48:20 — Thanks for watching!

5:51:12 — Pressing On

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Book Recommendations:

Napoleon by Flex Markham

Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts

Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made by Taschen

Stanley Kubrick by Vincent Lubrutto

Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker & Nathan Abrams

The Stanley Kubrick Archives edited by Alison Castle

Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at his Side by Emilio D’Alessandro

Stanley Kubrick: A Life by David Mikics 

Stanley Kubrick: Interviews by Gene D. Phillips 

Kubrick by Michael Herr 

Stanley Kubrick: The Complete Films by Paul Duncan

Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film. by Robert P. Kolker & Nathan Abrams

Stanley Kubrick by John Baxter