Tom Cruise reveals the secret behind this Stanley Kubrick masterpiece

The great and missed Tony Scott, author of The Shot on Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, especially known for his sublime photography? Absolutely! Even if Tony Scott took this shot and followed the directions of the director known as Control Freak very carefully…

This anecdote was actually told by Tom Cruise himself, a great friend of Tony Scott The interview was published in 2012 for Interview magazineIn which he talks at length about his work with Stanley Kubrick on Eyes Wide Shut and filmmaking in general.

“Stanley really liked the Scott brothers”

“You know, Tony Scott worked on Barry Lyndon, he was an art school student at the time. .

Tony told me that he noted with great precision the latitude and longitude of where Stanley wanted his camera to be placed, the exact height of the camera, and the timing so that Stanley would have his plan. Tony said he It sat there for a few weeks to get the shot he wanted and the right lighting.

Stanley really liked the Scott brothers. I had a long talk with Tony and Ridley about it. Stanley was a director who did not allow anyone to take over or hire his shooting targets. He never gave Apollo his purpose someone

When Ridley was having a lot of trouble finishing his film Blade Runner, Stanley gave him the Rushes he shot in the helicopter but didn’t use for the opening of The Shining. He gave them to her for Blade Runner. It shows how strongly Stanley held them.”

A wonderful anecdote about the elegance of a great filmmaker and an apprentice director who sadly passed away too soon…