Stanley Kubrick’s Death – Cause and Date

The director Stanley Kubrick died at the age of 70. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Iconic director, cinematographer and screenwriter who excelled across a number of genres with the 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, the seminal 1980 horror The Shining, the 1971 crime drama A Clockwork Orange, and the 1964 political satire Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying, and Love the Bomb.

He married his third wife Christiane Kubrick on April 14, 1958. He had three children: Vivian, Katharina, and Anya.

What was Stanley Kubrick’s IQ?

Stanley Kubrick had an impressive IQ of 200 points. Having an IQ of 200 puts you on the same level as the likes of Isaac Newton, James Maxwell, and Leonardo da Vinci.

What killed Stanley Kubrick?

Stanley Kubrick suffered a heart attack while sleeping at his home in Childwickbury Manor, Hertfordshire, England, on March 7, 1999.

His death occurred only hours after delivering a print of what would be his last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), to the studio.

Quotes

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“A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.” (Stanley Kubrick)

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“Writing, of course, is writing, acting comes from the theater, and cinematography comes from photography. Editing is unique to film. You can see something from different points of view almost simultaneously, and it creates a new experience.” (Stanley Kubrick)

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“It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set. But a few seconds’ thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance.” (Stanley Kubrick)

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“If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.” (Stanley Kubrick)

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“Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you’re in trouble.” (Stanley Kubrick)