Metaphoria

• Jordan Potter, How Stanley Kubrick used chess to sculpt his career, Far Out Magazine, January 11, 2023

Beyond film, Kubrick had a healthy obsession with chess from a young age, and he used it as a tool throughout his career. First of all, Kubrick’s chess mastery helped him to finance his early career endeavours. [Read more].

Kubrick and George C. Scott playing chess in the War Room, in a break during filming of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Kubrick (1963–1964; Great Britain/United States). Photo © Sony/Columbia Pictures.

Scientific Technical Committee

Backstage at the Opera

The Design Museum in Kensington, London, United Kingdom will host from April 26 to September 15, 2019 Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition, celebrating and exploring the work of one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century, and featuring about 700 objects, films, interviews, letters and photographs. Pictured above are Stanley Kubrick and George Campbell Scott playing chess in the War Room, in a break during filming of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Kubrick (1963–1964; Great Britain/United States). Production photo. © Sony/Columbia Pictures.

And yet Arcovazzi is doing his best at keeping high the honour of the motherland at home and overseas

Arcovazzi’s Loop

Arcovazzi’s Extraordinary Board Meeting

In the solemn hour when Arcovazzi ordered closing ranks around himself, no flies were caught in the traps placed into his pockets

Arcovazzi’s Permanent Commission

Arcovazzi’s campaign silence