Cary Elwes

He would have made the greatest, I've read the script, it's amazing, a Napoleon film about Napoleon's life.

Well, they just did it.

No, I know.

And it was not good.

Was that?

That wasn't Kubrick's script.

Anyway, but the point I'm trying to make is that he then took all that research that he'd done for Napoleon and shifted it onto Barry Lyndon, right?

All of the ideas that he had

from that time period, because he was gonna do the whole life story of Napoleon, he just took that segment, right, of Thackeray and used all the research he had.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

I recommend if when they're rebuilding the Cinerama Dome now, and they have 70 millimeter prints of all the great Kubrick films and other directors, if and when they reopen it, which I'm praying they do, it's a great theater, go see 2001 as it was meant to be seen in Cinerama in 70 millimeter.

I'm telling you, you'll have a different opinion on it.

What?

We are just like playing in this universe, which is boring the way you depicted it.

No, I grew up with that as a kid.

When I first saw my first Danny Kubrick film, I was like, okay, this guy is a true artist and really understands the language of cinema.

What movies have you seen lately that you're crazy about?

Well, I loved...

I loved One Battle After Another.

I think Paul Thomas has a wonderful director.