johcafra-150-658402 — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 12:16 PM)

and, make no mistake, it has one. For that I feel it's Kubrick's most human film.
When I view it I keep wondering what it would've been like under someone else's direction, given the source novel. Tony Richardson in particular. I see Ken Russell mentioned among the notes. Ken Loach perhaps.
But only Stanley could've done this, and we should be all the more grateful that he did.