This is a tough one to swallow.
In the movie for which he is most famous he had friends of one of his children come to the set with the child. All of the friends were probably no older than 7 or 8. He molested a dozen of them at least during the filming of the movie and filmed many of them. When he died there were hundreds of hours of footage which was some of the most extreme versions of child porn anywhere.
Sadly, it shouldn't be too surprising, now viewing his career through a #pg lens. (From the comments:)
But he leaves hints throughout his work, like that weird issue of Playgirl magazine showing up in "The Shining." And of course how he changed a key plot point in "Lolita" to show a vast network of pedophiles, not a lone predator.
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carmencita ago
One comment says the movie must be Lolita and that Sue Lyons was 13 at the time. A 13 yr old would not be hanging around with 7 & 8 yr olds. Cousins maybe, but not friends. Other comments hint at Peter Sellers who also had children.
This is info from his Wiki: He joined his parents in theater when he was a very young age. Imagine the people he hung around while a child and we know there were plenty of pedos around.
Sellers maintained a very close relationship with his mother, which his friend Spike Milligan later considered unhealthy for a grown man.[9] Sellers's agent, Dennis Selinger, recalled his first meeting with Peg and Peter Sellers, noting that "Sellers was an immensely shy young man, inclined to be dominated by his mother, but without resentment or objection".[10] As an only child though, he spent much time alone.[11]
He had problems with depression and drinking all through his life and died of a heart attack at the age of 54. This, like other abused actors and actresses points to the after affects of that abuse.
Not saying it can't be Kubrick. Just that it could also point to Sellers.
ReddittRefugee ago
Hi Carmencita,
The reveal about Sellers was that he was "the much much older foreign born co-star" he coerced a tween into having sex with.
That would be the movie Dr. Strangelove which was in production in 1963 when Peter Sellers was 38.
carmencita ago
Very bad news about Kubrick. I think that Sellers had a troubled background that may have featured some abuse and maybe there was not too much arm twisting. Another odd thing that was featured in Seller's wiki, was that he had 3 children and it only named 2. Are there any celebrities that are not compromised and abusers, very disheartening. Good God.
ReddittRefugee ago
There are. Many, I think.
One of the problems is, they don't get publicity for being decent people.
It's the bad behavior that gets into the news, and that people investigate.
I'm thinking of Alan Alda, for example, who married his wife Arlene in 1958, and has stayed married to her ever since. They had 3 daughters who are normal people, have had careers, and grandchildren, who also aren't in the news for going off the rails.
carmencita ago
I genuinely hope so. It is disheartening to read all this stuff. There is so much of it and also we have the attention seeking fruitcakes taking stage. I no longer enjoy music and movies, I don't know who is guilty and who is not. I have to keep thinking that just like us, not every one of them is evil.
YogSoggoth ago
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