From: Tony Williams
English
SIUC
 I don't think Kubrick can be described as a "petulant kid." Of course, his
action in withdrawing the film is irritating for those who want to study it.
But consider his perspective. If you directed a complex film with overtones
of violence would you want your work smeared on the front page of Rupert
Murdoch's THE SUN (along with the NEWS OF THE WORLD, THE STAR, DAILY MIRROR
and all the mind-polluting tabloids in the U.K. - plus the abysmal level of
market-forces television now endemic) and see it distorted, defiled, trashed
out of all recognition without having the benefit of an intelligent discussion?
  This is not the case of a Hitchcock withdrawing his films to build up his
reputation but somebody refusing to see his work defecated on in a British
society now noted for crudeness, vulgarity, viciousness, and right-wing
reaction. Perhaps he is waiting for a change in society???
 
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