Kubrick's death made the front page of the N.Y. Times without any photos. Inside they devoted 1/2 page. Kurosawa's death also made the front page of the Times, but he got a nice full color portrait + a b&w scene from "Seven Samurai". Inside the Times gave him one full page. I'm big fans of both.A lot will be riding on the reaction to Kubrick's last film,but I have no doubt that his films will always be highly regarded, loved & culted to death "till the end of time. Also Kubrick made so few films, and Kurosawa pretty much lived his life in film. One of my fondest Kurbrick memories was getting to see "The Shining" at a private midnight screening, where my friend Linda Duchin clunched my hand for the entire length of the movie, which by the way included the original ending, which I didn't care for, and was happy to see it cut. Ira Joel Haber Cinemage Books www.abebooks.com www.bibliofind.com ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite