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Collection by Eujin Rhee

Stanley Kubrick Retrospective at LACMA

Calling all film and design buffs! The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is currently showing the first U.S. retrospective of master director Stanley Kubrick's prolific 45-year life and career in film. We suggest visiting the exhibition for yourself, up close and personal, but if you're somehow unable to make the trip before June 3, 2013, click on through for our tour.

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Upon walking into the exhibition, two films are projected side by side (seen here, Kubrick's 1980 horror classic, The Shining) in a big, dark room. Visitors can either sit and marvel or merely pass on by.
Upon walking into the exhibition, two films are projected side by side (seen here, Kubrick's 1980 horror classic, The Shining) in a big, dark room. Visitors can either sit and marvel or merely pass on by.
The director's career in film, in the form of posters, line the wall.
The director's career in film, in the form of posters, line the wall.
A variety of different camera lenses used by the late director.
A variety of different camera lenses used by the late director.
Scribbles and edits on The Killing (1956) manuscript.
Scribbles and edits on The Killing (1956) manuscript.
A zoomed-in color slide from Lolita (1962), made possible by a sliding viewer.
A zoomed-in color slide from Lolita (1962), made possible by a sliding viewer.
The infamous Grady Twins from The Shining (1980) look unfazed, as a small group of visitors focus on an exhibition reading.
The infamous Grady Twins from The Shining (1980) look unfazed, as a small group of visitors focus on an exhibition reading.
The original dresses and shoes of the Grady sisters.
The original dresses and shoes of the Grady sisters.
The Adler typewriter Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) used to type with.
The Adler typewriter Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) used to type with.
Jack's famous repeated sentences actually first originated from 17th-century writer James Howell's Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish (1659).
Jack's famous repeated sentences actually first originated from 17th-century writer James Howell's Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish (1659).
The original Spacesuit from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
The original Spacesuit from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
A reproduction model of the Discovery spaceship from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) floats above some of the film's memorabilia.
A reproduction model of the Discovery spaceship from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) floats above some of the film's memorabilia.
The original Moonwatcher costume from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
The original Moonwatcher costume from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
A trio of Djinn Chairs by French designer Olivier Mourgue from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), lay atop light boxes.
A trio of Djinn Chairs by French designer Olivier Mourgue from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), lay atop light boxes.
In 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), crew members ate with cutlery designed by Arne Jacobsen for Georg Jensen.
In 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), crew members ate with cutlery designed by Arne Jacobsen for Georg Jensen.
A line-up of Sasco cards (filing cards assembled into a chart) for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
A line-up of Sasco cards (filing cards assembled into a chart) for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
An animation by Andy Featherston plays inside David Bowman (played by Keir Dullea)'s original helmet from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
An animation by Andy Featherston plays inside David Bowman (played by Keir Dullea)'s original helmet from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
A peek inside a reproduction model by Workshop Jörg Kallmeyer, Frankfurt am Main of the War Room featured in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
A peek inside a reproduction model by Workshop Jörg Kallmeyer, Frankfurt am Main of the War Room featured in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
Left and center: Original uniforms of French regimental soldiers and Right: Original costume of Barry Lyndon for Kubrick's period film, Barry Lyndon (1975).
Left and center: Original uniforms of French regimental soldiers and Right: Original costume of Barry Lyndon for Kubrick's period film, Barry Lyndon (1975).
Film slate from Barry Lyndon (1974)
Film slate from Barry Lyndon (1974)

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