stumbled onto something ugly
filming Eyes Wide Shut.
What ever became of Stanley?
Stanley Kubrick died on March 7, 1999, at the age of 70. The film, Eyes Wide Shut. This date was exactly 666 days before January 1, 2001, the date introducing the year at the center of his most iconic movie, 2001 A Space Odessey. Also, March 7 was the 66th day of the year. The story is that in the midst of screening Eyes Wide Shut to the producers, a huge shouting match ensued and portions of the film were cut despite his protests. He died five days later. Apparently, no one knows the contents of the removed portion. Claims are that his story was meant to expose a deep satanic cult and the practices they conduct, more of a soft exposure rather than an overt documentary and he may have overstepped some boundaries.
While looking up some of the details to make sure this post is accurate, I stumbled on another interesting tidbit. If you go back in time another 666 days, you land on May 11, 1997. That was the day Deep Blue defeated Gary Kasparov. Deep Blue ws built by IBM, who many believe was the unnamed creator of HAL.
Check this out. The next character following each letter of HAL is IBM
H ==> I A ==> B L ==> M
And this.
Look familiar?
This only touches the thin top layer of the mysteries surrounding Kubrick and his films. There are many videos that go into all the symbologies surrounding him.