Entitled Burning Secret, the script is an adaptation of the 1913 novella by the Viennese writer Stefan Zweig. In Kubrick’s adaptation of the story of adultery and passion set in a spa resort, a suave and predatory man befriends a 10-year-old boy, using him to seduce the child’s married mother.
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If Kubrick didn’t make it, he probably didn’t think it was any good.
Kubrick only made 9 films (inclusive) between Spartacus (1957) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — over 40 years.
2 of them — “Borey Lyndon” and “Eyes Wide Shut” sucked.
“If Kubrick didn’t make it, he probably didn’t think it was any good.”
You nailed it. That has been sitting there since the 50s. There is a reason for that. Not a doubt.