[lbo-talk] Kubrick and the Seafarers

[Dennis Claxton]

Just looking for a movie on netflix and found something else from 
another time and place in the U.S.  When's the last time you saw a 
"union magazine" here?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seafarers

The Seafarers is Stanley Kubrick's third film, a short for the 
Seafarers International Union, directed in June 1953.

There are shots of ships, machinery, a canteen, and a union meeting. 
The film was shot in color, and was supervised by the staff of The 
Seafarers Log, the union magazine. For the cafeteria scene in the 
film, Kubrick chose a long, sideways-shooting dolly shot to establish 
the life of the seafarer's community; this shot is an early 
demonstration of a signature technique that Kubrick would use in his 
feature films.

The Seafarers was released on DVD in 2008 with audio commentary from 
directors Roger Avary and Keith Gordon, as well as an interview with 
one of Kubrick's daughters.