After hitting the Tate Modern in the morning (cab ride over, walk back to hotel), I went to the Design Museum in the afternoon (cab ride over, walk back to hotel). I must say, on the map, both walks back looked straightforward, but, they weren’t. Each museum was roughly 2.5 miles from the hotel, but I’m pretty sure I added at least an extra half mile each time due to getting turned around.
Anyway, I digress. The Design Museum currently has a temporary exhibit featuring Stanley Kubrick and his movies. It was really neat. Here are some photos:
Note the carpet below is from The Shining – that’s the entrance to the exhibit
Oscar for Special Effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey
Costumes and a photo of the extras used from Spartacus (which starred Kirk Douglas):
Props and costumes from A Clockwork Orange:
Props, costumes, and other paraphernalia from The Shining:
You can see in the notes above that Room Number 217 was used in the book (where the zombie-ish lady in the bathtub was). The Timberline Hotel requested Kubrick to change the room number in the movie to a different number – to use a room number that did not exist in their hotel – because they were concerned that nobody would want to stay in that room. Hence, in the movie it was Room 237.
The last scene of the movie:
Just a note – there was also a lot of info for Dr. Strangelove but I didn’t take any photos of that stuff.
And now on to 2001: A Space Odyssey:
If you saw the movie, you probably recall the astronaut “running” for exercise. Below is the contraption built that rotated as he ran. Quite a feat of engineering!
Here are costumes from Barry Lyndon:
And costumes / masks from Eyes Wide Shut
It was really neat to see these things up close – I’m glad I went. The other good thing is the tickets were timed, and the museum ensured that the exhibit wasn’t too crowded at any specific time. I also got a ticket for 4pm, which was good as the number of people going to the museum were dwindling down by then.
Hope your enjoyed this!