[philwelch]

In Kubrick's case, he took over a decade off before making Eyes Wide Shut and would undoubtedly had wanted to make some final edits after post-production or even after release, as was his habit. I don't think he intended to retire.

[Gring]

Really? Working on Aryan Papers and A.I. is "taking a decade off"?

[philwelch]

Well, you can't say he was working at the same pace then as he was in earlier years. His attempt to make a film about Napoleon involved a lot more work, yet occupied a much smaller gap between successful film releases. My point is that if Kubrick were to die due to not taking retirement well, a decade long period of writing and exploring ideas seems closer to retirement than his typical hands-on approach to post-production and release.

[kongqiu]

Kubrick had worked quite a while on "Aryan Papers," even casting the female lead: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jan/03/kubrick-holocaust...

[philwelch]

Fine. The point is, Kubrick wasn't done with Eyes Wide Shut when he died, at least by his standards. The film was cut and digitally altered after his death to keep it down to an R rating. Kubrick's cuts routinely occurred as late as after the film was released.