Next is DRAMA IN DETAIL, all about production designer Ken Adam,
Who won an Oscar for his work on Barry Lyndon.

Historian Sir Chris Frayling tells us that Kubrick was impressed with Ken’s work on Dr. No, and felt he was the man to design the War room in Dr. Strangelove.
Working with Stanley was very taxing for Ken, the relentless intellectual questions, the exacting details, etc. were very hard for Ken to deal with.
Ken had worked on costumed dramas before, and Stanley tried to Jew Ken out of proper salary on Barry Lyndon! Stanley drove him nuts. He had a massive nervous breakdown!
All of the “creative geography” and toil was worth it....Academy Award for Ken Adam!


Next is Balancing Every Sound, a piece on the audio work of the film with Leon Vitali.

Leon relays how most movie theatres of the day thought about sound last, and how Stanley reconciled that with having a decent mono mix. This Criterion DVD has a gorgeous 5.1 surround sound mix, thanks to the hard work of Vitali. He explains how mono can make sound seem “squished together”, and how 5.1 is cleaner and how sounds can be heard on their own merit.