I NEED TO TELL YOU MY EMOTION

From one master to another. A telegram received in 1968 by Stanley Kubrick shortly after the release of his cinematic tour de force, 2001: A Space Odyssey; sent to him by fellow filmmaker, Federico Fellini.

Transcript follows. Image from the book The Stanley Kubrick Archives. Enormous thanks to James Draper for suggesting it.

Image: The Stanley Kubrick Archives

Transcript

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DEAR STANLEY I SAW YESTERDAY YOUR FILM AND I NEED TO TELL YOU MY EMOTION MY ENTHUSIASM STOP I WISH YOU THE BEST LUCK IN YOUR PATH FEDERICO FELLINI +++

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