Stanley Kubrick's view on the structure of a film
I have had the impression, for now quite some time, that I once read Stanley Kubrick said something along the following lines:
A film is only made of five to seven critical moments, and that is what I choose to film.
The exact quote is probably very different to this, but the above captures the main idea: that Kubrick was not interested in a naturally-flowing, non-elliptical story but rather preferred to focus on defining moments. However, I have not been able to find any sources in the web backing up my impression.
Is there any evidence Stanley Kubrick said something along these lines?
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