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Stanley Kubrick started filming A.I. but died before he finished it ended so Steven Spielberg took over the filming of it, well thats what I heard anyhow!!!

As the story goes, Kubrick met Steven Spielberg in 1979, they became friends and collaborated on the development of AI. In 1994

Kubrick proposed the idea to Spielberg that he should be the one to direct AI and Kubrick would be producer. Spielberg agreed to
do it, but he chaged his mind a few months later. It wasn't until after Kubrick died in 1999, that he reconsidered. Jan Harlan, Kubrick's
brother-in-law (and producer on many of his films), knew that Kubrick wanted Speilberg to direct the film. He handed over all of the
material concerning the development of AI, including over 1000 conceptual drawings and an 80-90 page script treatment.

The resulting film is neither a "Kubrick film" nor a "Spielberg film". The basic storyline is very dark and Kubrickesque but many of the
scenes in the film have a very light and sometimes silly feel that is inherent to Spielberg's style. There is no doubt that if Kubrick had
made the film (or even been around to oversee the production) it would have been much darker and without the disneyesque feel that
Spielberg contributed to the film.

Rather hard to say what Kubrick would really have done with it... Hi last piece was not his best either, IMHO.

The reason I consider it genus is that Spielberg was able to give a feel of Kubrick but keep his own sense as well.