Whether giving the performance of his life as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon, portraying the ominous Red Cloak in Eyes Wide Shut or providing behind the scenes technical support on Full Metal Jacket (here at the 30th Anniversary with Vincent D’Onofrio & Matthew Modine) and on the Cannes Film Festival 2019 red carpet (with Katharina Kubrick) for the 4K release of The Shining, which he masterminded, Leon Vitali was the heartbeat of Kubrick’s films after the master himself.