'When you get right down to it, the family is the most primitive and visceral unit in our society. You may stand outside your wife's hospital room during childbirth muttering, "My God, what a responsiblity! Is it right to take on this terrible obligation? What am I really doing here?" and then you go in and look down at the face of your child and - zap! - that ancient programming takes over and your response is one of wonder and joy and pride' Stanley Kubrick, 1960, after the birth of his second daughter, Vivian.