Stanley Kubrick
 

Ok, I just finished watching The Shining for the first time in years. And after that all I can say is that Kubrick is awesome. Personally, I think The Shining way better than FMJ and Clockwork Orange. He used steady cam so damn effective. (Im all about steady cam ;) )

The Shining and Full Metal Jacket are classics. I enjoy Spielberg and I love what he did with A.I., but I would love to see what Kubrick had planned for it.

Dr. Strangelove is also a classic, pretty hilarious!

Yea, Stranglelove is the shit, anyone seen "The Killing" ?

One of the first films to make use of the steady cam, actually. Great director. Even Eyes Wide Shut had its scary moments. :)

he has made allot of great movies, the dude was insane though
I don't know the number, but once he asked over 100 takes of sherry duvall for a scene in the shining, just to make it right
he wanted to be perfect in everyway

anyone seen 2001: a space odessey
now, this movie looks boring, but if you know what's it about it's really cool

It's rumored the reason he never got around to making A.I. was that he wanted an actual android to play that part of the little boy. Pretty wild stuff.

lol

Kubrick was an amazing director. The Shining, Clockwork Orange and Dr Strangelove are my favorites. Can't say I was to happy at Speilberg doing A.I i thought it sucked Speilberg is a total hack he hasn't done anything exciting since the 70s.

Did a damn good job with it.

Yeah the shining is one of the best. I don't like a lot of movies as you probably all know but the shining is a good one. Way better than that crappy made for TV one that Steven king liked. Usually when a remake comes out it ruins the original but even though they made the crappy TV one it never made the Kubrick version look bad. :) great movie

how does it ruin the original? The original is still there, people can still watch it, and it hasn't changed any.

Put it this way...the old planet of the apes and the remake..I cant even say planet of the apes without thinking of the reamke.

have you tried therapy?

He wasn't insane...perhaps just a perfectionist.

Certainly, Kurbrick is a genuis and The Shining was a great movie, but it definitely was his best movie. Personally, i believe his best movie was 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971); there is just something about that movie that i love.

that word gets thrown around too much.

but certainly applicable in this case

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This is late but,

I agree, I was just making a statement based on a conversation I'd just had with one of my movie friends(for lack of a better phrase)about Clive Barker.

anybody think Kubrick would have done commentary on his movies..if he was alive ?....I dont think so..."The Shining" and "2001" are his best...

I doubt he would do a commentary. Hell, he preferred his movies be shown in full screen on TVs instead of the theatrical ratio. He wouldn't even consider widescreen as an option. It had to fill the entire screen.

:rolleyes:
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My first introduction to Kubrick was Clockwork Orange. Personally, I was shocked. Why, I'm not entirely sure. Being something of a newbie cinephile -- is that the right term? -- there was something very intriguing about this particular director. Same way I felt about Greenaway and Jodorowsky films.

There was a documentary about Kubrick once, in which Tom Cruise did the voice-over. He strikes me as rather eccentric and uncompromising, to say the least! And he hated publicity. All he wanted was to be left alone to make his films. He is something of a perfectionist. Perhaps even maniacal about it.

Having only seen the Shining, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and Full Metal Jacket, I would say that the best one was the Shining. For its visuals, atmosphere, pacing, and style.

>once he asked over 100 takes of sherry duvall for a scene
He was swearing at her, telling her to hurry up, etc. But she said it was an experience she wouldn't trade for anything. But would she do it again? No.

And the boy actor in the Shining didn't make any more films after this. It seemed to be implied that Kubrick was the reason for it.

And I doubt he would do any commentary of his films.

Someone -- an old childhood schoolmate -- told a story about Kubrick, which I feel described him very well. I relate this from memory: Stanley always used to copy school homework from me. I didn't mind it, but one day I asked him why he did so. He simply stated, "I'm just not interested."

...you havent seen the best yet which is "2001......"

I -did- start to watch it, but never made it past the first 10 minutes. Oh well.