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Kubricy

PassionPulp

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I've been in a Kubrick loop today because I love getting into that Kubrick Ambiance.
I see the individuality in each of his films, but also the similarity.
There is a level of how fast each film goes and each film genre he's conformed to.
2001: A Space Odyssey has to be my favorite by means of Directing and the vague mystery of the meaning of the film. Watching it multiple times only adds on to the need for the meaning. I get the best thrill from watching this.
A Clockwork Orange is definitely great, after swallowing it a few times, it tastes a little bad. The story is great. The cinematography is nice. The artwork is extraordinary. Its brutality may be a factor. And I feel the entire time Alex is imprisoned, it doesn't have good flow and I'm just waiting to get past that. Even something as shallow as the Nadsat can lead me to another one of his films.
The Shining is definitely right behind 2001 in my list of favorite films. The psychological tension is perfect. The thrilling ambiance is envious. The setting could not have been better. The cinematography was only professional. The acting was miraculous. Just a perfect horror film.
Full Metal Jacket seemed a little alienated in the category of Kubrick to me. Yes, the directing was nice. So was the cinematography. The acting could have been better. Kubrick did great in making a very miniscule situation so dramatic. I would believe that a major battle would have portrayed the Vietnam War in a more realistic light. But the story used did its job. I also loved the individual profile shots between each character.
Sadly, these are the only Kubrick films I've seen. Soon I will be seeing Dr. Strangelove, and I'm very interested in seeing his older work.
If you are a Kubrick fan, I would like to know your favorite and what imput you have on his films.
 
Kubrick did no wrong, in my book. I named my company in homage to him only 10 years after 2001 was released. No film I've ever seen has demonstrated the capabilities of film as an art form like 2001, but they are all brilliant in their own way. I have the 40th anniversary edition of Strangelove on order right now. Can't wait!
 
Ahhhhh, i envy that you're going to see Kubrick films you havent seen yet. He is one of my top five directors of all time.

And Dr. Strangelove (along with Some Like it Hot) are the two best comedies ever made imho.

I would like to hear more about your impression once you've seen the other films :)

Enjoy, there's nothing like watching his films for the first time.
 
I love Kubrick of course. I've seen almost all of his films except A Clockwork Orange and never plan to. Hate rape. But his others films are amazing.

I agree with everything you said except The acting is miraculous. In the Shining, Shelly shrieks continuously and is weak probably Kubricks choice but nonetheless. Other than that agreed.
Dr. Strangelove is just pure awesome. Should've one an AA. Lolita is pretty good. Shows more great acting from Sellers.

Also, FMJ is a masterpiece. Thought the acting was good. Beautifully written and shot.

I'm going to get flack for this but Eyes Wide Shut is my absolute favorite Kubrick film. I think the meaning is deep. It has the energy and flow about it where you can't look away. It is the most beautiful. Fantastic shots. And probably the best of all, Kubrick was 79-80 when shooting this.

May we all be shooting films at eighty and beyond.
 
cjnixon said:
I love Kubrick of course. I've seen almost all of his films except A Clockwork Orange and never plan to. Hate rape. But his others films are amazing.
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I think most of us hate what Nazi's did to the jews but we watch the films not to enjoy that moment but be to be reminded how horrifying to and disgusting it was.
 
Ernest Worthing said:
Ahhhhh, i envy that you're going to see Kubrick films you havent seen yet. He is one of my top five directors of all time.

And Dr. Strangelove (along with Some Like it Hot) are the two best comedies ever made imho.

I would like to hear more about your impression once you've seen the other films :)

Enjoy, there's nothing like watching his films for the first time.
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+1 on Dr. Strangelove
 
About once a year I do a stiff-legged film festival of Kubrick's entire body of work (including Fear and Desire on a badly bootlegged VHS tape, and his three newsreels).

What can I say? I absolutely love him.

Started with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Saw it on TV when I was probably 8, and my dad told me about it and sort of gave me a road map to what those apes were doing with that bone. I knew right then what I was going to be when I grew up: AN ASTRONAUT.

In 7th grade typing class, one of the paragraphs in the textbook that we would type from was about Jack Nicholson starring in The Shining. I thought it was pronounced "Shinning." Watched it with some friends in high school, remembering that typing textbook copy, and was fucking blown the hell away by its weirdness and its glacially mesmerizing pace. Slept with the lights on that night, at 16 years old.

Also at age 16 saw Clockwork Orange, as many a young boy will do, as a sort of safe rebellion. Loved it.

Can't remember when I realized these movies were made by the same guy...but probably before college.

Took an intro history course in college called "World Problems and Conflicts" where we learned about mutually assured destruction, the arms race, etc. At the end of the term I finally bought a copy of Dr. Strangelove. Smoked a joint and settled in to watch it and dammit if I couldn't finish it. It was TOO DAMN FUNNY! It broke me, seriously. I should have just watched that movie instead of attending the history class.

Barry Lyndon came next, via the Columbia House Movie Club. Love Barry Lyndon.
When the little boy dies
...oh man, not a dry eye in the house when I saw it on the big screen in Chicago circa 2002. Anytime any detractor mentions how "cold" Kubrick is, show him this scene. Never has humanity and a father's love for a child been better depicted onscreen.

Anyone who thought Tarantino was being innovative with his out-of-time sequencing in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs needs to seriously check into school with a heavy dose of The Killing, perpetually in my always changing top 10 movies of all time list.

Paths of Glory is one of the best war movies ever made. And I consider Full Metal Jacket a modern counterpart, two sides of an anti-war coin.

How could they EVER make a movie out of Lolita? I think Sellers outdoes himself in Lolita more than in Strangelove. Lolita never gets old.

While Eyes Wide Shut still hasn't become the classic I predicted it would, I love it. It's important to remember that much of it is a dream to fully enjoy it...this was missed by a lot of critics when it first came out.

The next stiff-legged Kubrick fest will be on Blu-Ray at my brother-in-laws basement projection screen. Can't wait...
 
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I'm going to get flack for this but Eyes Wide Shut is my absolute favorite Kubrick film. I think the meaning is deep. It has the energy and flow about it where you can't look away. It is the most beautiful. Fantastic shots. And probably the best of all, Kubrick was 79-80 when shooting this.
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You won't get flack from me, brother. I consider it his masterwork.
 
:) I dont think anyone is going to give anyone any flack in this thread. I cant even decide which is my fav by him, although 2001 would def be a major consideration if i had to decide.
 
Uranium City said:
YES! What a great sentiment.
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I was talking to my significant other about memory loss and selective memory deletion and being able to see movies again for the first time. But then i said, even if i could do it, i dont think i would bc what if i dont like them when i watch them again for the first time :scared::eek::lol:
 
I remember standing in line at the Cinerama Dome to see
"Barry Lyndon" and driving 50 miles to see "Full Metal Jacket"
on opening day. My favorite Kubrick film (and number two on
my all time favorites list) is "The Killing"
 
Ernest Worthing said:
I think most of us hate what Nazi's did to the jews but we watch the films not to enjoy that moment but be to be reminded how horrifying to and disgusting it was.
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Very very valid point.

I forgot to mention 2001. I still haven't got to see The Killing and Barry Lyndon. Small cities Blockbusters and National Videos majorly lack. Even on the Internet I couldn't find Lyndon.

I just wish he would've made more. Guess thatxwas his artistic process and that's what them all so great.
 
cjnixon said:
I just wish he would've made more. Guess thatxwas his artistic process and that's what them all so great.
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Perhaps not at the very beginning but soon after he was the kind of person who would rather not have the movie made if it couldnt be made properly.

Im no Kubrick but i do "suffer" from that a bit and sometimes have to remind myself to just go out there and shoot instead of waiting for the perfect circumstances.

EDIT: Besides, if you're wanting, you can always watch A Clockwork Orange ;)
 
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