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 Stanley
Kubrick's Greatest Films of All-Time
- One of the greatest and most inspiring and inspirational
filmmakers of all-time was Hollywood outsider Stanley Kubrick.
His command of all the elements of filmmaking, incluidng directing,
scriptwriting, production design, editing, and all the other factors
involved, was legendary.
- Each of his eleven major films (out of
a total of 13 feature films) was deeply-layered, complex and wide-ranging,
representing many different genre or periods:
- His timeless films were iconic,
often enigmatic, creative, and made with meticulous perfection.
He was known for dynamic camera angles, visual style, bold use
of cinematic colors, and tremendous story-telling.
- There are many memorable moments in his films,
for instance, the Stargate sequence in 2001, the "I'm Spartacus!"
sequence in Spartacus, the "War Room" scene in Dr.
Strangelove,
the ritualistic cult orgy in Eyes Wide Shut, the trench
warfare and the execution sequence in Paths of Glory, the
track heist in The Killing, the 'Singin' in the Rain' assault
sequence in
A Clockwork Orange, the Steadicam tracking shots of Danny
riding his Big Wheel bike, and the revelation of Jack's manuscript
("All work and no play...") in The Shining, the release of the
B-52 payload with Major Kong riding the H-bomb in Dr. Strangelove,
the omnipresent red eye of HAL, and HAL's slow deactivation in
2001, Alex's Ludovico Treatment in A Clockwork Orange, Gunnery
Sgt. Hartmann's non-stop rant of insults at recruits in Full
Metal Jacket, the metaphoric opening title credits of Lolita, and the
use of candlelight and the final duel in Barry Lyndon.
- The themes
of his films were also universal - the crazed nuclear arms race,
the perils of reliance on technology, the inhumanity of war, the
"Kubrick Stare," and the darker impulses of humanity.
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