I'm glad to see so many people citing Kubrick as their inspiration, calling him a genius, etc... I've been talking to too many people saying Tarantino is a god, praising other film directors like Nolan like a deity, and so on. They're good at their craft, but nothing as groundbreaking as Kubrick!
@@nobad6843they’re both great film makers at the top of their game..world class..but like all film makers standing on the shoulders of giants and Kubrick was a giant among giants..
There is no film like a Stanley Kubrick film. When you see his films, it's like experiencing a new medium of art. Truly. The imagery, the vivid colors, the direction, the camera work. It is a true genuine shame that he died.
@@victorparedes4863 No, as a matter of fact, I'm embarrassed for him. There's nothing more shameful on a man than death. I certainly didn't see it coming. lol
STANLEY RECEIVED A LOT OF MONEY FROM NASA IN 1960. HE IS AN FRAUD. AMERICA NEVER GOES TO THE MOON STANLEY MADE A FAKE MOON VIDEO FOR NASA. BECAUSE THE VAN ALLEN BELT WrapS AROUND THE EARTH. NO LIVING ORGANISM CAN PASS THAT GENERATION. NO METAL CAN ISOLATE THAT BELT.
@@gavinbrando8255 It's really weird how people treat his death as some untimely tragedy. He'd been making movies since the early 50s -- he had one of the fullest careers of any filmmaker, and his final film became one of his most beloved. Sure, a heart attack is always gonna be sad, but the dude was 70 years old.
***** The question is: "can you make a Kubrick film in this day and age?" I don't think you can. No corporate studio head would stand for it. Just like no studio could stand a Sam Peckinpah or his type of film making. I wouldn't want to be "another Kubrick"; I would want to establish MY type of film making.
***** Him, Nolan, Tarantino are my favorites and the reason I want to be a director, as well. Their films are beyond phenomenal and just take you to a different place and no matter how disturbing, confusing or controversial they may be, they are always amazing
Eyes wide shut has become one of my favorite films.. I love it as a piece of art. It's truly one of the most haunting films I've ever watched. The thing that made Kubrick the best was that he wasn't trying to be an original, he just was an original. The sad fact is we live in a world where posers and cheap immitation is rewarded and originals are often buried by the plastic as they try to control their creative impulses. It's painful yet beautiful.
"Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling." - Stanley Kubrick -
Kubrick took it to the next level because he had the creative spark that seems to be lacking in most of film makers today. There are a few exceptions but they could never achieve that high level of creativity and quality that only Kubrick could do with a movie camera, good script, and the process of directing.
Back in the 80s, when just a teen, access to great films wasn’t so ubiquitous as today - that is until the revolution of VHS rentals. A friend and I got together and watched Kubrick’s masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I was never the same. Now there were “movies” and then there were “films.” I eventually collected every single Kubrick film made, including his earliest ones. I must’ve watched each one over a few dozen times. Each repeated viewing was always as interesting as the first time. Decades later, I still feel the same.
I couldn't help but feel very sad at the end of this documentary about a man that changed cinema forever and is my personal favourite filmmaker and he always will be. Such an incredible man and his films were so far ahead of there time. Stanley will continue to inspire generations of aspiring filmmakers including myself. Thank you for your truly ground breaking films Stanley they hold a very special place in my life which was changed forever when I started seeing them.
When I saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" in the theater, I thought I was having a seizure!-Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College and GSU
With regards to Eyes Wide Shut, I had a boss in London who rubbed shoulders with high society in the 70's and 80's. In 1992, he told me a story, of how he ended up this party which turned into some type of ritual. There were people in robes chanting. He freaked out and left.
I tremendously enjoy this upload, of this documentary on the legend of one of the all time greatest directors in cinema history. Thank you Chase Beasley.
I've long felt that the unique originality of Stanley Kubrick's place amongst the great directors of his age is that he remained largely independent and was not owned by any film studio/corporation. While the term "recluse" is largely seen as someone that is considered a disturbed lost soul; he was anything but that. His integrity of discipline and wish to choose time with family and friends over yet another film project, remains for me the most telling point of his enduring legacy. Similar to Daniel Day Lewis, who didn't have to take on an infinite amount of rolls to make a name for himself, neither did Stanley Kubrick need to keep the reels rolling to do the same.
Personally, as much as I have respect for Stanley Kubrick, his approach to perfectionism in moviemaking had ended up becoming an obsession for him. It's no wonder that NOT everyone wanted to work with him for years. After all, Shelley Duvall was an example of what Kubrick did in the making of "The Shining" in 1980 and it even made her such an exhausted performer as a result.
@@DREADL Like what, for example? After all, Kubrick should have learned to be more compassionate towards actors and crew members on his films but his perfectionism had simply got in the way.
All his movies are holiday for eyes Just look a year that movie is made and everything will be clear Paths of glory is masterpiece made 1957 Unbelievable
Every film he ever made was an Epic in its own genre.He is up there with Lean as a wide screen Film Maker and all the other stuff aswell.It’s a tragic shame he couldn’t make all the Films he spent half of his life researching because of circumstance and the studio’s.
Dinastía Chow Fan Really, how fucking amazing is that movie!! And especially since it came out before any sort of computerized graphics. That movie looks amazing by todays standards- let alone when it was made.
True, I've only seen Barry Lyndon once, but I loved it then. If some critics think its cinematography is better than Clockwork and 2001, I'll definitely watch it again.
Thank you so much for sharing the pure magic of this SINGULAR...VISIONARY...FILMMAKER...What's that?...My eyes?...Oh, must have got something in them:)
Full Metal Jacket and my cousin recruited me into the Marine Corp. Nobody has ever overshadowed him in my book. Full Metal Jacket is the only Vietnam movie I still watch. Sorrry Oliver.
The Shining may not be as influential, but I think its cinematography is the most complex of all his films. The colors in the Outlook Hotel are intensely interesting, and the fact that it's one of the first movies to have Steadicam doesn't stop it from using the technology masterfully for elaborate shots. As a hidden detail, the Outlook has numerous instances of impossible architecture (there's a RU-vid video showing them) to disorientate the viewer. I'd put the Shining up there with his best.
Asking Woody Allen for his opinion of 2001 A Space Odyssey is like asking Ronald McDonald for his opinion of Cordon Bleu cooking. In many ways Allen and Kubrick were opposites as directors. Allen makes a film a year (and, sadly, it shows) whereas Kubrick often took several years to complete his films. And Allen is well-known for shooting very few takes (particularly when he wanted to get to a Knicks game), whereas Kubrick was famous for his preference for many takes and his perfectionism.
The soundtrack of the film is by composer and musician Jocelyn Pook, who had previously worked with Kubrick on Eyes Wide Shut. As far as the last song I will try to find the exact name of it on the end credits
Everytime I watch a tv/film set in space and I hear sound, I wonder why Kubrick (apart from Whdedon in Firefly/Serenity) is the only one who got it right in 2001. God it's annoying hearing sounds in space.
I remember me an' a fren' leavin' outta' Clockwerk Orange feeling inspired an' ripping down the highway at full throttle, laughing like madmen. Fortunately we were in a VW and could only do 80 miles per hour. Art is a dangerous medium. Kubrick lives!
Absolutely right-on! Nuttin' against Cruise, but Stanleys widow Christina would be a fine choice and voice for narration. And Thanks Stanley, for your infinite universial IMAGINATION and DRIVE!!!
Cool, you rarely see Nicholson give interviews so it shows the respect he had for Kubrick. Also, I wish Stephen King would give it up already on his criticism of Kubrick. I totally under the book (The Shining) is his baby, his creation. But when a director buys the rights to it, it is the director's vision. I think after 34 years it has stood the time as a masterpiece...move on!!
We were young and dumb. I am no longer young and hopefully not quite as dumb. I appreciate Kubrick for his direction and his cinematography and he's from my old "hood", da Bronx.
I think Lolita is a wonderful film primarily because of the outstanding performances of James Mason and Shelley Winters. The documentary goes some way towards explaining why Sellers was given so much latitude in Lolita (Kubrick appears to have been a great fan of his goofy humour). A rare and regrettable lapse of judgement (and taste) on Kubrick's part. Sellers' screwball ad-libbing undermines the rest of the film terribly. All the more remarkable that Mason does such a superb job.
You know you're in for a good time when at the beginning they have all these rapid clips of people talking about him but you're like "Where's Jack?" and then the last bit is Jack saying a classic line like "He's the man".
Stephen Fry quote! Awesome! Haven't even seen the doc all the way through yet...but I just had to let you know my feelings.... It seems to me that Mr Kubrick was... "Like a steam engine in trousers who placed himself miles away from the nearest lemon" (paraphrasing the Rev Sidney Smith as quoted in Stephen Fry's auotbiography Moab is my washpot. Dunno how much of a Fry fanatic you are but if you haven't read it, its unsurprisingly a great read!)
well, we all feel so enlightened now having that explained to us by a man so utterly lacking any 'pretentions'. (slow clap echoing in an empty theatre)
I've just recently discovered Kubrick and he is the most frustrating director ever! Yet, it's clear that in that frustration lies the genius. That's a hellavu feat!
I've heard so many different things about EWS. I admit I've only watched the middle, so I missed a lot, but from what I saw there were aspects that were good. And I've also heard he actually really liked it. Maybe he hated the first cut, but he was always that kind of man: nothing was good enough. Still, Scorsese called it one of his favorite movies of the 90s. Maybe Scorsese isn't infallible either, but he sure knows movies. Even some of SKs best were flawed somewhat, like FMJ.
They're great movies, but they don't even compare to his later works. It's not an insult to Kubrick; I think his talent and his skills both matured with him.
