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May 11, 2005 I enjoyed the films of Stanley Kubrick. He passed away a few years back after making his last movie called Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. The first film I saw that he directed was The Shining, and at that time it was just watching a movie for fun, meaning I didn't know anything about the director. I think one big theme for the director was the dehumanization of individuals. I might say that it seems like he was so in love with the art and technique of filming things period, that actors and themes were almost secondary. In the cult classic, A Clockwork Orange, Kubrick adapts the novel of Anthony Burgess. Anthony Burgess actually created a new and unique language for his novel, and what a book that is to read. Well it is about a group that goes around causing trouble, and the main character is corrected by a state sponsored program once he is caught. He is made to have an aversion to future crime. Another good film was Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick's war picture. Here half of the film is shot at Paris Island where the United States Marines trained before serving a tours of duty in Vietnam. Kubrick adapted this film from a short book called in fact, The Short-Timers. The film is an intense look at military training for the first half, and then war situations themselves for the second half. I think it is a great film that has much in it to think about. Probably the best and most famous of Kubrick's films was 2001: A Space Oddessy. The film is characterized as slow to some people, but it always seemed to me that it was more of an opera or symphony or something. While watching that film it felt like watching more than a movie. It evoked feelings about writing, music, photography. Jack Nickolson said in an interview that whatever he (Kubrick) was in fact doing you could bet that it was conscious. I got that right away, because when I watch those films, if anything, they feel hyper-aware. The sets, the actors, the lines, the musical score,- everything is extremely fine tuned. It is too bad the world will not see any more work from Kubrick. But we have what he did do. Some of the other films include Killer's Kiss, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita, and Barry Lyndon. ------------ About the author: Brian Michael Barbeito lives in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. His two most recent books are Medium Double Double Milk (non-fiction) and Fluoride And The Electric Light Queen (poems), neither currently published. Email: Brian1750@Hotmail.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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