Who was a wildly inconsistent chooser of material, but a consistently genius director.
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2001: A Space Odyssey was a brilliant work of genius. Some people didn't like it...but it was a fantastic movie.
Eyes Wide Shut was a total waste of time. Some people liked it, but it was a piece of trash.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
EWS looks better with every passing year. The Kubrick feature that has not held up well is A Clockwork Orange.
“Dr. Strangelove” was a work of genius and “A Clockwork Orange” is one of my favorites. Apart from those two, I didn’t much care for his other stuff.