Posted on 12/03/2011 3:12:49 AM PST by AnAmericanAbroad
He's the master filmmaker whose intensity and attention to detail are unmatched in Hollywood.
Stanley Kubrick's directing credits include Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining.
Steven Spielberg once said: 'Nobody could shoot a picture better in history.'
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These photos were taken in the mid 1940s in Manhattan by Stanley Kubrick, then in his late teens; at the time, he was youngest photographer on the old "Look" magazine staff. What impressed me was how well a young Mr. Kubrick was able to capture scenes of everyday life of the Big Apple of his time.
It shows Mr. Kubrick's talent, even at a young age, and displays a maturity and confidence that one would expect to see in an older and more experienced professional photographer.
Photography and cinema are, of course, subjective. I'm sure not everyone in the world is a fan of Stanley Kubrick's films, and that's fine. Personally, I didn't enjoy his last film, "Eyes Wide Shut". But overall, for me at least, I do find Kubrick to have been one of the masters of his profession. When I look at the often mediocre quality of what passes for cinema today, it makes me wish that we still had Kubrick around.
Eyes wide shut you have to watch a few times before it starts working and coming together. It’s too much of a movie to get first time around. 3rd time I watched it, it blew my mind and to me is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I never noticed before for example that the movie was filmed in entirely in natural lighting.
Interesting comment in the original article:
“The two girls are not walking past a theater. As anyone who grew up in New York can tell you, the Horn & Hardart Automat was a cafeteria where food was dispensed when coins were inserted in a slot.”
Thanks for posting.
I only saw “Eyes Wide Shut” once. I’ll try your advice, and give it another look. To be fair, when I saw it, a friend of me brought me along, and I was just getting over a rather nasty case of bronchitis at time, so perhaps my mood wasn’t the best for appreciating ANY film. :)
I still don’t get it
Stanley bears a remarkable likeness to Rowan Atkinson, eh?
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
My personal favorite director with Full Metal Jacket at the very top of my movie list.
Out cold: Boys boxing in the Police Athletic League in 1946
For a kid, Horn & Hardart was magic!!! I still remember their delish lemon meringue pie!
I find this so interesting because last night my husband and I watched “The Killing.” It was soooooo enjoyable! I’m definitely a fan of the young Kubrick.
Of course, I couldn’t really tell where “The Killing” was filmed. It was definitely not NYC.
I’m with you - Eyes Wide Shut is an amazing film...
We had the last automat in our neighborhood into the 90s (42nd and 3rd). Sorry we lost that and all the other eateries: Child’s, Longchamps, Hamburg Heaven...even the delicious Bun ‘n Burger of the 1970s. I’m getting very hungry.
Eyes Wide : That’s the best way to describe how I’m reading this thread.
That movie was the worst piece of garbage ever to be sold at the ticket counter ! I’ve seen it twice (The second, forced by one who also told me “You have to see it again!”) and the second time I was more insulted than the first.
Just about all of his movies are garbage. 2001 was good - if Sci-Fi came in a Sleepy-time PM formula. My 12 year old nephew fell asleep.
Stan, as just about all “Filmmakers” do it to stroke their own ego. Films about making Films seems to be the default for these people, As no one else is more important, more deep, or more intelligent than filmmakers themselves. Phooey.
Some people are very good at their thing. Ridley Scott, for one. But if you’re going to make art with the express intent of showing how good your art is - I feel you’ve missed the boat.
Flame on ! =)
One of my great regrets is that during the Christmas shopping season of 1999,for ONE YEAR ONLY, (I later learned), Costco had a DVD box set of all of Kubrick’s movies. I passed, thinking, “next year.” Never saw it again.
There’s an excellent Blu-ray set out, though I’m very disappointed that it doesn’t include The Killing and Paths of Glory.
Cheers,
Jim
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