Stanley Kubrick

[029Mhelz]

Stanley Kubrick is like the Leonardo da Vinci of Film Directing!

[grahambollardhill]

Eyes Wide Shut is sorely underrated

[RaphaelDeLaGhetto87]

He's not a great director, he's THE GREATEST.

[Venman96]

1. S Kubrick

2. R Scott

3. A Kurosawa

4. O Welles

5. S Eisenstein

6. M Forman

7. Q Tarantino

8. M Scorsese

9. FF Coppola

10. A Hitchcock

[straker2]

Kubrick's artistic decisions and choices were immensely wise and well considered and intelligent. He always said he knew what he didn't want. Before 2001, everyone did rockets launching with a countdown. Look at the Bond film You Only Live Twice, or Thunderbirds, or the Quatermass serials. In 2001, he establishes space with that bone at the linking shot, then we see a ship already up in space. Why? Blue sky, fire, smoke, ruins the FX! So he skips it!

[CARLOSGURO]

Kubrick, Scorsese, Stone, Forman, Polanski, Hichcock, Coppola, Spielberg, in the modern era,

[CARLOSGURO]

He is the best filmmaker ever, no doubt, nobody could make a masterpiece in horror "The shinning", war " metalic jacket", drama" orange clockwork", fantasy, " 2001", historic " Barry Lindon", others filmmakers were good in Fantasy, drama etc he was excelent in all, thanks Stanley you make me happy watching your movies

[mattknowsfilm]

the greatest filmmaker that ever lived

[LucyInk121]

What I love about Kubrick's films, among many other things, is how every time you watch them, you pick up something different.

Usually re-watching a film makes it stale. But with a Kubrick film it just gets richer and richer.

[vespacurry]

What he did was bring high end commercial photography to film, hence the shots and scenes were slow and impressive.

[tbtbtwotwos]

i'm a late bloomer. today i watched 2001 space oddysey for the first time.

kubrick owns every director. he's so good. maybe the originality of woody allen or the coen brothers compares...thats about it. maybe bergman's talent compares. maybe i don't know if you can compare kubrick to anyone or anything. he's too outstanding. he's the black hole of the film industry.

[LeLimeLine]

@tbtbtwotwos Akira Kurosawa is probably the closest you can come to Kubrick. Hitchcock, too, maybe. Fellini was also great. Wong Kar Wai. Michel Gondry. I really adore Sophia Coppola's films. Roman Coppola also directed a great film, but stopped to help Sophia as a second unit director, I believe. Charlie Chaplin was a phenomenal director. I agree, Stanley Kubrick is the best, my all time favorite, but there are a lot of other great directors out there, too. Stanley would be the first to say so.

[stickshift237]

@tbtbtwotwos i agree...you really couldn't compare him to anyone, he really was in a league of his own...a true genuis for cinema

[miguellasala]

Trial and error

[PoliceState84]

Rest in Peace Kubrick.

[1Pianiste]

Kubrick is God.

[ahg45678]

what's the name of the song at 3:00 ?

[1000chrisisawsome]

Even though the only Stanley Kubrick film I have ever seen is Full Metal Jacket I have to say he had a way of portraying to people the dark side of Vietnam that some people sugarcoat with the story of valor and honer but the truth is war is a brutal situation and I wasn't there but the truth is through the perspective of the soldier and I think the people that were there appreciate that there dead friends are finally getting the respect they deserve through the media. R.I.P. Stanley Kubrick.

[hibernatinghedgehog]

Kubrick is the Master now, and in many conversations the greatest director of all time; but few critics share enthusiasm with the fans for Eyes Wide Shut. One of his greatest, that was!

Just an observation: I know film criticism is worthless.

[brunobliss]

what Spielberg said is true, i never really felt like watching a clockwork orange, so i was sleepy and wanted to watch something to fall asleep, After the film started rolling i could not stop watching it and when it ended i was wanting to see more of that, odd ball

[ahg45678]

What's the name of the song? 3:00 - 3:30

[MrMagician1]

to me Kubrick has many cinematographic similarities to Tarkovsky in his masterful perfection of shots.

[Areabus]

does somebody knows about a quote Stanley Kubrick told ones. It was something like: out of madness creates creativity

If somebody knows this quote I would be very thankful if you told me.

Im currently making a film tribute to Stanley and would like to have that quote at the end of the film.

thanks!

[rodneyjohnwoods]

sydney pollock what a nice bloke

[TheArtOfMotionPictur]

what makes stanley kubrick one of the best directors ever!

is that he use´s so much time one his film that he cant make mistaks

why he is doning that is because of napoleon, he was very intrested in napoleon because how can a man so clever make so big mistakes,

but stanley kubrick dit make som smole mistackes

but im gonna do it better

[TheArtOfMotionPictur]

what makes stanley kubrick one of the best directors ever!

is that he use´s so much time one his film that he cant make mistaks

why he is doning that is because of napoleon, he was very intrested in napoleon because how can a man so clever make so big mistakes,

but stanley kubrick dit make som smole mistackes

but im gonna do it better

[rainarzufall]

he was a fucking genious. Shining is one of my favorite moments in Horror cinema

[Bogenfej]

Please help me: I don t understand what Brian Aldiss, is saying about Kubrick at 2:28 " all you need for a movie is 6 or 8 ????? units"

thx

[mathewjohn5174]

@Bogenfej f/stop. 1/8 of an f/stop. the size of the aperture on the lens.

[Analfracture]

@Bogenfej non submersible units

[straker2]

@Bogenfej Non submersible units. Six, or eight, essential events without which the story of the film makes no sense. The key moments which make the story happen.

Such as, 1 the monolith arrives.2 Apes develop intelligence. 3 Monolith is found on the moon. 4 Space probe is threatened by mad computer. 5 Astronaut finds monolith and goes on amazing journey. 6 Astronaut is reborn as baby superbeing.

[Trevor5888]

@Bogenfej

"6 or 8 non-submersible units."

[NuclearPlanet]

@Bogenfej  Non-Submersible Units

[chapterhaus]

@Bogenfej Aldiss is saying "non-submersible units", which apparently means unique elements of a film. So according to Kubrick, a good film is composed of approximately six to eight unique elements, and its quality does not hinge so much on narrative.

[PartiallyHuman]

@Bogenfej …non-submersible units…

[PartiallyHuman]

@Bogenfej …non-submersible units…

[PartiallyHuman]

@Bogenfej non-submersible

[visions313]

kubrik was gr8 and best

[ridlazz921]

if people are looking at all the diffrent movies that got oscar you understand why kubricks movies didnt get them. they where to good. hes style was so special and the story in his movies was so powerfull wich results that some people didnt like his movies. i think his movies was so spevial and to good to get an oscar. dont get me wrong here he made some fukcing good movies, but i could see the reason why they didnt get an oscar

[Bassbait]

@ridlazz921 It's the "Citizen Kane" effect. When you make a film that DOMINATES ALL Oscar material, then you'll get screwed. Citizen Kane only won best screenplay, 2001 only won best visual effects (you know, as though other people had a chance). 2001 should have gotten best director and best picture. Full Metal Jacket should have gotten the big 5, because it's frickin' incredible. But they don't win, because the big-shots at hollywood don't understand talent until years later.

[STREETnVERT]

does anybody know what that thing is that Kubrick uses? It's like a pariscope with a nikon screwed to the top.

[ivankaramasov]

You clearly have a very American oriented view on filmmaking. I could think of several other just as significant directors. Bergmann and Tarkovsky to name two.

[AApogoAA]

I'd say the shining is one of the most well put together horror films ever, i mean everything about it is perfect, even the music gets under your skin!

[dpthomas37]

@AApogoAA krzysztof penderecki, man. kubrick used his "threnody to the victims of hiroshima," which is without a doubt the scariest, most spine chilling music you will ever hear. just horrible, and yet perfect for jack's insane plunge in the "shining"

[danthebard]

now i have to watch a clockwork orange :D

[zzfour]

Thank you for posting this.

[buckj54]

People invariably love mystery, especially 'thoughtful' people, if you will. His films (except for Spartacus) are elaborate riddles. The overt narrative is one thing, but there are always many unspoken and implied themes. He tickles our collective unconscious...That is where his magnetic and enigmatic appeal lies.

[DjMontana42X]

Kubrick is the best.

I never liked horror movies, i think they are kinda dumb, but The Shining is the one and only horror film i love.

I always though that the vietnamise war movies are dumb (i like the old WW2 Movies) cause it says that the big USA came to help and the soldiers are the big heroes. Kubrick showed its opposite with FMJ, when they've asked Animal Mother why they are in vietnam he couldnt answear cause he doesnt knew, and thats the truth.

[eggheadAKAspensley]

his moves were so real.. in full metal jacket it seems every reaction, emotion, feeling is shot so correctly. long consistent shots that make u feel like u are there.. in full metal jacket u feel like are are there with the troops

[UFOSPACE1999]

I was amazed that Stanley only talked to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for the last 15 years of his life. HE would ask George about ILM and how far they could come in making a real robot for A.I. AND Steven and him would always talk about A.I. and other projects.

[samashby08]

I am not a film director, but I am a writer. Stanley Kubrick is a huge inspiration to me. The way he approached his films and his attention to detail is how I approach not only my writing, but almost all other of my artistic endeavors. I would love to direct a film one day, though.

[linkin49park182]

Stanley Kubrick made visual poetry. Absolutely Beautiful.

[ddean1987]

kubrick deserves a lifetime achievement award from the oscars. unless he already has one. does he?

[dazza5266]

he only ever won 1 oscar . it was for special effects on 2001 . not really much competition for it

[thesparitan]

stanley is a movement

[kalamantas3]

eyes wide shut in my opinion is one of the most underrated movies of all time , ppl will appreciate it later when they get older & get married

[NYCBG]

Genius. Pure and simple.

[musicgamer10]

hahaha love steven spielberg's spiel near the beginning, he just sounds like such a pro

[Roomx237]

Wow.

81 years ago, on this day, one of the greatest directors-no, let me rephrase that, THE greatest director of all time, was born.

Kubrick's films remain some of the best made in history.

[BestOfTheBestNumber9]

Eyes Wide Shut- the psychosexual confession of a wife leading her husband obsessed and willing to explore sexual temptations in a one-night stand, which gradually turns his life upside down and dramatically challenges the legitimacy of his marriage.

Holy shit, has there EVER been a director who's films delt with such universally common themes? He made movies about the WORLD, and his relative and important subject-matter has never been matched by any other director. Kubrick was a genius.

[BestOfTheBestNumber9]

Clockwork Orange- an attempt to humanize the criminal and show us his mindset, whilst asking challenging quistions about the governments control over society

Barry Lyndon- the tragic rise and fall of a man boasted by incredible luck and in the end winding up at the uttermost mercy of the cosmos

The Shining- Man's past horrors coming back to haunt (racism, child-abuse, alchoholism, murder, incest)

Full Metal JAcket- an indepth look at the process that dehumanizes men into trained killers

[BestOfTheBestNumber9]

The Killing- man, in all his planning and strategy, ultimately being defeated by a random twist in fate, and having to face defeat "You must run!- "eh,whats the difference?"

Paths of Glory- the corruption of authority and the lies and sacrifices made in war

Spartacus- rebellion against a system of slavery

Lolita- a regular man driven to madness by sexual obsession

Dr. Strangelove- laughing at fear, and the obsurdities of 'drama'

2001- the fate of mankind, and our purpose in the cosmos...

[hzhangcom]

Stanley Kubrick represented or still represents the highest quality of film making in film industry and hi-s-tory, PERIOD

[ferlitorocks]

barry lyndon is the most gorgeous film ever

[CoolMovesNow]

Stanley was an awesome director. Wish he'd done more.

[ddean1987]

you know, in a way i agree but at the same time, truly dedicated directors tend to put a lot of time and effort in their crafts, which is why you see kubrick films less frequently, but the film is better and timeless because of it. granted if he was still alive, i'd like to have seen another film or two by him.

[lozzygindahouse]

what's the name of the channel 4 documentary?

[thesparitan]

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

[in5secs]

Where can I get the rest of this?

[cartoonguyBT]

He's one of the only directors whose films were consistently ground-breaking throughout his career. He's never made a bad, or even mediocre, film in his life.

[JACKMAN9025]

The only director that comes close to Stanely Kubrick is Alfred Hitchcock.

[ramirosan145]

i don't know...I'm a BIG fan of both, so I couldn't say who was better, but I respect your opinion.

[jjdripfeed]

The only director to come close to Alfred Hitchcock is Stanely Kubrick.

[burlearth]

Two completely different directors.

[afunnywill]

brilliant statement

[53462874]

just a god

[AlassPoorYoric]

"If one man should write a novel, another man a symphony, then it is essential that one man make a film."

One man did-Stanley Kubrick 1928-1999

[F1brawfa]

Best director in history

[jonnyhboy94]

No doubt.

[tylerdurden4495]

Yup.

[Hirfel]

indeed.

[13DCH]

One of my greatest 'wants in life', was to actually meet Mr. Kubrick, shake his hand and say, "Thank You !"

[AlassPoorYoric]

Me too. I'd give almost anything for that,

[MolokoPlus1980]

Kubrick was a master genius of film. I've not seen anyone come even close to his talent.

[anandcj]

RIP

[zamboangaVillain]

dont forget depalma dude

[IntlWomLib]

He was his own best critic. Totally independent from time, space and trends in the art world. In fact his vision of cinematography was way ahead of his time. He is to cinema what Irving is to modern literature.

[silta2]

with really a minimal amount of actual horror, The Shining is still the most UNNERVING movie of all time. All Kubrick.

[mike1964180]

Rip the master. Thank you for the memories

[THeEraSerr]

his vision was timeless and out of this word

[sorrycaps]

Hail

[TSJEKKIA]

RIP

Stanley Kubrick

Sydney Polack

[mestregigolo]

Eyes wide shut is extremely seductive you just cant stop watching, Clockwork Orange is such a great (and funny) critic to society, and 2001 is a amazing map of all human kind... i could say a lot more of others movies

Congr. Kubrick! you've done your part to the movies!

*any english problems, sorry*

[antonrocks123]

Kubrick,Scorsese,Spielberg,Coe­n,Tarantino,

Bergman,Ford,Godard,Coppola,Al­modovar,Allen

Polanski,Eastwood,Lynch,Hitchc­ock........please add more!

[robin14669]

Paul Verhoeven, for Basic Instinct and Soldier of Orange.

[THeEraSerr]

DAVID FINCHER!

[UFOSPACE1999]

I didn't know this, but Kubrick and Scorese never met. But Kubrick and Spielberg were great friends!!!

[UFOSPACE1999]

When Oskar Schindler was watching the Nazi's destroy and eliminate the town, and we see the lil girl with the red coat, and camera followed her going thru the town and trying to find a hiding place, and Oskar saw that lil girl, Spielberg made that happen and while it is a very hard scene to see and to understand, That was the wakeup call for Schindler. A very powerful and emotional scene. That is Spielberg.

[UFOSPACE1999]

...In todays Hollywood, NO ONE excpet Spielberg knows what a Master Shoot is!! I like it when I c the main person in the film with the master shoot being held on them and U can actually see them thinking. That is why i like Spielberg, YEAH i know NOT all his films r TOPS, but even his lesser flics, that most people didn't give it a chance or didn't get, I GOT!!! A.I., Empire of the Sun, Schindler's List. U can see what i am saying bout holding that shoot.........

[likwitsnake13]

1. Kubrick

2. Scorsese

the rest

[8data]

RIP Xubrix and Pollacx

great Film Talents

weve all been enriched by their films

Lead researcher Survey 2001

[8data]

RIP Xubricx and Pollacx

Lead Researcher Survey 2001

Your film fan, Gabriel Harold Collett

[Esperfilms]

RIP Sydney Pollack

1934-2008

[EvanVolm]

Too easy. Marlon Brando.

[CinemaZebra]

Trivia time! Kubrick was originally planned to direct the film "One-Eyed Jacks"...but someone else replaced him! Who was that person which took over the job?

[ohrmets]

2001 left me speechless. I had never been so affected by a movie. It did feel like a totally new emotion.

[gnrwood]

what a guy what a waste.

[niceandeasygeorge01]

Upon watching 2001 for the first time, my hair suddenly became unkempt and my mouth wide open in amazement. Okay, slight exaggeration.

[barry06]

no exaggeration, i had never experienced such an emotion in my entire life. i had discovered a completely new moment.

[RIODEJANEIRO181]

Great stuff!

[felipetavares79]

"He always had to discover his images through this immense system of" what? I didn't get that. Can anybody tell me what it is that John Boorman says?

By the way, I didn't get either what Spielberg says at the end of the following phrase: "The thing that I've learned from Stanley technically is how to shoot things in (...)." Any help?

[Esperfilms]

"...immense system of trial and error"; SK once remarked that he didnt know what he wanted when making a film, he only knew what he 'didnt want'. Boorman is refering to this working method - a more intuitive, experimental form of perfectionism. This was one reason behind his preference for shooting numerous takes of a shot.

[felipetavares79]

This remark you refer to I knew from that marvellous documentary narrated by Tom Cruise, "Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures".

[Esperfilms]

Spielberg refers to SK's tendancy to shoot in 'Masters' i.e. Master Shots, which is a wide angle shot that contains the many elements that make up a scene but which most filmmakers cover in closer shots and then edit together into a sequence. SK advised Spielberg to shoot in Masters and 'let the audience be the editor' sometimes, by deciding for themselves what to look at and when.

[felipetavares79]

I thought I had really heard "masters", but I didn't know what a master shot was, so that made no sense to me at the time. Actually, I had never even heard of such thing as a master shot. Now it's easy to recognize it in Kubrick's films. Thanks a lot!

[ImaginationBlue]

Just keep listening and watching; you'll get it.

[Thecrow914]

1)Scorsese

2)kubrick

3)Coppola

4)Spielberg

5)Polanski

[apecallum]

I would say bravo and all, yet Spielberg does not deserve to be ranked with those greats. If you truly analyze the majoirty of work you'll realize that undeniably he has mastered the art of action and asthetics yet cannot dream to portray drama or tension as well as say Scorsese or Kubrick.

[FragileZeroSpace]

Kurosawa

[dineshcena]

What a pro video

[danielobrien1]

im a HUGE fan of stevens work watch my tribute video im posotive you will not hate it!

[digitalshark]

All hail Stanley Kubrick! I couldn't love his films any more if I tried.

[ziggyja]

stanley kubrick was the greatest!! he will live forever with his legacy!

[jazz4]

His mansion is like 5 mins away from my house, he's buried there

[intigfx]

go put a flower for him on my behalf

[adamsfall]

Speilberg, in films like "schindler's list" and AI, finds that great balance of Kubrick's objective kind of composition and stunning emotional impact.

[omid05]

Where Can I get or see the full version?????

[ibanezman1025]

goto google video and the entire interview is posted.  Has Speilberg, Cruise, Kidman, etc. all talking about Kubrick.

[Djomigod]

Picture an 18 yr. old kid who could frame a photograph perfectly of a cataclysmic scene unfolding before his very eyes. There you have him. In Kubrick you have 1 part Henri Cartier Bresson, 1 part Orson Welles, 1 part Nietzche, 1 part Tchaikovsky (or any composer, take your pick), and ALL Kubrick.

[RedRoom237]

Great insite !

[magog1138]

Kubrick is health food, fast food, and food that requires an acquired taste. For YEARS I didn't like Barry Lyndong (ironically, I loved 2001), but I could not stop watching it once it was on. Now, it's one of my favorites, a beautiful film, every frame a perfect picture.

[reachforthesun]

kubrick, just great, fantastic one great director, the best!!!!

[kons13]

Kubrick was superb...simply a sublime director. The praise from his contemporaries is well deserved. It's a tragedy that he could never finish his work on AI - a a story which, in my eyes, had a lot of potential.

[catdudeenemapants182]

true. he could have done alot with that and i'm sure i would have enjoyed it, but i don't know... i think that Eyes Wide Shut was sorta meant to be his last film.. if that makes sense. it was kind of his swan song.

[LoveCraken]

Well, he died shortly before he was about to direct another movie, A.I. So unless you believe in fate then technically it wasn't meant to be his last film. He had so much more to do.

[zanderbear]

thank you.

[ImShyBut]

The fact that he never won an Academy Award for best director is a complete joke. Ditto for Hitchcock. I mean, really, does anybody today really remember all of the directors who beat these two impeccable filmmakers?

[Billduffy]

i know i agree with that guy who said tell me which kubrick film you can start watching and turn off

[T250]

lol, "that guy" was Steven Spielberg :)

[michaeln1286]

That "guy" you speak of is Steven Spielberg.

[emanmark]

Kubrick was great, his early films were very entertaining dramas(lolita, strangelove). Paths of Glory was phenomenal for its time, as good as many war movies made today. Then with 2001, he made these hypnotic dramas. It's true, I've seen his films many times, but always find it interesting to watch them again! RIP Kubrick.

[SteVin89]

Kubrick was so good, there no words to describe his craftmanship.

[dzmoo]

top stuff!!

[inahiddenplace]

great docu thanks!