Stanley Kubrick: A little of Everything, My Way
Stanley Kubrick: the man, the myth, and the legend. Though the list of feature credits to his name is indeed a short one, Fear and Desire (1953), Killer's Kiss (1955), The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Spartacus (1960), Lolita (1962), Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999), but though the list is short these titles have changed the face of cinema forever. To examine how Stanley Kubrick changed modern cinema, five aspects need to be closely examined. First, Stanley himself needs to be examined from the boyhood photographer to the man of cinematic genius. Second, one must examine his special use of both photography and the way he innovated the uses for the camera. Next, the use of music in his films as a narrative structure shall be examined, followed by his lasting impact on the world of special effects. Finally, an examination must be made of the controversy and social impact surrounding Kubrick's movies, which enabled him to have unheard of control over his films, which in turn impacted the expectations of directors for years to come. Ea
The influence of this movie on other period pieces can be directly seen in Milos Forman, who even went so far as to ask Kubrick to borrow his special camera. The mainstream success given to Kubrick by the movie, finally allowed him to consider himself a filmmaker. A social outcast, he was obviously intelligent, but his grades left him at the bottom of his class. "For him, the safest way [to maintain accuracy] was to draw our inspiration from painters" (Hughes 193). His next film would not be so lucky, especially in his adopted home of England, in where he then resided. He described Barry Lyndon by saying that, "the approach was cool and distant; deceptive. To do this, one must return to the Bronx to find the boy and his camera. Kubrick pulled the film from theatres in England. The impact it had on other directors translated simply, as Alan Parker says, "other filmmakers should have that kind of power" (Harlan). To create the "slit scan" effect,Trumbull kept the camera shutter open on a single frame of illuminated artwork, while moving the light source toward the camera. This mixture of religious or spiritual undertones with scientific advancement will continue to be shown as a strong theme in many famous sci-fi movies, most notably Star Wars. I, Robot (2004) is a perfect example of this same concept. Alex, the lead character in A Clockwork Orange, has complete adoration to "Ludwig van", and it is his adoration especially to the 9th symphony that plays such a crucial role in this film. This new perspective had never been used before and its effects on directors to come are immense.
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