Jul 17, 2015 One of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the past half century. Over 5 decades, he released around a dozen films, many of which have been adopted into pop culture. He made comedies and horrors and period pieces. He embodied the idea of the director being the auteur down to the very last detail. What have you seen and how would you rank them? 6. Paths of Glory 5. Full Metal Jacket 4. Eyes Wide Shut 3. A Clockwork Orange 2. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1. The Shining
Jul 17, 2015 1.) 2001 2.) A Clockwork Orange 3.) Eyes Wide Shut 4.) The Shining 5.) Paths of Glory 6.) Dr. Strangelove 7.) Barry Lyndon 8.) Full Metal Jacket 9.) The Killing 10.) Killer's Kiss 11.) Fear and Desire My favorite director. Has a top five film in every decade from the 50's to the 90's and three or four in my top 25. Consider 1-5 to be perfect.
Jul 17, 2015 Eyes Wide Shut is easily my favorite, gonna have to think about my order for the rest that I've seen. I probably like Full Metal Jacket more than most. Admittedly haven't seen 2001.
Jul 18, 2015 Something like this...(Haven't seen Killer's Kiss or Fear and Desire) 1. The Shining 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. 2001: A Space Odyssey 5. Barry Lyndon 6. Full Metal Jacket 7. Paths of Glory 8. Eyes Wide Shut 9. Spartacus 10. The Killing 11. Lolita Going to rewatch Eyes Wide Shut soon
Jul 18, 2015 My least favorite director, but ok here it goes.. 1. The Shining 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. The Killing 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Lolita 6. Spartacus 7. Dr. Strangelove 8. 2001 : A Space Odyssey 9. Barry Lyndon 10. Paths of Glory 11. Eyes Wide Shut
Jul 18, 2015 Without thinking too hard, and without seeing them in the same period of my life (I think this is important) 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. Paths of Glory 4. Dr. Strangelove 5. The Shining 6. Eyes Wide Shut 7. Spartacus 8. Full Metal Jacket and totally lacking on the final 6 Edit: Forgot to include Spartacus @Twan, I'm interested in why you rank The Shining so highly.
Jul 18, 2015 Legendary director. 1. The Shining 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Barry Lyndon 6. Dr Strangelove 7. Spartacus 8. Lolita 9. Eyes Wide Shut 10. Paths of Glory
Jul 18, 2015 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Barry Lyndon 3. Dr Strangelove 4. A Clockwork Orange 5. Eyes Wide Shut 6. Paths of Glory 7. Full Metal Jacket 8. The Killing 9. The Shining 10. Lolita 11. Spartacus 12. Killer's Kiss 13. Fear and Desire One of my favorite directors, he had many technical inventions, the guy was a genius
Jul 18, 2015 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Barry Lyndon 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. The Shining 5. Eyes Wide Shut 6. Dr. Strangelove 7. Lolita 8. The Killing 9. Full Metal Jacket I guess something like this, though I haven't seen any of his movies in a while. I want to see Paths of Glory as I've heard it's one of his best.
Jul 18, 2015 I need to take some time to sit down and watch these movies because the ones I have seen are classics The Shinning, Full Metal Jacket, and A Clock Work Orange >>>>
Jul 18, 2015 Least favorite director ever? Lol. I mean I can see him being overrated, hate when people act like he's the absolute god of filmmaking, but he's definitely a great director.
Jul 18, 2015 Oddly enough, it's the Kubrick film that's always resonated the most for me, though I admittedly have a predilection for genre fare and horror movies. Much of Kubrick's work is visceral and unnerving, but The Shining is the film where all of his formal prowess is put towards those sensations. While its pop culture pervasiveness may have taken some of the edge off of its superficial scares, it's the film's many haunting ambiguities and inscrutable images that continue to linger and reward multiple viewings. The crackpot theories in the documentary Room 237 may be nonsensical, but they are a testament to the film's ability to bury itself in one's head, stir up the imagination and inspire one to look for meaning in every frame. Is it a haunted house film or a tale of isolation and madness? Is about alcoholism and domestic strife? Is it about the genocide of the Native Americans? It can be about any or all of these things at once. It's horror and it's everything else.
Jul 18, 2015 Obviously it's about how Native Americans faked the moon landing, due to their alcoholism.
Jul 18, 2015 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. The Shining 3. Dr. Strangelove 4. A Clockwork Orange 5. Barry Lyndon 6. Eyes Wide Shut 7. Full Metal Jacket 8. Paths of Glory haven't seen the rest unfortunately, but I'd definitely say those first 6 are all at least in the top 5 for their respective decades.
Jul 18, 2015 1.The Shining 2. Clockwork Orange 3. Full Metal Jacket 4. Dr Strangelove 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 7.Lolita 8. Eyes Wide Shut 9. Barry Lyndon 10. Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick's a f---ing genius. Best director ever. n----- faked the moon landing ffs.
Jul 18, 2015 Oh I know...he's definitely great. I probably worded it wrong, I mean like he's my # 5 in my top 5 1. Hitchcock 2. Allen 3. Tarantino 4. Scorcese 5. Kubrick
Jul 18, 2015 I feel like The Shining is overrated and underrated depending on who you ask. It's my personal favorite of Kubrick's for a lot of the reasons Twan mentioned. Especially the ability to interpret it a little differently with each viewing. Some viewings I'm laughing at Nicholson for his over the top performance and sometimes I'm horrified. Similar to the first 45 minutes of FMJ. Not to mention the Overlook Hotel being an amazing setpiece. I feel like horror perfectly complimented a lot of the themes that can be found throughout Kubrick's catalog. FMJ, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove. He's very concerned with inhumanity. He knows how to flesh out the animilistic underbelly of mankind whether through violence or satire. Horror most lends itself to that intention, probably only rivaled by war films which Kubrick also tackled appropriately. It's the perfect genre to explore the things he loved to explore and he does it in such ambiguous fashion while at the same time making it accessible and beautiful. It's probably the easiest of his films to rewatch and yet can be just as taxing to understand depending on how you approach it.
Jul 18, 2015 Shelley Duvall's performance in The Shining is probably one of the worst performances ever, if not the worst.
