If you were to pick one person to represent the concept of filmmaking, you could do far worse than Stanley Kubrick. That doesn’t make him the greatest director of all time, nor does it call his body of work the greatest in cinema. But no filmography so clearly demonstrates a single master’s intelligence across eras, genres, and styles. On one level, Kubrick never made the same movie twice. Seen another way, each is just one facet of a larger project that encompasses both his ever more aesthetically pure and ever less comfortable worldviews on film. doctor strangelove and shiningboth lolita and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
For that reason and more, Kubrick’s filmography has long held a unique place in film culture. Despite providing generations of moviegoers with an introduction to the “art house,” this film also rewards the most serious degree of engagement and scrutiny. Somehow, as Louis Bond would say, Recorded Twitch stream aboveKubrick continues to be the film’s gateway to success, as well as the film’s final boss.
You may know Bond’s name – or maybe you know his voice – from his numerous film-related video essays (on Channel Criswell, The Cinema Cartography, and now). tabla house) We’ve previously featured here about open culture, including the interpretation of Kubrick he created about a decade ago. The story is about how even people who have been obsessed with the author for many years can’t resist a trip to the well again.
Throughout the two-hour stream, Bond discusses Kubrick’s films one by one and ranks them against each other. His starting this shabby thriller from the bottom is unlikely to cause much controversy. fear and desireKubrick’s debut full-length work, which he himself tried to make from records. What movie buffs are really talking about is the relative merits of the pictures at the top of the list. shining Will you overcome fear? doctor strangelove Beyond comedy? What is sensationalism? clockwork orange or style barry lyndon Do you agree or disagree with these movies? teeth Eyes Wide Shut A late masterpiece or, as some thought in 1999, a late dud? Bond jokes that his ranking is the objectively correct one in Kubrick’s filmography, and is probably in line with the critical consensus in many respects. However, few moviegoers will be completely free from the temptation to watch a movie to the end and decide for themselves again.
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