Do you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray’s belly button! If god could do the tricks that we can do, he’d be a happy man! Eli Cross, film director — The Stunt Man (1980) Historically, every decade has a feeling […]
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The 14 Best Sci-fi Movies Influenced by ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time … Like Tears in Rain. Roy Blatty, Replicant — Blade Runner (1982) Everyone has to start somewhere. Long before 2001, […]
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The 10 Most Significant Artistic and Philosophical Influences to Stanley Kubrick
Everyone has to start somewhere. Geniuses are not born with knowledge, but come to it by their ability to absorb, retain, and apply that which they learned. We all know Kubrick was the typical ne’er-do-well who did poorly in school. His loathing for institutionalized learning was legendary. Home movies show he was affable — even […]
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The 13 Best Scenes in The Movies of Stanley Kubrick
REALITY IS GOOD, INTERESTING IS BETTER – Stanley Kubrick Kubrick is the master of the cinematic ‘money’ shot. Say what you will about his style, story, or concepts, the man knew how to string a series of images together to form an indelible visual and aural landscape not soon forgotten. His was not a film […]
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The 10 Greatest Mythologies of Stanley Kubrick
Let’s try to set the record straight. More has been written about Kubrick – on his films, about his person, extracting his methods – than any other motion picture director in history. The Shining has in fact sparked a fervent cottage industry of books, blogs, and documentary films all to its own. There are dozens […]
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The 10 Greatest Performances in a Stanley Kubrick Film
Before we begin our list, a little understanding of the ground rules I used. As all lists are essentially imperfect and subject to biases, but I still honestly tried to strike a balance uniqueness and impact for any given actor, and consider the body of work as a whole. As Kubrick only directed 13 feature […]