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    Stanley Kubrick is considered a God among the cinema universe. While he only has about four works of film that have become rather famous, He put the same amount of attention and detail into all of his work. Stanley Kubrick was also not one to ever explain his work. He believed that if he ever gave an explanation it would take away from what the viewer might be able to find from the film. Several Authors have tried to analyze Kubrick’s works in detail. Some of the works that he is most famous for

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    Stanley Kubrick was born on July 26th, 1928, in New York. He was the son of a successful Manhattan physician and a Rumanian mother. Kubrick admitted to be "a lonely child," and a "misfit in high school." Growing up, his parents had wanted him to become a doctor he didn't have the grades needed to get into medical school. His love of film began at an early age, when he would go to movie theaters twice a week to view the double features. He would later say of this experience: "One of the important

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    directors tend to blend genres over their career, but still pave ways for proceeding directors. One director, Stanley Kubrick, specialized in imaginative films that involved images beyond what was real. His genre focused on surrealism and horror, while using characters emotions to drive the stories. A director that was influenced by Kubrick’s filmmaking was David Lynch. Not only did Kubrick break barriers with his controversial films like Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork

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    The Films of Stanley Kubrick The films of director Stanley Kubrick divert from any categorized genre upon analysis. Instead they use themes that also expand into cinematic concepts due to certain construction processes used in the making of his films. This distinguishes Stanley Kubrick as a film

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    Stanley Kubrick was born on July 26th, 1928 in Manhattan to Jacob and Sadie Kubrick. At the age of 12, his father taught him how to play chess, which became a fascination and he would later incorporate it into many of his films. The next year, his father gave him a camera, which prompted a passion for photography; he later became an official school photographer for a year in high school. However, he didn’t do well academically and earned a D average. (Zimmerman). Kubrick later said, "I never learned

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    “Paths of Glory” is the critically acclaimed 1957 feature film, which was directed by Stanley Kubrick. The movie was produced by James B. Harris, and based on the book “Paths of Glory,” by Humphrey Cobb. Leading the cast were Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris and Richard Anderson. It was released on Christmas Day. The movie begins with information about World War I beginning on August 3rd, 1914. The Germans invade France and nearly reach Paris. The French

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    In this essay I will be exploring how the dystopian society in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ 1963 novel, A Clockwork Orange has been used to explore contemporary anxieties. A Clockwork Orange takes place in an outlandish and dreary vision of future Britain governed by an oppressive, totalitarian super government. In this society, ordinary people have fallen into a dazed state of complacency, unaware of the sinister growth of a rampant, violent youth culture. Anthony

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    primary definition of horror as "a painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay." It stands to reason then that "horror fiction" is fiction that elicits those emotions in the reader. An example of a horror film is "The Shining", directed by Stanley Kubrick. Stanley Kubrick was a well-known director, producer, writer and cinematographer. His films comprised of unique, qualitative scenes that are still memorable but one iconic film in his collection of work is The Shining. Many would disagree and say that

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    quality thus exerting a personal creative vision and interjecting it into the his or her films. Kubrick made his first film in 1953 and has continued to make films till his death shortly after the film Eyes Wide Shut in 1999. With a film career spanning over four decades, he crafted consistent themes, and honed a highly personalized style which was woven into the films he made. Stanley Kubrick was a very stylistic film maker and paid

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    Stanley Kubrick is known for his distinct style of filmmaking in such films like “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “A Clockwork Orange.” While those films do showcase the sense of auteurship from Kubrick, his earlier works are more conventional when compared to the 1950s style of filmmaking. “The Killing” is a 1956 noir film and Kubrick’s third feature film, and was produced by United Artists with a $200,000 investment and $320,000 budget from James B. Harris. This was also the first collaboration of producer

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