Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, cinematographer, and photographer. Born in the Bronx, New York, he is widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in cinema history.
Malcolm McDowell shared how a disturbing scene in A Clockwork Orange (1971) came together through pure improvisation. Stanley Kubrick asked him, "Can you dance?" McDowell admitted, "I'm not a dancer," yet he started…
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Kubrick reportedly let R. Lee Ermey go off-script in Full Metal Jacket, and the result is some of the darkest comedy in his filmography.
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Kubrick mapped out worlds past the Moon in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), way before we even landed. That's some next-level foresight.
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Stanley Kubrick's planned film about Napoleon is considered one of cinema's biggest "what ifs." Kubrick dedicated years to researching Napoleon's life, scouted European locations, and intended to employ tens of thousands…
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Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) stands as evidence that a movie can deviate significantly from its source material and still achieve greatness. Stephen King was famously critical of many of Kubrick's alterations,…
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