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[Bobby Roberts]

Today would have been Kubrick's 85th birthday.

I don't even know if it's arguable that he's one of the most influential directors that ever lived. His styles show up in all manner of movie that you wouldn't think could hold a Kubrick influence, and yet, there it is, in works by Wes Anderson, and Christopher Nolan, and Gus Van Sant, and Steven Spielberg, and so on and so on.

Started as a teenage photographer, cut his teeth on War and Noir and then ascended to flat-out cinematic genius with 2001.

What's your favorite Kubrick? Is there a single Kubrick that most will agree was his "Best?"

I'm personally gonna be watching The Shining tonight. Either that or The Killing - which I still have on Criterion laserdisc

Feel free to post screenshots from your favorite scenes, because - and it's said a lot, but it's especially true with Kubrick - every single frame he shot was a portrait.

edit: Seems only right Hal should get some say in this.

On the occasion of Stanley Kubrick’s 85th birthday, BFI sight and sound magazine writer Nick Wrigley explores the director’s favourite films and viewing habits with the help of Kubrick’s right-hand man, Jan Harlan.

Interview with Harlan : http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/...ews/right-hand-man-jan-harlan-stanley-kubrick

Stanley Kubrick's favourite films list (includes surprises like "white men can't jump" and how also how he didn't like "wizard of oz" ):
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/stanley-kubrick-cinephile

 

[mernst23]

Dead people don't have birthdays

 

[The Culture Vulture]

Big Stan...still my favorite film maker of all time.

 

[OneEightZero]

People don't have birthdays after they're dead.

 

[Derwind]

Happy Birthday Kubrick!

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy - love this scene

 

[TheKaeptain]

People don't have birthdays after they're dead.

Tell that to the Filipino's down the street from my house.

 

[demon]

Favorite director ever. Can't say which is my favorite film, although 2001 is definitely a safe choice.

 

[Hagi]

Tell that to the Filipino's down the street from my house.

He can't they're dead.

 

[Screaming Meat]

One of my all-time favourite directors. We'll likely never see his like again.

"Happy birthday, Mein Furher... I can walk!"

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The Killing is really, really fucking beautiful.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Happy birthday, maestro!

You guys need to watch this if you haven't before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RECC4arqQow Great tribute to Stan.

 

[Finaika]

Damn he's old.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

My Fav Kubrick film

And Best War Movie

 

[Bobby Roberts]

How long before the Barry Lyndon fans show up.

 

[Muffdraul]

Favorite director ever. Can't say which is my favorite film, although 2001 is definitely a safe choice.

That is eerily close to what I was just going to type.

I regret that I listened to the naysayers and ignored Barry Lyndon for so long before I finally decided to watch it. Criminally underrated.

EDIT:

How long before the Barry Lyndon fans show up.

Fuck.

 

[Screaming Meat]

My Fav Kubrick film

And Best War Movie

Hardcore, man. Fucking hardcore.

 

[mellz]

Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut >>>

 

[Minus_Me]

Barry Lyndon is criminally underrated even by Kubrick Fans. It's one of his funniest movies and most poignant in some ways.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It's also a goddamn miracle of cinematography.

 

[Andrew.]

Favorite director of all time

My personal favs are Paths of Glory and Clockwork Orange

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Lyndon is one of the most beautiful movies out there.

 

[nhlducks35]

Truly, the best director there was

 

[Tugatrix]

Happy birthday, maestro!

You guys need to watch this if you haven't before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RECC4arqQow Great tribute to Stan.

Brilliantly edited

 

[Minus_Me]

I always really enjoyed this montage.

The Films of Stanley Kubrick

 

[CrazyDude]

Dead people don't have birthdays

Not according to google.

 

[zomaha]

his films (and Rob Ager's subsequent analysis) changed my perception of film and how art can be crafted

 

[Yka]

What's your favorite Kubrick? Is there a single Kubrick that most will agree was his "Best?"

Source: Kubrick's Odyssey and Kubrick's Odyssey II

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Knew it was comin...

 

[Minus_Me]

I think everyone should watch this movie. Its Called Operation Lune or Dark Side of the Moon in english.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovC8br2Rb5s

Edit: Ah damn, beaten but this is a fantastic Mockumentary.

 

[Yes Boss!]

I really disagree with the notion that his style has been influential.

He was his own beast...tackling something different each movie.

Barry Lyndon still his best.

 

[Muffdraul]

I really disagree with the notion that his style has been influential.

I don't even see how this point could be argued. All you have to do is watch A Life In Pictures and see a cavalcade of directors all saying into the camera that Kubrick influenced them.

If what you meant was that nobody since has ever managed to quite reach the high bar he set, maybe...

 

[SimleuqiR]

I really disagree with the notion that his style has been influential.

He was his own beast...tackling something different each movie.

Barry Lyndon still his best.

This is why I hold him so high! What other director has so many different types of movies under his belt. None look a like or have similar stories.

Plus, he was a Bronx boy

 

[jchap]

While we are at it happy 274th birthday George Clinton.

Just watched 2001 the other day. I never tire of that movie. I never have been a big fan of his other work.

 

[hal9001]

On the occasion of Stanley Kubrick’s 85th birthday, BFI sight and sound magazine writer Nick Wrigley explores the director’s favourite films and viewing habits with the help of Kubrick’s right-hand man, Jan Harlan.

Interview with Harlan : http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/...ews/right-hand-man-jan-harlan-stanley-kubrick

Stanley Kubrick's favourite films list (includes surprises like "white men can't jump" and how also how he didn't like "wizard of oz" ):
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/stanley-kubrick-cinephile

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Barry Lyndon is definitely one of the prettiest looking films and holds up pretty well. Is a perfect blend of Kubrick's artistry with flawless technical/artistic aspects. Cinematography, art direction and costumes are still among the best done in film, imo.

 

[Marion Cobretti]

Pretty good photographer in his own right, but easily the greatest film maker of all time.

2001
The Shinning
The Killing

Flawless.

 

[BloodMoney]

Quick, someone post a 10 min gif of the light tunnel at the end of 2001... or not.

Jokes aside, Kubrick really does deserve all the praise.... well, except for allowing Eyes Wide Shut to have the soundtrack it did.

*single piano key
ding............................................ding........ding dong.............ding
ding......... and so on.

 

[Toa TAK]

This is for fighting, this is for fun.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

That's a good point - R. Lee Ermey basically gets no career if Kubrick doesn't cast him in Full Metal Jacket.

 

[Professor Renegade]

 

[Grizzlyjin]

One of the best directors to hold a camera.

 

[Max Armstrong]

The best!

I think I'm gonna watch The Shining tonight.

 

[TommyT]

Dead people don't have birthdays

Tell that to Google.

edit: Beaten to death like a dead person's birthday.

 

[demon]

Barry Lyndon is definitely one of the prettiest looking films and holds up pretty well. Is a perfect blend of Kubrick's artistry with flawless technical/artistic aspects. Cinematography, art direction and costumes are still among the best done in film, imo.

Didn't he develop some special camera just for this movie that allowed him to shoot entirely with natural lighting, or something?

 

[Wag]

 

[Minus_Me]

Didn't he develop some special camera just for this movie that allowed him to shoot entirely with natural lighting, or something?

Very special lenses: Zeiss f/0.7 50mm

 

[Muffdraul]

Very special lenses: Zeiss f/0.7 50mm

And he didn't develop them, they were originally created for satellite/space photography. He knew they were the only way he would be able to shoot using only candle light.

 

[Minus_Me]

And he didn't develop them, they were originally created for satellite/space photography. He knew they were the only way he would be able to shoot using only candle light.

Sorry If I made it seem like I implied he developed them. That's not what I meant.

 

[killertofu]

Very special lenses: Zeiss f/0.7 50mm

Which movie is this?

 

[Minus_Me]

Which movie is this?

Barry Lyndon. Allowed for scenes to be filmed with natural light.