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Category Archives: Stanley Kubrick
Full Metal Jacket’s Vietnam War: One Big Mickey Mouse March
Full Metal Jacket. 1987. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, & Gustav Hasford; based on the novel The Short-Timers by Hasford. Starring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Keyn Major Howard, & Ed O’Ross. Warner Bros/Natant/Stanley Kubrick Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Drama/War ★★★★★ IContinue reading “Full Metal Jacket’s Vietnam War: One Big Mickey Mouse March”
Come Get It in the Yarbles: Criminality in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Can we ever rehabilitate a criminal mind? Is some supposed rehabilitation too invasive?
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE goes beyond either question with a look at a young man primed for ultra-violence.
The Wonderful Foolishness and Biting Satire of Dr. Strangelove
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. 1964. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick, Peter George, & Terry Southern. Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Tracy Reed, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, & Jack Creley. Columbia Pictures/Hawk Films. Not Rated. 95 minutes.Continue reading “The Wonderful Foolishness and Biting Satire of Dr. Strangelove”
Eyes Wide Shut in Pursuit of Sexual Understanding
Eyes Wide Shut. 1999. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick & Frederic Raphael; inspired by Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler. Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Sherbedgia, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Sky du Mont, Fay Masterson, Leelee Sobieski, & Thomas Gibson. Warner Bros. Pictures/Stanley Kubrick Productions. Rated R. 159 minutes. Drama/Mystery/ThrillerContinue reading “Eyes Wide Shut in Pursuit of Sexual Understanding”
The Shining: Kubrickian Horror v. Stephen King’s Supernatural Evil
The Shining. 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick & Diane Johnson; based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, & Tony Burton. Warner Bros./Hawk Films/Peregrine/Producers Circle. Rated R. 146 minutes. Drama/Horror ★★★★ Let’sContinue reading “The Shining: Kubrickian Horror v. Stephen King’s Supernatural Evil”
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