The only thing preventing me from voting for Eyes Wide Shut is the fact I have never seen the others. (I know, I know...)

Dr. Strangelove

You should do yourself a favor. Seriously.

I envy you. To be able to see Kubrick films for the first time.

Pure. Magic.

My experience as an adult went like this. Got that awesome DVD set of Kubrick. Saw all the films in it plus the doc. Yeah...I got to love Kubrick fast.


I DID see EWS when I was like 16 or 15...I was fucking confused, man. Hell...I'm still thematically confused about it. I don't know if I like it or I don't. It's shot well though...so that keeps me going.

It's a tough choice between The Shining and 2001. I think I'll have to pick the first.

my fav SK film is FMJ...

don't make me choose ... they are all brilliant

Barry Egan- I mean, Lyndon!

The Killing

2001 is my favorite and probably my favorite film of all time. Dr. Strangelove is second, but recently I've been re-visting the Shining. I always loved the film, but after recently seeing it on the big screen and watching the blu-ray I finding the photography, casting, dialogue, and storytelling to be really incredible. Maybe IT is his best film. Only time will tell.

Here's what I think it is with the "power" that Shining has: The story is unlikely (family stuck in hotel for winter) but somehow it taps deep into the collective audience psyche. As unusual as the story is it has some kind of universal resonances. If Kubrick hadn't made the Shining SOMEONE would have had to; it's as if we, as a society, need it. The feelings that it expresses (many of them ugly) NEED to be out there.

On the other hand, I've seen Clockwork 5-6 time and I really don't see what people see in it. When people pick it as his best, I honestly wonder if they have seen any of his other films. It's good but not great, it doesn't reward repeat viewings, and it only has one good performance (McDowell). It touches on subjects and characters that Kubrick would do better in Shining, Lyndon, and FMJ.

I think Clockwork Orange may be one of his most accessible films even moreso than The Shining.

BUMP



Fear and Desire (1953) gets a rare showing tonight at 8pm on TCM.

Actually, a very interesting line-up throughout the day on TCM.

Thank you for the reminder.

Very Nice thank you

Dr. Strangelove is probably my favorite. 2001 is probably the best film he made.

They're all pretty damned good, though.

Favorite Moments:
- the first fight in A Clockwork Orange with Billy Boy
- Peter Sellers' ridiculously creepy phone call in Lolita
- Dave blasting himself into a silent vacuum in 2001
- The song at the close of Paths of Glory
- The jelly donut in Full Metal Jacket
- The second visit to the costume shop in Eyes Wide Shut
- Anything Slim Pickens says in Dr. Strangelove
- Big Wheel steady cam shot in The Shining

Weird. I didn't think the estate ever wanted this shown.

I saw it once on a really bad VHS tape I still have somewhere. Not really that enthralling but interesting nonetheless. Off to the Tivo website to set my recoding before I forget. Thanks.

Here's a pretty cool Kubrick video I found on You Tube:
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goddamn..that guy has a shit ton of the works stuff...time to waste some time.

After reading through the Napoleon book, it makes me wonder just how that would have really turned out.

The Shining. Only movie I watch that makes me feel like I'm stuck in a dream that slowly turn into a nightmare and I can't wake up. That is a very high compliment too.

I still haven't seen 2001. I'm actually sort of afraid the whole "themes" and "deep meaning" wont resonate, and I'll be bored. I know, but some people I've heard experience it that way.

Fear & Desire -- pretty good. Very amateurish but still showed signs of brilliancy. I'm glad I was able to watch it.

But I will have to go with 2001.

For me it's between 2001 and Strangelove. It's a tough one but 2001 I think get's the edge. I feel like Sophie.

Dr. Strangelove is a film that I can put on any time and watch it straight through and then watch it again. A Clockwork Orange and 2001 A Space Odyssey and Full Metal Jacket I have seen so many times that I don't ever need to see them again. The pre-Lolita films I don't really care for, The Shining is OK but I prefer the book and Barry Lyndon more boring than sitting in waiting room at the doctors office. Eyes Wide Shut is a piece of shit.

Completely disagree

My opinion of course.