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Sergeant Mac: It's better to roll up your life into one night and one man and one gun.
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Enemy General: Sometimes, as I look at these maps, I wonder if my own grave isn't being planned. Here... or here... or here.
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick), born in New York, USA on July 26, 1928, is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York .
In 1950, he began his career as a director by directing the short film " The Day of the Boxing Match ". In 1953, he began to work as an independent film producer and directed his first film "Fear and Desire" in the same year. In 1955, he directed the suspense film " Killer's Kiss ", which became a work that established his filming style
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. In 1957, he gained attention in Hollywood with the war film " Paths of Glory ". In 1960, directed the action film " Spartacus ", which won the 18th American Golden Globe Award for Best Feature Film
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. In 1965, with the comedy " Dr. Strange-love ", he was nominated for the 37th Oscar Award for Director
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In 1968, with the science fiction film " 2001: A Space Odyssey " established its position in the film industry, the film won the 22nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Picture. In 1971, he served as the director and screenwriter of the science fiction film " A Clockwork Orange ", which won the New York Film Critics Association's Best Picture of the Year Award
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. In 1976, with the feature film " Barry Lyndon " won the 29th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Best Director Award. In 1980, directed the horror film " The Shining ", which had an impact on the development of horror movies
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. In 1987, a documentary-style war film " Full Metal Jacket " was filmed . In 1996, directed his last film " eyes wide shut ". In 1997, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th Venice International Film Festival
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. He passed away in the UK on March 7, 1999. In 2005, he was selected by the British film magazine "Empire" as the "fourth place among the hundred great directors in history"
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Early Experience
On July 26, 1928, Stanley Kubrick was born in a family of Austrian immigrants in Manhattan, New York, USA. In 1941, he became interested in photography because of a camera given to him by his father Jacques Kubrick
. In the same year, he entered New York's William Howard Taft High School to study. In 1944, worked as a photographer in the school newspaper
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In April 1945, "Look" magazine began to publish Stanley Kubrick's photographic works; in October, Stanley Kubrick graduated from Tuft High School and later became a full-time photographer for "LOOK" magazine. While working for "LOOK", he cultivated the skills of using pictures to narrate; in the same year, he published his first work "Skit in the Drama Box"
. On August 15, 1947, Stanley Kubrick obtained his pilot's license
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Performing Experience
In 1950, Stanley Kubrick used his personal savings to write and direct a short film " The Day of the Boxing Match ", and acted as the photographer and editor of the film; he copied the structure of the photo collection when shooting the film, through the use of images. The method records the boxer Walter Cartier's participation in the competition; after the
Raiden Hua Company signed a merger with Kubrick to purchase the short film "The Day of the Boxing Match", it decided to invest US$1,500 to assist him in filming the next short film
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In 1951, he quit his job at "Look" magazine and began to devote himself to film production full-time; in the same year, he shot the documentary short film " Flying Padre " and served as the screenwriter, director, photographer, editor and narrator of the film; in this film In the short film, Kubrick added a lot of personal style. The close-up of the airplane and the scene from the airplane in the film were further used in his later work "2001: A Space Odyssey"; in addition, he is still in the movie. Draws on Eisenstein’s use of mirrors to express the close-up of the characters’ expressions
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In 1953, Stanley Kubrick began to become an independent filmmaker. With the help of his relatives, he invested in shooting his first feature film; when shooting the film, he took over editing, photography, actor selection, composition, post-dubbing, etc. The film also became his first surrealist style work directed by him; in the same year, he served as the director, photographer, and editor of the feature film "The Voyager", which also became the first color film directed by Kubrick
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In 1955, he got inspiration from the documentary "Boxing Day" and set about writing the script of the movie "Killer's Kiss"
; after that, he started shooting the suspense film " Killer's Kiss ", which was invested and produced by him and served as a photographer; In the film, he combined the documentary style and surrealist expression methods, and thus formed his personal filming style
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In 1956, he co-founded Harris Kubrick Production Company with independent producer James Harris; in the same year, he invested in the crime suspense film " Planescape " and served as the producer, screenwriter and director of the film ; Stanley Kubrick not only used a multi-line narrative in the film, but also used flash cutting techniques to represent a racetrack robbery from the perspectives of several different characters
; the artistic techniques he used in this film not only aroused Mi The attention of Gaomei Film Company has also had a certain impact on the development of film noir
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In 1957, he began preparations for the war film " Paths of Glory "; in the preparation stage of the film, he collected graphic materials related to the First World War; when creating the film, he adopted a realistic style and also Long shots combined with moving shots are used to represent war scenes
; after the film was released, it not only won the 11th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards for Best Picture, but was also selected as the "Greatest Film in History" published by the British film magazine "Total Film". 50 war movies" list, and Stanley Kubrick also gained attention in Hollywood with this film
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In 1960, at the invitation of Kirk Douglas to be the director of the action film " Spartacus ", the film was Stanley Kubrick's only non-controlling film. The film was released in the first round and scored $14.6 million at the box office
, and won the No. Nominated for Best Picture at the 14th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards and Best Feature Film at the 18th American Golden Globe Awards, Stanley Kubrick was nominated for Best Director at the 18th American Golden Globe Awards
. In 1961, Stanley Kubrick moved to the UK
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In 1962, he served as the director and screenwriter of the feature film " Lolita ", which opened Stanley Kubrick's career as an independent producer in the UK and allowed him to regain the final editing rights of
the film; he adopted a black humorous style and With a flashback narrative structure, the film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 27th Venice Film Festival, and Stanley Kubrick was nominated for Best Director at the 20th American Golden Globe Awards
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In 1964, he directed the comedy " Dr. Strange-love ", which is a black humorous work, and the films "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "A Clockwork Orange" which he directed are collectively known as Kubrick" "Future Trilogy"; through this film, Kubrick began to explore the transformation of film narrative mode. He abandoned the conflicting narrative mode in traditional genre films, and instead adopted a narrative structure where three clues went hand in hand; he designed the end of the film It was rated as the "No. 2 most terrifying death shot" by the British film magazine "TotalFilm"
, and the film ranked 16th in the "80 Best Directors' Works" published by the Directors Guild of America
; Nominated for Best Picture at the 37th Academy Awards, Best Picture at the 18th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, Best British Film at the 18th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, and Stanley Kubrick won for this film New York Film Critics Association’s Best Director Award and nominated for the 37th Academy Awards for Director’s Award
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In 1968, he served as the director, screenwriter, and producer of the science fiction film " 2001: A Space Odyssey "; he gave up digital special effects when shooting the film, and instead used the frame-by-frame shooting technique of the silent film era
; in addition, he tried to narrate again The transformation of the model adopted the Bresit-style alienation narrative technique; the film became one of the masterpieces of space opera-style films and had an impact on the development of science fiction films; the film won the 22nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awarded the United Nations Award and the Best Picture Award, while Stanley Kubrick won the 13th Italian David Award for Best Foreign Production, the 41st Oscar Award for Best Director Award and other awards
; the film was not only selected for the American Directors’ Guild The list of "80 Best Directors"
was also named "No. 1 in the Top Ten Science Fiction Movies" by the American Film Institute and "No. 4 in the 100 Greatest American Movies" by the BBC
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In 1971, he directed the science fiction film " A Clockwork Orange "; he borrowed documentary filming techniques when shooting the film, including live radio, using only natural light for lighting, and using a wheelchair to create bumps when shooting tracking shots, etc.; the film Won the New York Film Critics Association's Best Picture of the Year Award, the 44th Oscar Award for Best Picture, and the 29th American Golden Globe Award for Best Picture
; the film was not only selected as the "80 Best Directors" by the Directors Guild of America The "Works" list
was also rated as the "Fourth in the Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies" by the American Film Institute
, and Stanley Kubrick won the New York Film Critics Association Annual Best Director Award and the 44th Oscar Award for Best Director for this film. Nominated and nominated for Best Director at the 29th American Golden Globe Awards
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In 1975, served as the director, screenwriter, and producer of the feature film " Barry Lyndon "; in order to express the film's classicism style, Kubrick borrowed from the style of 18th century classicism painting and adopted a slow zoom shooting method; The film was selected as the "80 Best Directors" by the Directors Guild of America and the "100 Greatest American Films" by the BBC
; Nominated for the 33rd American Golden Globe for Best Picture, and the 21st Italian David for the European David Award. With this film, Stanley Kubrick won the 48th Oscar nomination for Best Director and the 33rd American Golden Globe for Best Director nominated, Best Director Award at the 29th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
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In 1978, he began to shoot the horror film " The Shining "; he not only tried to use Steadicam for the first time, but also used the enclosed space to show the psychological space of the characters in the film; the realism style and shooting techniques he used in the film are against the horror The development of film has had an impact
. In 1980, the film was officially released and achieved a box office score of 30.9 million US dollars
; the film was selected into the "80 Best Directors" list announced by the Directors Guild of America
, and Stanley Kubrick won the 8th Saturn Award for the best of the film. Director nominated.
In 1985, he served as the director, screenwriter, and producer of the war film " Full Metal Jacket ", and used a full-fledged method to shoot the film
; after the film was released, it achieved a box office score of $38 million
and was selected by the British film magazine "Total Film" It was ranked 8th in the "50 Greatest War Movies in Film History"
, and Stanley Kubrick was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay at the 60th Academy Awards for this film
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At the end of 1996, started filming the suspense film " eyes wide shut " starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman . The film was nominated for the best foreign film at the 25th Caesars Award, and the film critic at the 56th Venice Film Festival. . In 1997, he won the Griffith Award from the Directors Guild of America and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th Venice International Film Festival
. Died on March 7, 1999 in Hertfordshire, England. In 2005, he was selected by the British film magazine "Empire" as "the fourth one of the hundred great directors in history"
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Personal Life
family situation
Stanley Kubrick's grandfather, Ilias Kubrick, inherited his father's business and made a living as a tailor. Stanley Kubrick’s parents were both Austrian Jewish immigrants. His father, Stanley Kubrick, was a physician. He started working as a doctor after graduating from medical school and opened a clinic
. On October 30, 1927, Jacques Kubrick and Gertrude Pveler married
. In 1934, Stanley Kubrick's sister Barbara Kubrick was born
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Love life
On May 29, 1948, Stanley Kubrick and Toba Mays held their wedding in New York. In 1954, Stanley Kubrick divorced Toba Mays
. In 1955, he married the ballerina Ruth Soboka in Albany, New York
. In 1957, he divorced Ruth Soboka; in the same year, he married Christine Harlan. On April 6, 1958, Stanley Kubrick's eldest daughter Anya Kubrick was born. On August 5, 1960, Stanley Kubrick's second daughter, Vivienne Kubrick, was born
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Character Evaluation
Stanley Kubrick is a respected master director
. His creation strives to express the absurd life and tragic philosophy, so most film scholars regard him as a representative of modernist films
. He is regarded as a generation of inspirational masters for his extensive and profound film concept and rebellious expressive art in his works.
. He is a director who has had a great influence on the world cinema. Although there are only 13 feature films left in the more than 40 years of filming, he is able to break through the conventions, enrich the film language with the pursuit of extreme images, and inject cultural and philosophical light into film art with maverick thinking
. Stanley Kubrick's strength is its ability to control a variety of movies. Not only can he shoot horror films, science fiction films, and film noirs, but he has also created masterpieces in every field. From "Children in Troubled Times" to "The Shining", from "Dr. Strange-love" to "2001: A Space Odyssey", he changed the style of the movie through every role
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Stanley Kubrick is a representative style director in Hollywood in the United States. His films have eliminated the division of genres due to his strong personal style. Philosophic themes and absurd art constitute Kubrick's unique narrative style. As a recognized film philosopher, he did not derive various types of stories from the framework of philosophy, but focused his serious thinking on people, human nature, people and society in the treatment of various themes, and absurd satirical language It also enables him to cut into profound and broad philosophical narrative themes from a cold perspective. The absurdity in Stanley Kubrick's film is expressed in the exaggerated expression of space. He uses rear-pull lens, long-tracking lens, deep focus, wide-angle lens, and slow motion to give the space incredible tension. Kubrick is to film what Bach is to classical music, because he broke the film’s narrative rules, and it is amazing to do whatever he wants.
. His films have penetrated into the core of human existence from different angles, and brought the energy of genre movies to the extreme with his distinctive personal style
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Stanley Kubrick's pursuit of absolute perfection is the key to his film's uniqueness
. He is a well-known perfectionist in the film industry, and almost all his works have become classics
. His visual perfection created the retro aesthetics in "Barry Lyndon". The film not only reflects Kubrick's high degree of control over the outside world, but also enables him to establish a very high position in the minds of Hollywood directors such as Martin Scorsese
. Stanley Kubrick's aesthetic concept has become more and more strict with the introduction of film works. In "A Clockwork Orange" he combines incredible ideas, rhythm changes and perfect music
. In "The Shining", he used highly cinematic modeling methods to show people extraordinary director skills
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Stanley Kubrick is a unique film author. His way of thinking about life and freedom is extraordinary, even independent from the world
. He has too precocious wisdom and knows how to deal with profit-seeking Hollywood. His film career is the "methodology" of this genius using the secular world to achieve his ambitions. The great thing about Stanley Kubrick is that the more worldly success he is, the more terrifying the world is
. He showed an attitude of reluctance to succumb to the trends that people are accustomed to.
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