9 years ago

“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.” 

With more then 2,125 results for Stanley Kubrick on Vimeo and about 72,700 videos on youtube, one of the greatest and most influential American directors of all time, still influences young film makers and editors around the globe every day. There are numerous brilliant web video essays and tributes (micro infinito) (Andrés Borja) to Stanley, the genius behind films such as Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and my personal Top 5 favorite of all time: Full Metal Jacket. 

Go here for one of my fav. quotes, this about how Kubrick approached his films (JPG). Even though his first and last sentence contradict each other a bit, Kubrick means to say in the last sentence: “stick to a plan” and that “planning only takes you so far, it’s preparing to be in the moment that is so crucial.” And that’s why we all love Kubrick! Kubrick’s films are both technically and artistically stunning, while content-wise, he often sought to be controversial. 

Have a look below at some of the greatest edits and films about Kubrick on the web…. (ONLY WITH PROPER HEADSET!) 

“Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop.” – Martin Scorsese

How Stanley Kubrick Forces Us to Look At Ourselves. Do you see yourself here? Brilliant edit by Stefano Westerling. 

For filmmakers like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was life changing, redefining what cinema could be. All films below are all directed by the great film historian Gary Leva; 

Stanley Kubrick’s immortal status as a master of cinema is accepted to the point in which he’s become the subject of college classes—studying patterns in his movies, it seems, can speak volumes about his creative process. We’ve seen supercuts that gather cinematic techniques including his use of the “one point perspective,” but even decisions that other filmmakers might neglect, such as the use of color, received Kubrick’s full attention. Case in point: Red: A Kubrick Supercut, put together by Rishi Kaneria. (thecreatorsproject) 

Visit Kaneria’s Vimeo page for more of his insightful supercuts.

“Since, in the long run, every planetary civilisation will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilisation is obliged to become spacefaring–not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive… If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds.” ― Carl Sagan, 

Using only dialogue and images from Stanley Kubrick’s films, video essayist somersetVII explores Kubrick’s genius use of imagery and language to evoke moods and emotions, rather than strictly focusing on plot and character.

somersetVII other 8 uploaded video’s

Concept artist Nick Acosta took a break from his illustration workload to contemplate the stars, and the result is a reality-bending mash-up blending NASA stock footage with Stanley Kubrick’s seminal sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. (creatorsproject) 

Carefully constructed and choreographed with music from his films, the tribute is a reminder of some of the directors’ signature themes and techniques: the bursts of violence evident in A Clockwork Orange, the moments of eerie quiet and internal character struggle in The Shining, the sheer breadth and beauty of landscape and space found in Eyes Wide Shut. (Slate) By Alexandre Gasulla.

Alexandre Gasulla other 15 uploaded video’s

Stanley Kubrick worked for years as a photographer for Look magazine before transitioning to filmmaking. He famously modeled shots from the period piece Barry Lyndon on 18th-century paintings by artists like William Hogarth. This spectacular edit by Vimeo user kogonada highlights the unusual symmetry of Kubrick’s films, and lets us zoom in on the effect of the single-perspective shot. The title of the video “Kubrick: One-Point Perspective,” refers to the graphic terminology for a vanishing point that directly faces the viewer. One-point perspective is normally applied to painting and architecture.  Too bad on the score though. 

RACCORDS’ brilliant Director series, have a look at Stanley Kubrick’s 5-part series

WATCH STANLEY KUBRICK- THE FINAL FEATURES [1.1] – [1.5] 

Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jon Ronson about the film director Stanley Kubrick. Ronson’s intent was not to create a biography of the filmmaker but rather to understand Kubrick by studying the director’s vast personal collection of memorabilia related to his feature films. 

All other essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick: 

  1. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) (One of the best documentaries on Kubrick)
  2. The Art of Stanley Kubrick 
  3. Cinefile: Stanley Kubrick 
  4. A la Recherche de Stanley Kubrick (A. Michaux, F. Benudis 1999)
  5. The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000)
  6. Cinefile: Stanley Kubrick — The Invisible Man (1996)
  7. Stanley Kubrick: Rare Dutch documentary, Without Walls: Forbidden Fruit (1993)
  8. Stanley Kubrick’s Big Interview with The New Yorker, 2001: The Making of a Myth (2001)
  9. Steven and Stanley
  10. The Making of THE SHINING 
  11. Dark Side of the Moon: Stanley Kubrick and the Fake Moon Landings
  12. Barry Lyndon: Use of the Mitchell BNC Camera and Zeiss Lenses 
  13. Remembering Stanley Kubrick: Steven Spielberg (Paul Joyce 1999)
  14. and Inside: ‘Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’ (2000) 
  15. Making of a Myth 2001: A Space Odyssey

Photo credit: somersetVII