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May 31

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When the inspirational-people Listography was being put together a few weeks ago, I realized that despite my love of Kubrick’s work that I had yet to feature him in a Debrief. It was clearly something that had to be done. And while selecting just one of his films was a task, actually writing this has honestly been a bit intimidating. One of the common public perceptions about Kubrick is that he was the ultimate control freak – he was always on his own timeline when shooting his films then tweaked and re-tweaked the editing. I don’t hide my respect for the man as a director; the depth in his use of symbols, his purposeful blocking, the way the audience’s response to characters change with subsequent viewings of the film, his absolutely masterful cinematography and use of the colour palette. Kubrick’s films are so packed full with stories and layers of meaning that I’m fairly certain I will leave out something of great relevance in this Debrief.  But part of the joy of writing these things is that I get to explore the film for myself as well. One of the things that I find positively gleeful about Kubrick’s work is that he has this way of making overarching statements about the state of humanity and his films are genuinely terrifying because of it. I believe Kubrick makes horror films (in the way John Ford makes westerns) not because they’re always scary or gory but because he has this way of telling a story that is both sincerely unnerving and haunting.

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