The Shining (1980) is creative director Stanley Kubrick’s intense‚ epic‚ gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece - a beautiful‚ stylish work that distanced itself from the blood-letting and gore of most modern films in the horror genre. (The film waits until its climax to provide the typical catharctic bloody violence of most traditional horror films.) The film’s source material from science-fiction/horror author Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel (his third novel under his own name)
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Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film‚ The Shining‚ based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel‚ is listed among the greatest horror movies‚ viewed by some as one of the greatest films of all time‚ and is now being noted as an influence for Taylor Swift’s new music video for “Shake It Off” (Zalben). Though it deviates from King’s writing‚ Kubrick’s translation of the source material is steeped in mystery and conspiracy. On the surface‚ The Shining is a horror movie based on a family trapped in an eerie hotel where
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Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is known as one of the best horror films of American cinema. The film explores both psychological and supernatural themes of horror combined into one story line. Adapted from Stephen King’s novel of the same title‚ Kubrick elevates the story by introducing visual and auditory elements to amplify the horror that is portrayed in the original novel. Kubrick’s artistic style is something like no other‚ and the uncomfortable atmosphere that circulates throughout the film
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Spanning contentious themes of morality and psychology‚ Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange sparked polarizing reception among critics upon its 1941 release. The film‚ based on the novel by Anthony Burgess‚ follows the exuberant amoral acts of Alex‚ a thug in a dystopian city‚ until his gang betrays him to the authorities and‚ rather than be taught right from wrong‚ is brainwashed to detest sex and violence through inhumane techniques. While some critics‚ such as Vincent Canby of The New York Times
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Hanna Moradi TCS 004 Professor Ravetto-Biagioli February 17‚ 2011 TITLE GOES HERE SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most significant films in the science-fiction film community. Made in 1968‚ the film revolves around the ideas of the evolution of humans‚ the advancement of technology‚ space travel‚ and extraterrestrial lifeforms. Stanley Kubrick presents the film in a completely groundbreaking and futuristic light with innovative special effects‚ multi-perspective
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Clockwork Cruelty The names Stanley Kubrick and Antonin Artaud are ones that are not often‚ if ever‚ heard together in the same sentence. However‚ this does not mean they have nothing in common. In fact Kubrick ’s film A Clockwork Orange shares elements with Artaud ’s Theatre of Cruelty. This is seen in the disorienting use of language‚ visuals in which “violent physical images crush and hypnotize the sensibility of the spectator” (Cardullo‚ 375)‚ and in how the film ’s
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Introduction In this essay there will be attempted to establish Stanley Kubrick as one of the world’s best directors by using the auteur theory witch elevates a director as not just a member of the film crew but as the artist bringing his personal style and personality to a film. Kubrick’s work will be analysed in accordance with the auteur theory in other to establish that he is one of the best directors in the industry. The auteur theory makes it possible for a film to be more than a collaborative
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life through life action or cartoon feature films. However‚ while a frequent number of these adopted pieces of work stay true to their prior work of literature‚ there are many that fail to do so and often deter from the original written manner. Stanley Kubrick is a director known for his display of lively visuals in film‚ and his adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining is an excellent example of his creativity when it comes to cinema. However‚ Kubrick’s film opposes to many of King’s original ideas
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2001: A Space Odyssey The following paper will analyze the movie‚ "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick" and "The Centinel" by Arthur C. Clarke. Although there are many themes present between the story and the film‚ the following are the most dominant. I will be discussing Scientific themes‚ Religious and Moral Themes‚ and Clarke’s development of the short story into a full-length film. The first issue‚ I will be discussing the scientific themes of the movie. The movie‚ "2001: A Space
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Stanley Kubrick’s cold and frightening "The Shining" challenges the mind. In the opening scene at a job interview‚ we meet Jack Torrance‚ a man who plans to live for the winter in solitude and isolation with his wife and son. He will be the caretaker of the snowbound Overlook Hotel. His employer warns that a former caretaker murdered his wife and two daughters‚ and committed suicide‚ but Jack told him: "You can rest assured‚ Mr. Ullman‚ that’s not gonna happen with me. And as far as my wife is concerned
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