Tag: Stanley Kubrick

A Stanley Kubrick Christmas: Intense Paranoia and Masquerade Orgies

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Masked group at the orgy staring ominously.

|Dan Howard| There’s certainly something about the holiday season that strikes a chord with filmmakers. Whether it’s Todd Hayne’s Carol, Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, or Shane Black’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, any film using Christmas as the backdrop for a non-holiday story sets… Continue reading

For Better and Worse, A.I. Artificial Intelligence is Where Spielberg and Kubrick Meet

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David (Haley Joel Osment) and Gigolo Goe (Jude Law) in Rouge City—a futuristic, brightly lit environment filled with holograms and flashing lights.

|Ryan Sanderson| A lot of digital ink has been spilled over the origins of A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Writer-director Steven Spielberg never tried to pawn it off as a straight-up Stanley Kubrick enterprise (it’s one of only three films in Spielberg’s career on which he takes both credits… Continue reading