Steven Spielberg is my all-time favorite director, and Stanley Kubrick is probably hot on his heels, with Scorsese and Hitchcock interchangeably there as well. So, when I saw there was a YouTube video of Spielberg discussing Stanley Kubrick and his influence over him, as well as his singular vision, I had to watch. What I saw was a fascinating dissection of who Kubrick was and what his films mean to Spielberg. Let's dive in. Steven Spielberg on Stanley Kubrick In just three minutes, I feel like we got a really succinct and direct answer about what makes Lubrick so great. Spielberg starts off talking about Kubrick's singular vision, with each film stemming from intensely unique concepts. Kubrick was renowned for his thorough exploration of subjects, meticulously dissecting them to a point where, as Spielberg puts it, there was "nothing further to examine."One thing I love about Kubrick, that Spielberg says he's almost imitated, is that Kubrick never returned to the same genre twice. His filmography is praised for its eclectic subject matter. He dug into a multitude of genres with each new project. Spielberg illustrates this by contrasting iconic films like the groundbreaking science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey with the period drama Barry Lyndon, or the satirical dark comedy Dr. Strangelove with the dystopian A Clockwork Orange.Despite this genre-hopping, a consistent technique and artistic style unified Kubrick's diverse body of work. His distinctive filmmaking craft and "fierce eye" were evident in every frame, creating a signature that was unmistakably...
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