In Reply to: NO director matches the number of Kubrick's great films. posted by tinear on February 3, 2004 at 07:02:40:
You only need to see it under the right perspective: it all happens inside Tom Cruise´s character´s mind. Just remember the title of the novel it comes from: Arthur Scnitzler´s "Traumnovel" (Novel of a Dream)...And "Clockwork Orange" can´t be understood looking at it from nowadays..., but at that time I was working with a group of psychiatrists who were exploring that conditioning and deconditioning stuff, with the vane pretension of curing homosexuals! When I look back to those days, I feel a cold shiver all along my spine...
"Barry Lyndon" is fine, from a purely aesthetical perspective, while it is pretty empty of content, something fine for those projecting their own feelings on it..., and he chose Ryan O´Neal, just because he was the perfect empty actor, for an empty role, going from nowhere to no place at all...
And there are very few films so strongly anti-war, and so anti-militarist as "Paths of Glory", and "Full Metal Jacket" (Dalton Trumbo got it, too, with "Johnny took his Gun"), or so fiercely denouncing of the Cold War madness as "Dr. Strangelove"...
About "2001" I have given my opinion, in another thread, some time ago. And on it I stand.
Kubrick was simply great!
Regards
BF
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Follow Ups
- I agree. In full. And "Eyes Wide Shut" was excellent, too. - orejones 09:31:50 02/04/04 (15)
- Re: I thought Ryan O'Neal was chosen - rico 12:07:38 02/04/04 (1)
- Actually, his presense is not strong enough to interfere with the cinematography . . . - albee33 16:07:02 02/04/04 (0)
- Re: I agree. In full. And "Eyes Wide Shut" was excellent, too. - Victor Khomenko 11:20:39 02/04/04 (10)
- Re: No nudity? - rico 12:09:39 02/04/04 (9)
- Holly cow! Time to watch it again! - Victor Khomenko 12:32:43 02/04/04 (8)
- Re: Holly cow! Time to watch it again! - rico 13:41:28 02/04/04 (7)
- Then what is Bernardo complaining about? - Victor Khomenko 14:21:43 02/04/04 (6)
- Me complaining? Not at all..., just expressing my opinion, man! And now please... - orejones 02:12:07 02/05/04 (5)
- Re: Barry Lyndon "...a true fiest of the eye" - rico 08:50:17 02/05/04 (0)
- Re: Me complaining? Not at all..., just expressing my opinion, man! And now please... - Victor Khomenko 06:12:29 02/05/04 (3)
- I need no interpreter, as there´s not so much to look for in that character... - orejones 10:39:54 02/05/04 (2)
- Well, now you are changing your words... and more than once - Victor Khomenko 11:27:08 02/05/04 (1)
- You have understood...nothing at all. - orejones 05:32:37 02/06/04 (0)
- Re: Clockwork. Behavior modification VERY much is still - tinear 10:35:25 02/04/04 (0)
- Re:Yes, you are a deseperated case..Time to say good bye.... - patrickU 09:50:44 02/04/04 (0)