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1. Ross Miller says:

   July 27, 2008 at 11:45 am

   Funnily enough 2001 and Lolita were both on Turner Classic Movies last night. Caught the last 5-10 mins of the former, and even though I hadn’t watched the rest that particular time I still found myself, without thinking to, clapping when the credits came up. Man that movie is an utter, utter masterpiece.

   But I have still to watch all of his movies – Spartacus, The Killing, Killer’s Kiss and Barry Lyndon. Which of those do you recommend I watch next?

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2. Henrik says:

   July 27, 2008 at 1:02 pm

   Barry Lyndon.

   Last Kubrick I watched was 2001: A Space Oddysey in 70MM with 1200 other people. Definitely was unforgetable.

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3. Andrew James says:

   July 27, 2008 at 1:22 pm

   Funny. I had NO IDEA it was Kubrick’s Birthday, yet I picked up his newest boxset yesterday with all the 2-disc version of the movies. I’m pretty excited to check out all the extras for Clockwork and Eyes Wide Shut.

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4. Roy P. says:

   July 27, 2008 at 4:12 pm

   I love Kubrick. I’ve seen all his movies. I uploaded Fear and Desire to Youtube a while back if anyone wants to check that out.

   My favorite is either The Shining or The Killing.

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5. Kurt says:

   July 27, 2008 at 5:11 pm

   I absolutely LOVE Barry Lyndon. I don’t know why it seems to be (at least in my mind) an overlooked Kubrick film. It’s a bloody masterpiece.

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6. Kurt says:

   July 27, 2008 at 5:14 pm

   I’ve got a copy of Day of the Fight (his short ‘boxing’ film) from the early 1950s. It was (and maybe still is) up on Google Video.

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7. Swarez says:

   July 27, 2008 at 5:39 pm

   I have yet to see Barry Lyndon as well as his first two, The Killing and The Killer’s Kiss. I do have The Killer’s Kiss sitting on my shelve though. Might pop it in tonight.

   My favorite of his films are 2001, Shining and Full Metal Jacket. FMJ was the only one I saw at the theater.

   The new Bat cave in The Dark Knight was very Kubrikesque and episode 7 of the new series of Venture Bros had a big nod to The Shining in it.

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8. Ross Miller says:

   July 27, 2008 at 5:50 pm

   My favourite is The Shining but I think 2001 is definitely his best (that I’ve seen anyway). However most of his films are masterpieces anyway:)

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9. Andrew James says:

   July 27, 2008 at 6:25 pm

   Barry Lyndon could be argued as his best film. I can’t understand why, as Kurt said, it seems to be very overlooked. I think maybe because it simply isn’t as entertaining as his more well-known stuff.

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10. Andrew James says:

    July 27, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    And Swarez, I thought the same thing when I saw the Bat “Cave.”

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11. Andrew James says:

    July 27, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Which by the way, why did they make the bat cave so sleek and plain? I thought Batman was supposed to be hanging out in a place that bats would like (i.e. Tim Burton’s bat cave). Part of Bruce Wayne’s “therapy” for getting over his bat phobia or whatever.

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12. Swarez says:

    July 27, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    Well the whole manor was destroyed in the first one and that was being rebuild so he needed another location for his toys. And he got over his phobia in the first one as well.

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13. stump says:

    July 27, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    I’m surprised Strangelove hasn’t been mentioned. It’s just as much a Peter Sellers movie, but still, it’s one of Kubrick’s greatest.

    One that doesn’t get mentioned much in Kubrick discussions is Paths of Glory. This is a great movie. It’s got the beginnings of Kubrick’s signature eerie dialogue pacing, but within what would have been a typical action/war movie. That’s kind of all I remember from it – I’ve seen it only once, like 10 years ago. Time to revisit that one.

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14. Kuraz says:

    July 28, 2008 at 4:47 am

    Anyone who’s dying for some more lingering Kubrick stuff should check out the doc Kubrick’s Boxes. Searching through Kubrick’ archives…Very interesting look at the man and his process not to mention his eccentric nuttiness. There’s a link to it on our blog. Enjoy
    http://eattheblinds.blogspot.com/2008/07/stanley-kubricks-boxes.html

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15. Ross Miller says:

    July 28, 2008 at 6:26 am

    @stump,

    Oh yeah I forgot to mention Dr Strangelove, thought I did though:P…

    I think it gets looked at a lot of the time as more of Sellers’ movie than Kubricks but you’re right, one of his best. Would we all agree that 2001, Dr Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining are all masterpieces?

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16. Henrik says:

    July 28, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Oddysey. It blows my mind that he did all of them.

    The Shining doesn’t do much for me. Paths of Glory is pretty shit as well. You can definitely see his sketching for Dr Strangelove in the french general, but it doesn’t work when it’s meant to be serious. The ending reminded me of a Steven Spielberg movie, and lo and behold, I saw an interview with Steven Spielberg where he said that on the night Kubrick died, he had dinner with friends, and then showed them the end scene of Paths of Glory and they were all crying like babies. Pathetic.

    With any of his films though, you know you’re going to get awesome action. Paths of Glory is elevated by its amazing action scene, same with Barry Lyndon, same with Spartacus.

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17. stump says:

    July 28, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Henrik you heartless bastard.

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18. Henrik says:

    July 28, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    I’m not heartless. I am a bastard though, I was created from unmarried sexual relations.

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