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Originally Posted by grampaglasses
ooh, here's an interesting one for The Shining:
'Kubrick wants to be a genius. In some regards he may be, but in many regards it is his film making techniques that excel, but not his sense of story telling. There is a rule in literary fiction: if it does not progress the plot, throw it away. Kubrick excels in such excess. So many scenes in this movie have nothing to do with the plot.'
It's like he's watching an entirely different movie.
'Kubrick wants to be a genius. In some regards he may be, but in many regards it is his film making techniques that excel, but not his sense of story telling. There is a rule in literary fiction: if it does not progress the plot, throw it away. Kubrick excels in such excess. So many scenes in this movie have nothing to do with the plot.'
It's like he's watching an entirely different movie.
He makes scenes that at first glance don't seem important, but if you look again there are undertones and very subtle exposition in those scenes.
ooh, here's an interesting one for The Shining:
'Kubrick wants to be a genius. In some regards he may be, but in many regards it is his film making techniques that excel, but not his sense of story telling. There is a rule in literary fiction: if it does not progress the plot, throw it away. Kubrick excels in such excess. So many scenes in this movie have nothing to do with the plot.'
It's like he's watching an entirely different movie.
'Kubrick wants to be a genius. In some regards he may be, but in many regards it is his film making techniques that excel, but not his sense of story telling. There is a rule in literary fiction: if it does not progress the plot, throw it away. Kubrick excels in such excess. So many scenes in this movie have nothing to do with the plot.'
It's like he's watching an entirely different movie.
Originally Posted by grampaglasses
'The "genious" overacting and unoriginal characters portrayed by Peter Sellers were pathetic. Occasionally, I heard forced laughter from one or two people in the otherwise silent audience.'
What audience?
What audience?
'The "genious" overacting and unoriginal characters portrayed by Peter Sellers were pathetic. Occasionally, I heard forced laughter from one or two people in the otherwise silent audience.'
What audience?
What audience?
Originally Posted by grampaglasses
http://reelfilm.com/kubrick.htm#dr < only bad review to Dr. Strangelove I've ever seen. What a moron.
http://reelfilm.com/kubrick.htm#dr < only bad review to Dr. Strangelove I've ever seen. What a moron.
Originally Posted by tatmmw2
Originally Posted by Iroquois
I don't need this.