Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick is known for his outrageous style for his time. In 1962 he directed the well known film ‘Clockwork Orange’ which was taken off of screens in Great Britain because of the obscene amount of sex and violence that people of that time didn’t think was acceptable. The public was so shocked with what they were seeing as Kubrick didn’t hold back at all with the amount of sexual acts he involved in the film and how the camera could see all. Kubrick is seen as being quite vulgar as there are many nudity scenes which sometimes involve rape and made the audience feel uncomfortable when they are watching. I think this is what he intended to do as he directed films of a horror/thriller genre and he wanted to surprise people. The film also involves a huge amount of violence and crime which is another aspect of Kubrick’s style as we see this in many of his films. An example of this is in ‘The Shining’ which consists of the use of violence as a way to protect yourself but also as a way to intimidate someone. ‘The Shining’ is a horror so it has a very dark setting and style but I think this also is because it has Kubrick’s approach to horror. In his films we also see an unusual twist on characters and circumstances which makes the plot interesting for the audience to watch. An example of this is when the character Jack in ‘The Shining’ is a good family man and by the end of the film he is mentally ill and threatens his family. In this film there is also a use of spiritual presence which adds to the surrealism of Kubrick’s films.