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68. (63) METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang, 1927) 69. (49) DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) 70. (62) ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Sergio Leone, 1968) 71. (55) CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, 1974) 72. (68) LA STRADA (Federico ...
And the key alterations that Stanley Kubrick made to King’s book bring up a host of interesting questions about the story: What is meant to be supernatural, what is cabin fever, what is the point of pointless characters, and just what is this story about, really? The latter question has...
all top-notch films at their time. As is the theme of Part Two, the winner, while good, beat out one (or in this case several) great films. How Green Was My Valley might best be remembered as the film that beat Citizen Kane
While Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey certainly blew people's mind nine years before, it was no George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode IV − A New Hope. It's a film that, naturally, inspires hope each time it's viewed, regardless of which tampered with version the viewer is screen...
Hindsight’s a bitch: How 2001: A Space Odyssey slipped through the Academy’s fingers only speaks to the bias against science fiction pre-2000s. Fifty-five years later, Kubrick’s masterstroke remains one of the five best films ever made. ...
all filmed on the same deserted council estate Stanley Kubrick used for Alex’s home inA Clockwork Orange.It’s not a music video so much as an assaultive horror film in miniature; we’re still praying that we’ll one day get a full-length feature version of nightmare. (Our su...
Years after making the most famous war satire of all time withDr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick told a much darker and disturbing war story.Full Metal Jacketis told in two separate parts, the first being the harsh and intense boot camp soldiers faced before going to the war, and the second...
I think it was a very brave and commendable selection. My pick for the best film of 1987 would go to Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam drama, Full Metal Jacket. Having gone with Platoon – Oliver Stone’s take on the Vietnam War – the prior year, it is no surprise that the Academy tur...