Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe screen is a magic medium.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, ‘2001’ shows that what some people call ‘god’ is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don’t understand, they call ‘god’ -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963
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Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.
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Either you care, or you don’t. There’s no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.
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How does anybody ever think of anything?
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The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.
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You’re an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.
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You’re constantly changing man. But the film’s not changing. The film stays the same. That’s the beautiful aspect of it.
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Don’t get obsessed with not liking a movie.
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I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
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Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.
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All my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
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You either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
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