The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
STANLEY KUBRICKIt’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
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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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It’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
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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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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage.
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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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The screen is a magic medium.
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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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A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction.
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Take a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
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It’s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
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