Stanley Kubrick — "I don't believe in God, but I believe in something bigger than ourselves. Call i…"
I don't believe in God, but I believe in something bigger than ourselves. Call it the universe, call it nature, call it whatever you want, but there's something out there that's beyond our comprehension.
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American filmmaker (2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining) whose perfectionist year-long shoots and 100-take method redefined auteurist cinema.
Closely associated with
Orson Welles (auteur predecessor and Citizen Kane director) and Steven Spielberg (younger collaborator (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Quentin Tarantino, postmodern American filmmaker — Kubrick's films erase influences into singular monolithic vision; Tarantino's foreground every reference as a deliberate tribute. The two opposite ways auteurist cinema can be made.
Details
Unpublished interview, quoted in 'Stanley Kubrick: A Biography' by John Baxter