Stanley Kubrick — "I'm not interested in making films that are politically correct. I'm interested …"
I'm not interested in making films that are politically correct. I'm interested in making films that are true to human nature, however ugly that may be.
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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.
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Quoted in 'Stanley Kubrick: A Biography' by John Baxter