Stanley Kubrick — "The really terrifying thing about 'The Shining' is that it's a story about a man…"
The really terrifying thing about 'The Shining' is that it's a story about a man who goes mad and tries to kill his family. And that's something that can happen to anyone.
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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.