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Post by chris3 on Jul 26, 2018 8:10:07 GMT
I've seen every other Kubrick film multiple times. I'm ten minutes into Paths and paused it to post this message. HOLY SHIT THIS MOVIE IS FUCKING AMAZING AND SO AHEAD OF ITS TIME AND UTTERLY WONDERFUL IN FORM AND CONTENT. I can't believe I'm such a Kubrick fan and yet THIS was the one I never checked back on. It's like every modern camera movement that I attributed to Spielberg (i.e. the dynamic movement of his camera juxtaposed to Hitchcock scene structure) was absolutely present here just in the first ten minutes! Can't wait to see what Kubrick has to say about war in this one. That opening shot was more impressive than the entirety of images from Full Metal Jacket (which I love btw). Anyway back to the movie. Can't believe it's this good.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jul 26, 2018 8:16:10 GMT
First time since "childhood" ? Damn , you were precocious !
ps : yes , it's an amazing film . My favourite Kubrick film .
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Post by chris3 on Jul 26, 2018 11:13:02 GMT
My mom had it on when I was thirteen and made me watch it. I preferred The Dirty Dozen. Oh my god. It was incredible. His best after 2001. A Kubrick film never made me weep. That ending is overwhelming.
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Post by stephen on Jul 26, 2018 14:56:27 GMT
Yeah, the more that time passes, the more I think that Paths of Glory is Kubrick's real masterpiece. Dr. Strangelove is still my top favorite from his canon, perhaps because of its rather screwball nature that sort of flies in the face of everything that makes Kubrick Kubrick, but if we're talking about a master of his craft managing to nail every technical aspect as well as capturing the humanity of his characters, he never did better than he did here.
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 26, 2018 15:17:53 GMT
This film is one of the reasons I consider Kirk Douglas to be the premiere film actor of that decade. Kubrick is the auteur, and magnificent in his artistry.....but Douglas is the beating heart and moral centre of Paths Of Glory.
To me, it's absolutely no coincidence that Kubricks's most humane and soulful films (Spartacus and Paths Of Glory) were both produced by and starring Douglas. In both his roles (actor/producer), Douglas took the technical precision and cynicism inherent in all Kurbrick's work, and gave it a beating heart and humanity most of Kubrick's works lacked (for all their incisiveness and intelligence)). And the world and film was finer for it. Shame they were both two massive egos the could only deal with each other for so long. But it's interesting to think what more they could have done together, as Douglas brought out a humane quality in Kubrick (ever the clinician) that was rarely evidenced otherwise.
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Post by stephen on Jul 26, 2018 15:25:05 GMT
This film is one of the reasons I consider Kirk Douglas to be the premiere film actor of that decade, Kubrick is the auteur, and magnificent in his artistry.....but Douglas is the beating heart and moral centre of Paths Of Glory. To me, it's absolutely no coincidence that Kubricks's most humane and soulful films (Spartacus and Paths Of Glory) were both produced by and starring Douglas. In both his roles (actor/producer), Douglas took the technical precision and cynicism inherent in all Kurbrick's work, and gave it a beating heart and humanity most of Kubrick's works lacked (for all their incisiveness and intelligence)). And the world and film was finer for it. Shame they were both two massive egos the could only deal with each other for so long. But it's interesting to think what more they could have done together, as Douglas brought out a humane quality in Kubrick (ever the clinician) that was rarely evidenced otherwise. As the biggest Spartacus fan on the planet, I'm so glad to see someone else holding that same viewpoint. I really do think that Kubrick's best period was that stretch from 1956 to '64. 2001 was a watershed moment for him as a visual director, but it also broke him because every film after that really failed to capture the humanity and souls (as you rightly put it) of his characters. Barry Lyndon and Full Metal Jacket have glimmers of it, but the former is wrecked by having a soulless block of wood as its title character and the latter is all about dehumanization in the first place. That said, Douglas would've owned the General Ripper role in Strangelove. Hayden's brilliant, my win that year even against Scott, but Kirk would've been aces as well. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 21, 2018 2:46:19 GMT
Having just watched this one the other day, I'm inclined to agree that it's one hell of a film. Not even a top three Kubrick for me (Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining, and 2001 respectively hold those spots), but I have a feeling this one will grow with me over time. It already has in just the two days I've seen it.
Also amazing to note that this was a big inspiration for David Simon while he was working on The Wire (which is my favorite thing ever made), so that makes me love it all the more.
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