Stanley Kubrick remembered on his birthday

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Filmmakers and fans marked Stanley Kubrick's birthday on July 26 with tributes, clips and deep-dive coverage. Kubrick was born July 26, 1928 and died March 7, 1999; commentators note his 12 feature-length films, 13 Oscar nominations and a single Academy Award win for visual effects on 2001. Podcast Thief's Monthly Movie Loot episode 43 brought film scholar Nathan Abrams to discuss Kubrick's work, from the Overlook Hotel to Vietnam and the infinites of space, and to share a Top 5 Kubrick films list. New home-video attention also surfaced, with Criterion's Kubrick set said to include the original Academy mono mix for 2001. A recent piece recalled that The Beatles were once considered to star in a Stanley Kubrick adaptation of The Lord of the Rings during pre-Peter Jackson attempts to adapt the book.

Jonathan Edwards

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Stanley Kubrick. Born on this day in 1928.

A portrait of Kubrick in pen, ink, pencil and paint

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Brendel

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It’s Stanley Kubrick’s birthday today, what is YOUR favorite Kubrick classic? 🎥

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C.A. Pinkham14

I didn't see that it was you that posted this at first and immediately went to Wikipedia to check something

Joe Flynn12

Brendel when I get home I'm gonna punch yo mama in the mouth.

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If anyone says something other than Smokey and the Bandit, they clearly are not a film historian

a human, like you3

I love that champagne commercial he was in “ahhhhhh, the French!”

Will O'Minder3

Smokey and the Barry Lyndon

Mackenzie2

We’re gonna do what they say can’t be done

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jOSEPHINE rIESMAN29

I juuuuust rewatched 2001 and on the big screen for the first time, but my vote forever goes to my boy Barry Lyndon. Barry, you were a piece of shit who woulda owned a Cybertruck in 2026, but boy do I love watching you gradually wreck your life

Casey Stegman3

One of these is not a Kubrick film. He never made a movie called Barry Lyndon.

Indrapramit Das3

Can't pick favourites, but the one I've watched most often is EYES WIDE SHUT. The two I've seen in theatres are BARRY LYNDON and 2001; glorious, everyone should do if they can.

Catbus

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happy birthday, Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) 📽️

Stanley Kubrick selfie from the Overlook Hotel public bathroom set of 'The Shining', an out of focus Jack Nicholson in the foreground with a movie camera and operator reflected in one mirror while Kubrick & his daughter Vivian are reflected in the other along with Nicholson's back

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Greg Pak10

#BelieveInFilm pals, anyone recognize the 35mm camera Kubrick's shooting?

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Remembering Stanley Kubrick on his birthday 🎂 Here are Our Top 5 Films by him. Do you have a favourite Kubrick movie? 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #botd moremovies.co.uk/top-5-stanle...

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JPSea ..🦩🦚4

Brilliant article MM! My favourite (although I’ve not seen Fear & Desire or Eyes Wide Shut) 🤷‍♂️📽🎟

Cassol ronnie2

2001 The Shining Spartacus Full metal jacket Lolita

BatMiteReborn1

It's really difficult to peg a favourite, but it's between the shining and 2001,both are amazing for different reasons but I think purely on camera photography and directing alone (the handy cam was invented for this film) it has to be the shining. 🦇

harrysenior.bsky.social1

2001 Barry lyndon Spartacus Paths of glory A clockwork orange

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#2001ASpaceOdyssey #SciFi #StanleyKubrick #FilmSky #movies #vintagemovieposters #alternativemovieposters #RobertMcCall

French version of 2001's original movie poster, on Art.com. Painting by Robert McCall.

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Stanley Kubrick Birthday memory - A Genius at his Craft What a Legacy and body of work he left behind #FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies

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Cinefeast33 📽📺📚

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BOTD 7/26/1928: Stanley Kubrick Bow down to an actual legend! Kubrick only directed 12 feature-length films, but 11 are straight-up bangers & absolute classics. Among the pantheon of film GODS; 13 Oscar noms (improbably only winning one for visual effects on 2001). #filmsky 📽

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sci.fried

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Stanley Kubrick on the set of his best movie #filmsky

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Shaun2

Ah, I see you've chosen violence today.

davidc1935.bsky.social

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"Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling." Stanley Kubrick, born 26 July 1928.

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Aldo Gandia

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For his role in #TheKilling, Sterling Hayden was paid $40,000. When you work with Stanley Kubrick that works out to roughly eight dollars per take. #SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty while I clown around

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jOSEPHINE rIESMAN

@josie.zone

Happy posthumous birthday to Stanley Kubrick This clip fascinates me

231h ago

Immigrant Punk2

Is there more to the clip? This is fascinating and would love to watch/read more

Blastgoggles1

"you're going to America? Terrible!" Still sadly a relevant phrase. RIP.

chatsubo657.bsky.social1

I wonder what his Holocaust film that could never get made (or maybe he just couldn’t make), would have been like? Though sure there’s an interpretation of The Shining really being about the Holocaust, out there somewhere.

Michael Warburton

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Remembering one of Cinema’s greatest (pioneering) Filmmakers— STANLEY KUBRICK — born 98yrs ago today.

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Mr Natural

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#BOTD 1928. Remembering film director Stanley Kubrick. (d.1999) #Filmsky

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Megan Abbott

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“Never, ever go near power. Don’t become friends with anyone who has real power. It’s dangerous.” HBD, the great Stanley Kubrick …

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Cool Bike Art

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Before becoming a filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photographer for Look magazine How the Circus Gets Set 1948 📷Stanley Kubrick #BicycleBirthday Stanley Kubrick July 26 (1928-1999)

Photo of a man in a suit and hat standing with his hand next to his mouth. In the background there's a person riding a bicycle on a tightrope with two people dangling from the wheels.

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