Stanley Kubrick is a well-known film director considered to be one of the greatest in the industry. He made a mark in the history by creating awesome movies which have reflected a lot of progressive ideas of the lifetime. Some of his great creations are Paths of Glory, which was released in the year 1957 and A Clockwork Orange, released in the year 1971.

Based on the novel written by Humphrey Cobb, Paths of Glory is an anti-war film that centers on the dehumanization of the military and the tendency of soldiers in wars to be treated as more of a machine than anything else. What got people on their toes are the movie’s tense sequences in the trench warfare and the climactic courtroom scene.

A Clockwork Orange, based on a novel written by Anthony Burgess, showcases both the left and right of the politics. This dystopian anti-war crime film depicts the moral dilemma people go through whenever having to deal with stopping the immoral behavior in preference to being good.

These two incredible films are proofs of Kubrick’s solid opinion on wars and dehumanization of soldiers in specific unpredictable cases. More than that, there are a lot of films that show the complexity of the man that Kubrick turned out to be. 

Kubrick is recognized to be one of the most creative directors in the history of films. He is capable of introducing and showcasing ideas and theories through the artistic medium. More than being a director, he is also a great painter, playwright, satirist, and conceptual futurist. Besides being a talented artist, he is also a complex man with a wide field of interests, from politics and morality to progressive theories of the future. This is reflected in his work with 2001: A Space Odyssey in the year 1968 and The Shining in the year 1980, showing his attraction to supernatural possibilities.

Stanley Kubrick started as a photojournalist in New York City. His specialties in the field center on capturing people’s everyday busy lives, from the simple fast track on subways and streets to low key walks and sitting in the park. It is evident though, even that early, that Kubrick has a talent for telling a story and showcasing theories and ideologies through images. His first film is the Day of the Fight, which is a show documentary. 

The awesome fact about Kubrick is that he is a natural director. Even when he was still a photojournalist, his pieces show specific stories that boggle people’s curiosity. In fact, a lot of his films are built and structured images at first and then completed to form a film at the end of the day.

Entrance to Kubrick museum exhibit at LACMA

Kubrick has become an icon in the film industry to that point that he was rumored to even be chased by The Beatles to be the one to direct a version of the now legendary The Lord of the Rings. This was said to happen in the 1960s when United Artists bought the rights of the book to be turned into a movie.