54-593 Stanley Kubrick and His Films

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Stanley Kubrick and His Films Stanley Kubrick and His Films will explore the amazing diversity in this excellent film directors output from 19671999. The course will emphasize the psychological and moral issues raised in his films. And the course will focus on his camera techniques, his use of sound and music, and other remarkable innovative elements. With each film, Kubrick seems to reinvent himself, expanding the dimensions of film art. Films that will be shown in class include Paths of Glory 1957, Lolita 1962, Dr. Strangelove 1964, 2001 A Space Odyssey 1968, A Clockwork Orange 1971, Barry Lyndon 1976, The Shining 1980, Full Metal Jacket 1987 and Eyes Wide Shut 1999.

Prerequisites: none listed

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