93-766 Stanley Kubrick and his Films

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

The course will explore selected Kubrick films with an emphasis on camera techniques, special effects, and the use of sound and lighting. We will note the moral, social, and psychological issues raised by each film. We explore how rich Kubricks imagination was revealing the emotional, visual, and dramatic world of his camera. The films we will watch are PATHS OF GLORY, THE KILLING, LOLITA, DR. STRANGELOVE, 2001, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, BARRY LYNDON, THE SHINING, FULL METAL JACKET, and EYES WIDE SHUT. With each film we will watch, Kubrick seems to reinvent himself, expanding the dimensions of film art and creating for the audience an amazing, unpredictable, and mysterious universe.

Prerequisites: none listed

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