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Originally Posted by costello
no offense, but maybe you should browse through his catalog again  . i think kubrick new people very well, seeing how well he portrays outside elements affecting his characters. almost all of his films deal with the issue of dehuminization, so might it be fitting that they might be lacking with "human" emotion? i think the scene where cowboy dies in FMJ if full of emotion. did you not try to keep youself from sqirming out of your chair when alex was forced to watch the films to beethoven? maybe i didnt understand your rationalization but it was really broad, care to elaborate? |
Yeah, it was a bit broad. Well, first of all, I don't think Kubrick's a lousy director. He's one of the best; nearly all his films containes scenes of extreme beauty. I just find that the dehumanization exists already at the start of the films. Kubrick's so distant to his cararcters that they never really becomes alive. I think maybe his super aesthetic way of making movies becomes a barrier between us and the caracter. If you compare Alex or Barry Lyndon with Travis in Taxi Driver, maybe you'll understand my point. Alex is a violent obsessed lunatic who likes to terrorize his own gang, torture people, rape women and listen to Beethoven. And that's it, there's no other dept to him than that. Barry's obsessed with power and never expresses any other desire or feeling. While Travis is struggling in all kinds of way trying to find his place. I understand the reasons for this distant way of storytelling, I just find that it takes the humanity out of the caracters. And makes the films less interesting.