>first feature-length film Stanley Kubrick ever directed
>better than any other movie that came before it
How the fuck did he do it?
First feature-length film Stanley Kubrick ever directed
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Carson Lopez
are we ignoring Fear & Desire and Killer's Kiss now?
Brandon Morgan
It's not that good. It's a competent movie at best but there's nothing special about it. There are far better films that came out before.
Brandon Gomez
For me it's Paths of Glory
Dominic Flores
Huh? What are you talking about? Those movies don't exist
Brandon Wilson
>nothing special
well the non-linear plot predates Tarantino by 37 years
compare The Killing to a standard 1955 release and you'll see how good it was when it came out.
Jaxson Bailey
>well the non-linear plot predates Tarantino by 37 years
That doesn't make it good. And playing with narrative wasn't unheard of in the 50s. I do like the narrative construction of The Killing but that's all that I found interesting about it.
David Bell
>well the non-linear plot predates Tarantino by 37 years
so what's your point
Jackson Torres
the message i replied to said The Killing was nothing special. I point out the plot structure that is indeed special and unconventional for its period. that's all.
Alexander Walker
yes but why do you use tarantino as some fucking measure stick
Oliver Sullivan
Fair enough, but the idea of breaking traditional narrative structure wasn't unknown prior to the release of The Killing. I'll credit Kubrick for doing something interesting with it at least.
Ryan Williams
I remember my teacher in film school saying that this movie doesn't pass the Bechdel test
Zachary Young
>film full of criminal losers
>adding more women would make this more feminist
women
Carson Price
if you were around in the 90's you'd know for a few years the non-linear aspect of Pulp Fiction was something everyone was raving about as innovative and fresh, or attributing to Tarantino as his distinctive feature. if it was fresh and innovative in the 90's then maybe it was too in the 50's.
again this is just in reply to the guy who said The Killing is nothing special. i make no claim that it was the first use of time jumping in a narrative ever or that The Killing is the greatest movie ever.
Ryan Collins
>Huh? What are you talking about? Those movies don't exist
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Jacob Fisher
you missed the joke, Stanley Kubrick disowned those two films and tried to take 'em out of circulation later
Charles Roberts
Far from his best but still solid noir, Hayden is fantastic and I love how it ends on a slowdow. Killer's Kiss was less memorable but did have a moody chase on rooftops that's pretty impressive. Haven't seen Fear & Desire, worth it?
Benjamin Fisher
Not really. It was embarrassingly bad
Dylan Harris
>better than any other movie that came before it
the fuck, watch more old movies. It's merely decent
Austin James
>There are far better films that came out before.
>the fuck, watch more old movies. It's merely decent
Like what?
>inb4 Gone With the Wind
More like gone with four hours of my life
Sebastian Ortiz
for me it's The Flying Padre
Brandon Barnes
>Like what?
Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Night of the Hunter, Rashomon. Those are just films off the top of my head that are in a somewhat similar vein.
Dylan Green
Somebody post the scene where the guy is at the race track trying to scope the place out & a black guy is trying to be friendly to him & he has to get rid of the friendly black dude so he's just like "NIGGER!" and it actually works