Photo: Lolita, directed by Stanley Kubrick (GB/United States; 1960-62). Sue Lyon as Dolores “Lolita” Haze. © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
In one of those random moments that made up so much of 1999, R.A. The Rugged Man dropped a track called “Stanley Kubrick” on Soundbombing II. And, like everything that is Kubrick, it was an exquisite fit, though the song had nothing to do with him. It was about life out in Suffolk County where, “Cops frisk us, their handcuffs never fit us. Our wrists turn purple, that’s why we act vicious. Plus if we die tomorrow, won’t nobody miss us.” But the Capital the Crimelord track, the murky yet alluring baseline to the beat that R.A. rode with those lyrics, had a pure “Stanley Kubrick” feel.
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And perhaps that is because the master understood. As Kubrick observed, “A film is—or should be—more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.”
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Kubrick understood the power of impact, of heightening the senses with the precision of the conductor of an orchestra, soaring to operatic crescendos and crashing from precarious heights, taking us along for the ride. The layers of experience, insight, and understanding in a Kubrick film require multiple viewings, or should you be so inclined, additional materials by which to consider his work from multiple points of view.
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The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick (GB/United States; 1978-1980). Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) at the hotel bar. © Warner Bros. Ent.