mr deckard
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Was thinking about what a Kubrick western movie would be like. Anybody else thought about this?
Stanley Kubrick western
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I won't go so far as saying his films are long, slow, and boring but I will concede his films when he was at his peak, certainly do take their sweet time. The only film of his I would call genuinely boring is Barry Lyndon.
If Kubrick was to do a Western, I imagine it'd be at the early stages of his career, maybe between The Killing and Paths of Glory, when he was still doing "genre" and hadn't really become obsessed with his "style" yet. The way I imagine it, it'd be kinda like Spartacus with its grand vistas and almost mythic portrayal of the hero.
If Kubrick was to do a Western, I imagine it'd be at the early stages of his career, maybe between The Killing and Paths of Glory, when he was still doing "genre" and hadn't really become obsessed with his "style" yet. The way I imagine it, it'd be kinda like Spartacus with its grand vistas and almost mythic portrayal of the hero.
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Axlotl
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If Stanley Kubrick did westerns, he'd be Terrence Malick.
Speaking of which...
"Badlands" would like a word with you...
Speaking of which...
"Badlands" would like a word with you...
Probably kinda like Westworld.
A common characteristic of Kubrick's films - from Spartacus to Dr. Strangelove to A Clockwork Orange to 2001: A Space Odyssey is that the story, setting and environment are invariably more powerful than the characters. Even strong characters (e.g. Alexander DeLarge) remain subordinate to the narrative.
However the classic westerns are typically the other way around with powerful, independent characters driving the narrative. One exception is the subgenre of the western noir.
If Kubrick were to have made a western I think the western noir would be naturally compatible. These would be films like The Ox Bow Incident and The Furies. I could see Kubrick doing something like that.
However the classic westerns are typically the other way around with powerful, independent characters driving the narrative. One exception is the subgenre of the western noir.
If Kubrick were to have made a western I think the western noir would be naturally compatible. These would be films like The Ox Bow Incident and The Furies. I could see Kubrick doing something like that.
robn1
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Not a western.
Axlotl
Master Member
Totally a western.
Now, the films of Terrence Malick, I'd definitely call long, slow, and definitely boring.
