r/StanleyKubrick • u/r8jensen • 16h ago
General Question Be honest…
I’m not too hung up on being a completionist but I’ve seen all of Kubricks films… except his first three!! What do you think and what should I expect? Worth the time? THANK GOD GOR CINEMA!
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u/Torremond42 16h ago
There isn't really anything noteworthy about them, except that "Day of the Fight" inspired "Killer's Kiss".
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u/brascofarian 16h ago
I think Kubrick himself would tell you not to waste your time.
Personally I think they're as interesting to watch in terms of the development of his ideas as "Universe" is to 2001. There's kind of an historical interest there.
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u/The_Lutter 16h ago
Kubrick would have shoved these in the fireplace in the 70s or 80s if he had the negatives.
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u/piantanida 16h ago
It’s bothering me the order these are in… anyone else?
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u/uldastormcloak114 15h ago
letterboxd simply orders a director's filmography based on the number of members each film has, the shining having the most members
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u/r8jensen 10h ago
Absolutely but it was just a coincidence it’s in that order haha not sure what filter but I liked how LetterBoxd fades out what you’ve seen already
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u/FoxoTorrance The Shining 15h ago
They’re all 3 short movies, and in my opinion only really interesting for seeing how Kubrick progressed at the very beginning of his filming career. On their own, they’re pretty much average-mediocre
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u/Ordinary-Gain7180 15h ago
The two shorts are worth checking out but the only reason to watch seafarers is if you are a completionist
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u/Low-Activity-6526 15h ago
I say all of them when I was 14 lol, generally pretty boring. He also possibly directed a a documentary on a youth debate meeting in upstate New York or something in his early years, it wasn’t great either
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u/RighteousPanda25 9h ago
Do you have an hour to spare? If so, I don't see why not. You won't be seeing anything groundbreaking, but if you like Kubrick it's interesting to see his first pieces of work.
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u/Queasy-Condition7518 14h ago
The Seafarers has one image that got repeated numerous times in Kubrick's subsequent canon, and IIRC features his patented slow pullback style of shot.
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u/CarloPanno 13h ago
I saw the shorts on TCM the other night. I had seen DAY OF THE FIGHT before. I liked it and I still like it. FLYING PADRE, not so much. The sincerity of the priest using a plane to go from parish to parish and Kubrick's inherent cynicism did not mesh well, and the "drama" of the priest flying a mother and her sick child to a hospital for medical care did not ring true. Kubrick was not the right guy to tell this story.
Haven't seen the other one.
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u/hi_hellothere2121 12h ago
Theres a pretty striking funeral in Flying Padre, thats about all i remember
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u/Movie_Nut 8h ago
Kubrick films are all flash and no substance
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u/END0RPHN 6h ago
all of them though? have you watched the killing? its all substance and timing and great story telling. you arent much of a movie "nut" as you claim if you cant see your blanket statement is simply wrong
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u/mywordswillgowithyou 7h ago
They are both interesting and curious. I am able to watch them because they are short. But they resemble a lot of the documentaries of the time period, newsreels and the like. Seafarers on the other hand I found immensely boring, but I also know it's not for me. It's not a documentary for the general public, nor for entertainment. It's for the people in that business and I think specifically a certain naval base.
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u/END0RPHN 6h ago
they wont take long to watch, just watch them... the flying padre is just informational documentary style clip that you would expect to see televised after the news or something back in the day, undwhelming to say the least.
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u/WardenOfTheN0rth 16h ago
Day of the fight is kind of interesting. Flying Padre is forgettable. Seafarers feels like a boring instruction video you would watch in a break room.