S is for Stanley

The Shining


The scene that I praised the most is the high-angle shot over the maze as Danny runs out the hotel escaping from Jack it pans the maze then jumps into the chase views. As the mentally unstable Jack is now chasing his son with his axe leading to the climactic fate of Jack. Every shot of the maze scenes has the Rule of Thirds with the maze in back Danny and Jack focus and snow and lamp the foreground. A great end to the scene for a great movie; voted in the top 5 of every major horror list.

A Clockwork Orange



This is a scene in the middle of the movie where our Anti-Hero Alex De Large is being questioned about his role of the leader in the gang as this is where the "shit hits the fan" and leads to his downfall. His mates try to jump him as he shows them why he's the lead and why he's superior going to the extance of cutting one of them on the hand. They had Malcom McDonald use Method Acting, as it all feels real. AFI has this movie in 5 of their list being under 20 in all.

2001: A Space Odyssey

The scene of the monkey learning the swing the bone. The scenes of the ape gangs all have Rule of Thirds as the puddle the fight over is up front the apes focus and mountains in the back. The high-angle shot showing the vast waste land and apes pour in is a times scene. I believe the Ideological Meaning is evolution and religion can coexist but the apes evolution only comes after "the greater power" arrives.

If I could ask Kubrick 2 questions they'd be why he always took books into movies and how he stayed so true as most book to movies lack plot and are different stories with the same name.