Year 13 - English - Staney Kubrick and Baz Luhrmann

1. How would you characterise Stanley Kubrick's style as a director?
Stanley Kubrick is a film director with a particular sense of style and is known for his use of multiple film techniques throughout his career. He has become a world-renowned director for his very abstract and serious themes in his films, and how he incorporates his film techniques to portray his artistic ideas and views. Kubrick's film often follows the same limited colour palette which reinforces an ominous, uneasy feel. His use of colours, camera shots and music creates aan abstract image.


2. Why would Luhrmann be called the anti-Kubrick?
   
   Luhrmann could be called the anti-Kubrick because the themes and ideas in his films are the opposite of what Kubrick includes in his films. Luhrmann's films quite often include a "Red Curtain" theme, which was coined from Luhrmann himself, is a film that includes a simple narrative in a highly theatric setting. Films like Moulin Rouge! and Romeo and Juliet are good examples of the Red Curtain theme in effect. The simple love story narrative implemented inside of a world of drama and theatrics is a trademark in most of his films. Kubrick, on the other hand, has a film sense that is contrary to Luhrmann. Kubrick's films are generally very serious and abstract, and have a dark underlying theme and have a constant feeling of dread behind them. Kubrick's films like The Shining, with its abstract ideas and serious tones, and Full Metal Jacket, with the film being as serious as can be to stay true to it's setting. Lurhmann's way of directing acts as a polar opposite to Kubrick, earning him the title of anti-Kubrick.

References: 

DuraSpace. (2016). The Auteurism of Baz Luhrmann
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