Exploring Characteristics of Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick as Auteurs
Both Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock are regarded as luminaries of modern cinema. They directed films whose pictures had a lasting impact on people’s perception. The creative work of the two directors has had a tremendous cultural and social influence on generations. Their work is admired by moviegoers, writers, and other directors.
The brilliance of Stanley Kubrick came to the fore when he was hired by an executive producer, Kirk Douglas to direct Spartacus. Initially, Kirk Douglas was hesitant about hiring a young director due to uncertainty about his editing skills. However, Kubrick proved his high proficiency through a display of his talent and creative vision, which made audiences flock to watch Psycho.
Most films directed by Hitchcock attract the attention of many people because of the skillful use of suspense. Due to this peculiarity, Hitchcock is commonly referred to as “The master of suspense,” while Kubrick is known to be an indisputable directing genius. Working together, the two have had a massive impact on the modern cinema. Although the collaboration of the two directors is understood to have a great influence on modern filmmaking, their contributions in the industry can be best examined by looking at their individual work. A special attention is given to the directors’ role in transforming motion picture history.
Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock’s Films
Richard states that there was a drastic change in the American Cinema after Hollywood studio system collapsed in the 1960s. The collapse impacted the American cinema as censorship laws got weakened. The cinema was filled with sex and violence as mainstream shows were based on these themes. The change was unhealthy for the society that valued morality and sanity. Directors have an obligation to ensure that their films do not have negative effects on the society. Being aware of the negative implications the emergence of excessive sexual and violence content in the cinema has, Stanley Kubrick came to the forefront to try and revolutionize the cinema industry by reintroducing the missing historical drama Spartacus. The initiative helped the young director to gain reputation and get an assurance of a bright future. On his side, Hitchcock took advantage of the changing public attitude towards cinema, which came about due to the massive sexual and violence content in cinema. The directors capitalized on shifting attitude towards cinema during the release of Psycho. The career of Hitchcock reached a desirable height in 1958 when Vertigo was released and after the success of North by Northwest in 1959.
Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock’s films are mainly focused on addressing issues revolving around the unpleasant side of life. In most cases, the works by Kubrick have a clear morose undertone. However, he experimented with different genres. Hitchcock’s pictures are characterized by vivid tension, suspense, and drama. His films had similar narratives and common elements, except for the film Under Capricorn. Due to the intense nature of the films, they were regarded as horror or thriller pictures. This also helps to explain the reason why Hitchcock was known as “The master of suspense”. His pictures left people thirsty to see the next unfolding scene with intensified anxiety.
As opposed to many mainstream films that focused on the portrayal of violence and sex, Psycho gave a blatant depiction of the themes. The film is an example of Hitchcock’s attempt to fight infidelity, murder, and fraud in response to the changes observed in the cinema industry after the collapse of Hollywood studio system, which reduced the weight and practice of censorship. Many people refer to the film as to Hitchcock’s anti-romance picture due to its criticism of immoral sexuality. It is about a woman who is overwhelmed by the need to start a new life with her lover, hence ending up stealing 40,000 dollars from her boss. In the course of the story, the lady develops guilt over her act and decides to return the stolen money. Before the lady gets the chance, she is murdered at the hotel where she is staying.
The woman’s murder causes a series of events as investigations are convened to establish a killer and the reason behind her murder. In the process, Hitchcock succeeds in improving on the suspense that keeps his audience so attracted to the film. According to Rebello, Hitchcock used various camera skills to ensure that the film got a mainstream release. He had to find new ways of dealing with the censorship laws; hence he chose to have the entire movie shot in black and white. He clearly understood that, despite the selection of black and white colors for the shoot, controversies would obviously emerge over ‘shower scene’ based on perceptions that the scene was too grotesque. After foreseeing a possible resentment to the scene, Hitchcock used his skills in photography to ensure that the scene was portrayed in a manner that the audience would be unable to view the real flesh penetration. To achieve this objective, Hitchcock applied the use of a score that has the biggest recognition in cinematic history. Applying skillful camera work, Hitchcock shot the scene by himself. He used a camera chopping skill to have the audience imagine what had happened. It is a perfect example of how effective different camera techniques can be used to present controversial issues in a manner that is acceptable to the audience, hence eliminating conflicts.
There are perceptions that Hitchcock’s view of the society was very bleak as depicted by his work. It is because most of his works are focused on murders and perpetrators. He uses characters that are depicted to have little moral fiber like Marion Crane played by Janet Leigh. Almost all elements that were characteristic of a narrative were changed in Psycho. By challenging the norm in the mode of presenting narratives, Hitchcock violated viewers. As they started watching the film, they were influenced by their understanding of the traditional narrative style. The film denies them the ability to identify with the main character. Instead of associating themselves with Marion Crane, the audience is compelled to associate themselves with Norman Bates, the murderer. The manner in which Hitchcock presents the film shows the two extremities in the same society. The film shows that the presence of normalcy in the society does not necessarily indicate a lack of people with evil minds ready to perform the most horrifying acts.
Hitchcock also demonstrated his skills through his appropriate choice of the right time to have Psycho released. The film was released in 1960, at a time when teenagers, who are easily manipulated by advertisements, constituted the majority of cinemagoers. Hitchcock was convinced that he could attract an overwhelming audience by use of a properly calculated advertisement. Hitchcock was also aware of the growing demand for modern films. People were increasingly developing social attitudes towards cinema as it is evidenced by the ‘slasher’ film. They started viewing the film as a routine event that they could hardly miss. Audiences gathered having a perception that sexuality and violence were considered taboo. Orr states that the success that was achieved after the release of Psycho changed the perception of production companies as they started looking at several pictures in which violence, sexuality, besides other aspects, were hardly regarded as taboo subjects in cinema. From this understanding, it can be argued that a failure of Psycho would have different implications for the society as the pictures that portray sexuality and violence would have hardly been released to the market for viewership.
Before Psycho was released, Hitchcock was known as a master who created suspense without using horror. He effectively created suspense by showing nudity and violence as opposed to earlier films that hinted at their availability. In the process, Hitchcock changed the perception of what is acceptable in cinema. Currently, people use Psycho to determine which film should be regarded as a thriller and which should be considered as a horror. The photographic techniques that Hitchcock used in Psycho made Hitchcock the initiator of the shift towards liberation of film making. The new presentation of sexual experience and violence in film caused a change in the cinematic tradition by encouraging directors to make pictures that were formerly known to be explicit and unacceptable. Besides, Hollywood came to understand that the horror genre could attract a wider audience, hence generating more revenue. The narrative films lost their audiences as they were made to traverse successive visual and auditory thrills and shocks. In response to the pictures used in the films and the suspense created, the audience screamed and yelled, and those who could not withstand the magnitude of the terror opted to flee. Through his role in Psycho, Hitchcock successfully left a mark that will make him remembered in the field of cinema by many generations to come.
Apart from Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, a British filmmaker, also made history in 1960s and attracted great attention in Hollywood. He is no less popular in the cinema industry due to the important contributions he made. He showed that he was determined to display a cinematic vision of the actual size of the Universe. He used remarkable and influential stylistic techniques and came out strongly to correct the excesses of the public life. Considering the large gap he maintained between each of his features, the characteristics can be used to identify Kubrick as an auteur. In the process of his work, Kubrick embraced creative and personal control. He is also known to have succeeded in creating and keeping an artistic integrity from the start to the end of his career.
Stanley Kubrick was initially a photo journalist. He came to the scene in 1957 after Kirk Douglas directed one motion picture called Paths of Glory. He took over the drama project Spartacus. Kubrick’s talent started manifesting at the time when he worked with Douglas as he demonstrated possession of a clear vision for picture and was determined to make Spartacus the most realistic epic ever released. The epic was interesting due to the manner in which the aspect of war was depicted. Kubrick greatly contributed to the creation of the film as he showed much attention to detail and ensured that the visual aspects of the film were effective in complimenting the other elements to make a unitary whole. In some cases, the filmmaker would use his skills in photography to make some characters portrayed seem to have physical deformities as a reflection of those who got wounded during the war. He was aware that his audiences were focused on detailed presentation of a realistic film. As such, he went to the extent of casting an actor with part of his head missing so as to make the actor suitable to play the role of a wounded soldier. Kubrick’s battle was more close to reality as he went to the extent of using animal intestines in his portrayal of those who were wounded during the war. By use of skillful photography, Kubrick was able to make his viewers visualize the events that occurred during the war and see its implications. It was realized through an accurate choice of characters and a perfect shot selection.
The direction that Kubrick showed in Spartacus was effective as it suited the acting style of the most distinguished actors with whom he worked. He worked alongside Peter Ustinov, Sir Lawrence Olivier, and Charles Laughton among others. At the production stage of the film, Kubrick tested the effectiveness of using music in setting the scene for the actors. The skill had been applied in setting the scene for actors in silent films, hence making it viable for use in Spartacus.
In his role as a filmmaker, Kubrick focused on ensuring that he perfectly captured every shot. He took his time to take over twenty shots from which he would select the best to be used in the film production. In some instances, the tendency of taking several shots was unpleasant for those with whom Kubrick worked. Some felt that he took too much time taking a series of shots, hence making the production process very slow. However, Kubrick was dedicated to the art of photography, taking the best shots to be used to the point when his creativity became wild. Together with his colleagues, Kubrick moved to Spain to shoot a battle scene.
The misunderstanding over the number of shots he was taking is noted by Falsetto, who states that Kubrick had several conflicts with Douglas due to his concern over the need to ensure a realistic representation of the battles. To him, it was essential to have a set piece showdown of the battle field that would make the audience convinced that the film is an actual representation of the battle. Without that, Kubrick believed that the audience would perceive the film to be far from realistic; they would feel that they were cheated; hence, they would withdraw their interest in the film. Working together with Calder Willingham, Kubrick incorporated a climatic confrontation, including the visual style by which he had been overwhelmed. He displayed an admirable skill in the way he shot the battlefield that was full of corpses. He illustrated how Crassus and Julius Caesar walked among those who were fallen in search for Spartacus.
Stewart states that Kubrick had only thirteen films produced through his 46 years career. However, as already noted, the films attracted much attention of Kubrick’s audiences. As time went by during his career, the gap between Kubrick’s films increased. It is because he gained much interest in finer details of the film production process, hence strived to have his subsequent films produced in a better way than the preceding one. Kubrick is known for his dedication to oversee all aspects of his film production to ensure that everything is in the correct order. Due to his passion for perfect films, Kubrick created his production company that was known as Kubrick-Harris Pictures. He took this initiative to control his financing to facilitate distribution of his films. Together with Douglas Trumbull, Kubrick is acknowledged to have created the special effects in 2001. He also obtained camera lenses from NASA to shoot Barry Lyndon’s low-light scenes. As opposed to most directors, Kubrick was concerned with the technical and economical aspects of his film production.
Summary and Conclusion
The role of Kubrick was appreciated after the production of Spartacus was completed. Spartacus was released for public viewing in 1960, achieving a resounding success. Kubrick was credited for the success of the film as he helped to move it from a status of a limping project to that of a complete, smooth, and confident epic. After Spartacus was released, people flocked to watch it. It made it one of the highest grossing films. After it was reproduced, the number of audiences it attracted made Kubrick to standout as a key figure highly recognized and acknowledged by Hollywood.
Based on the illustrations given above, it is clear that Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick displayed great skills in their films. They worked hard to ensure that distinctive visual styles were incorporated in the films. It is because the filmmakers were concerned about detail and the need to produce films that were as close as possible to the realistic representation of the situations depicted. The films by Hitchcock and Kubrick have far reaching implications, and they are highly valued even by the current generation. The films also set the pace for other directors to follow as they strive to attain the same heights of excellence. Hitchcock died more than 26 years ago, while Kubrick died at least ten years ago. Despite their death, the individual and collective legacies that they created are still strong and cherished by the present filmmakers and those who like watching perfectly produced films.
Kuchunguza Sifa za Alfred Hitchcock na Stanley Kubrick kama Waandishi Wote Stanley Kubrick na Alfred Hitchcock ni kuchukuliwa kama luminaries ya sinema ya kisasa. Walielekeza filamu ambazo picha zao zilikuwa na athari ya kudumu kwenye maoni ya watu. Kazi ya ubunifu ya wakurugenzi hao wawili imekuwa na uvutano mkubwa wa kitamaduni na kijamii kwa vizazi vingi. Kazi yao huvutiwa na watazamaji wa sinema, waandishi, na wakurugenzi wengine. Stanley Kubrick alikuwa na uzoefu mkubwa katika kuongoza filamu ya Spartacus, na wakati huo alikuwa akifanya kazi na mtayarishaji Kirk Douglas. Mwanzoni, Kirk Douglas alikuwa na wasiwasi juu ya kuajiri mkurugenzi mchanga kutokana na kutokuwa na uhakika juu ya ustadi wake wa uhariri. Kubrick alionyesha uwezo wake wa kuigiza kwa kuonyesha vipaji vyake na maono yake ya ubunifu, ambayo yalifanya watazamaji waende kwa wingi kutazama Psycho. Filamu nyingi zilizoongozwa na Hitchcock huvutia uangalifu wa watu wengi kwa sababu ya matumizi ya ustadi ya kutatanisha. Kwa sababu ya kipekee hiki, Hitchcock ni kawaida inajulikana kama <unk>The bwana wa kusubiri,<unk> wakati Kubrick anajulikana kuwa indisputable kuongoza kipaji. Kwa kufanya kazi pamoja, wawili hao wamekuwa na uvutano mkubwa juu ya sinema ya kisasa. Ingawa ushirikiano wa wakurugenzi hao wawili unaeleweka kuwa na ushawishi mkubwa juu ya utengenezaji wa filamu za kisasa, michango yao katika tasnia inaweza kuchunguzwa vizuri kwa kuangalia kazi zao za kibinafsi. Uangalifu maalum hutolewa kwa jukumu la wakurugenzi katika kubadilisha historia ya filamu. "Stanley Kubrick na Alfred Hitchcock waliandika katika kitabu cha ""Films"" kwamba sinema ya Marekani ilibadilika sana baada ya mfumo wa studio za Hollywood kuanguka katika miaka ya 1960." Mshuko huo uliathiri sinema ya Marekani wakati sheria za udhibiti zilipodhoofishwa. Sinema ilijaa ngono na jeuri kwa kuwa maonyesho ya kawaida yalitegemea mandhari hizo. Mabadiliko hayo hayakuwa mazuri kwa jamii iliyothamini maadili na akili timamu. Wakurugenzi wana wajibu wa kuhakikisha kwamba filamu zao hazina athari mbaya kwa jamii. "Kama mtu anayejulikana kwa kugundua athari mbaya za kuibuka kwa maudhui ya ngono na vurugu katika sinema, Stanley Kubrick alikuja mbele kujaribu na kuleta mapinduzi katika tasnia ya sinema kwa kuanzisha tena drama ya kihistoria iliyopotea ""Spartacus.""" Mpango huo ulimsaidia mkurugenzi huyo mchanga kupata sifa na kupata uhakika wa wakati ujao mzuri. Hitchcock pia alishirikiana na watu wengi katika kuunda filamu za kuigiza, na kwa sababu hiyo, filamu hizo zilikuwa na habari nyingi za ngono na jeuri. Wakurugenzi walifaidika na mabadiliko ya mtazamo kuelekea sinema wakati wa kutolewa kwa Psycho. Hitchcock alifanikiwa sana katika filamu ya Vertigo ya mwaka 1958 na filamu ya North by Northwest ya mwaka 1959. Filamu za Stanley Kubrick na Alfred Hitchcock hasa zimezingatia kushughulikia masuala yanayozunguka upande usiofurahisha wa maisha. Katika visa vingi, kazi za Kubrick zina sauti ya wazi ya huzuni. Hata hivyo, alijaribu aina tofauti-tofauti za muziki. Picha za Hitchcock zina mkazo mkali, msisimko, na drama. Filamu zake zilikuwa na hadithi sawa na vipengele vya kawaida, isipokuwa filamu ya Under Capricorn. Kwa sababu ya hali kali ya filamu hizo, zilionwa kuwa filamu za kutisha au zenye kusisimua. Hii pia husaidia kueleza sababu kwa nini Hitchcock alijulikana kama <unk>The master of suspense<unk>. Picha zake ziliwafanya watu wawe na kiu ya kuona mandhari iliyofuata kwa wasiwasi mkubwa zaidi. Tofauti na filamu nyingi za kawaida ambazo zilikazia uigizaji wa vurugu na ngono, Psycho ilitoa picha ya wazi ya mandhari. Filamu hiyo ni mfano wa jaribio la Hitchcock la kupambana na ukosefu wa uaminifu, mauaji, na udanganyifu kwa kujibu mabadiliko yaliyoonekana katika tasnia ya sinema baada ya kuanguka kwa mfumo wa studio ya Hollywood, ambayo ilipunguza uzito na mazoezi ya udhibiti. Watu wengi hurejelea filamu hiyo kama picha ya Hitchcock ya kupambana na mapenzi kwa sababu ya ukosoaji wake wa ngono isiyo ya adili. Msichana mmoja ambaye amekuwa akijaribu kuanzisha maisha mapya na mpenzi wake, anaiba dola 40,000 kutoka kwa bosi wake. Katika mwendo wa hadithi, mwanamke anaendeleza hatia juu ya kitendo chake na anaamua kurudisha pesa zilizoibwa. Kabla ya mwanamke huyo kupata nafasi, anauawa katika hoteli ambako anakaa. Mauaji ya mwanamke husababisha mfululizo wa matukio kama uchunguzi ni kuitwa kuanzisha muuaji na sababu ya nyuma ya mauaji yake. Katika mchakato huo, Hitchcock anafanikiwa kuboresha wasiwasi ambao unawavutia watazamaji wake kwenye filamu hiyo. Kulingana na Rebello, Hitchcock alitumia ustadi mbalimbali wa kamera kuhakikisha kwamba filamu hiyo ilipata kutolewa kwa kawaida. Ilibidi apate njia mpya za kukabiliana na sheria za udhibiti; kwa hiyo alichagua kupiga filamu nzima kwa rangi nyeusi na nyeupe. Yeye wazi alielewa kwamba, licha ya uteuzi wa rangi nyeusi na nyeupe kwa ajili ya risasi, utata bila shaka kutokea juu ya'shower scene' kulingana na dhana kwamba eneo hilo ilikuwa grotesque sana. Baada ya kuona uwezekano wa kukasirika kwa eneo hilo, Hitchcock alitumia ujuzi wake katika upigaji picha kuhakikisha kwamba eneo hilo lilionyeshwa kwa njia ambayo watazamaji hawangeweza kuona kupenya halisi kwa nyama. Ili kufikia lengo hili, Hitchcock alitumia matumizi ya alama ambayo ina utambuzi mkubwa katika historia ya sinema. Kwa kutumia kamera kwa ustadi, Hitchcock alipiga picha hiyo peke yake. Alitumia ustadi wa kukata kamera ili wasikilizaji wawazie kilichokuwa kimetokea. Ni mfano mzuri wa jinsi mbinu tofauti za kamera zinaweza kutumika kuwasilisha masuala ya utata kwa njia inayokubalika kwa watazamaji, na hivyo kuondoa migogoro. Kuna maoni kwamba mtazamo wa Hitchcock wa jamii ilikuwa mbaya sana kama ilivyoonyeshwa na kazi yake. Ni kwa sababu kazi zake nyingi zinakazia mauaji na wahalifu. Yeye hutumia wahusika ambao wameonyeshwa kuwa na nyuzi kidogo za maadili kama Marion Crane alicheza na Janet Leigh. Karibu mambo yote ambayo yalikuwa sifa ya hadithi yalibadilishwa katika Psycho. Kwa kupinga desturi katika njia ya kuwasilisha hadithi, Hitchcock aliwatendea vibaya watazamaji. Walipoanza kutazama filamu hiyo, waliathiriwa na uelewa wao wa mtindo wa hadithi ya jadi. Filamu hiyo huwazuia wasiwe na uwezo wa kujitambulisha na mhusika mkuu. Badala ya kujiunganisha na Marion Crane, watazamaji wanalazimika kujiunganisha na Norman Bates, muuaji. Njia ambayo Hitchcock anatoa filamu inaonyesha pande mbili katika jamii moja. Filamu hiyo inaonyesha kuwa kuwepo kwa hali ya kawaida katika jamii haimaanishi kuwa kuna watu wasio na akili nzuri ambao wako tayari kufanya matendo ya kutisha zaidi. Hitchcock pia alionyesha ustadi wake kupitia uchaguzi wake sahihi wa wakati sahihi wa kuwa na Psycho iliyotolewa. Filamu hiyo ilitolewa mwaka 1960, wakati ambapo vijana, ambao huongozwa kwa urahisi na matangazo ya biashara, walikuwa wengi kati ya watazamaji wa sinema. Hitchcock alikuwa na hakika kwamba angeweza kuvutia watazamaji wengi kwa kutumia matangazo ya biashara yaliyopangwa vizuri. Hitchcock pia alijua kwamba kulikuwa na uhitaji mkubwa wa filamu za kisasa. Watu walikuwa zaidi na zaidi kuendeleza mitazamo ya kijamii kuelekea sinema kama ni ushahidi na "slasher" filamu. Walianza kuona filamu hiyo kuwa tukio la kawaida ambalo hawangeweza kukosa. Watazamaji walikusanyika wakiwa na maoni kwamba ngono na jeuri zilionwa kuwa jambo lisilo la kawaida. "Orr anasema mafanikio yaliyopatikana baada ya kutolewa kwa ""Psycho"" yalibadilisha maoni ya makampuni ya uzalishaji wakati walipoanza kuangalia picha kadhaa ambazo vurugu, ngono, pamoja na mambo mengine, hayakuchukuliwa kama mada ya tabu katika sinema." "Kutokana na uelewa huu, inaweza kusemwa kwamba kushindwa kwa Psycho kungekuwa na athari tofauti kwa jamii, kwani picha zinazowakilisha ngono na vurugu hazingekuwa zimetolewa kwa soko kwa watazamaji.""" Kabla ya Psycho kutolewa, Hitchcock alijulikana kama bwana ambaye aliunda wasiwasi bila kutumia hofu. Aliunda wasiwasi kwa kuonyesha uchi na vurugu kinyume na filamu za awali ambazo zilionyesha upatikanaji wao. Katika mchakato huo, Hitchcock alibadilisha maoni ya kile kinachokubalika katika sinema. Hivi sasa, watu hutumia Psycho kuamua ni filamu gani inayopaswa kuchukuliwa kama thriller na ambayo inapaswa kuchukuliwa kama hofu. "Hitchcock alitumia ""Psycho"" kama njia ya kuunda filamu ya kuigiza." Maonyesho mapya ya ngono na vurugu katika filamu yalisababisha mabadiliko katika utamaduni wa sinema kwa kuwahimiza wakurugenzi kufanya picha ambazo hapo awali zilijulikana kuwa wazi na zisizokubalika. Isitoshe, Hollywood ilielewa kwamba aina ya vitisho ingeweza kuvutia watazamaji wengi zaidi, na hivyo kutokeza mapato zaidi. Filamu hizo za hadithi zilipoteza watazamaji wao zilipofanywa zipite katika msukosuko na mshtuko wa kuona na kusikia. Kwa sababu ya picha zilizotumiwa katika filamu na wasiwasi uliotengenezwa, watazamaji walipiga kelele na kupiga kelele, na wale ambao hawakuweza kuvumilia ukubwa wa hofu walichagua kukimbia. "Kwa kuigiza katika filamu ya ""Psycho,"" Hitchcock aliweka alama kubwa katika historia ya filamu na kuifanya ikumbukwe na vizazi vingi vya baadaye." "Hata hivyo, kwa mujibu wa filamu ya ""Hitchcock,"" Stanley Kubrick, mwigizaji wa filamu wa Uingereza, alikuwa na umri wa miaka 60 na alikuwa na umri wa miaka 50 na alikuwa na umri wa miaka 50." Yeye si chini ya maarufu katika sekta ya sinema kutokana na michango muhimu alifanya. Alionyesha kwamba alikuwa ameazimia kuonyesha maono ya sinema ya ukubwa halisi wa Ulimwengu. Alitumia mbinu za kipekee na zenye uvutano za mtindo na akajitokeza kwa nguvu kurekebisha mambo mabaya ya maisha ya umma. Kwa kuzingatia pengo kubwa alilodumisha kati ya kila moja ya sifa zake, sifa zinaweza kutumiwa kutambua Kubrick kama mwandishi. Katika mchakato wa kazi yake, Kubrick alikubali udhibiti wa ubunifu na wa kibinafsi. Pia anajulikana kuwa amefanikiwa kuunda na kudumisha uadilifu wa kisanii kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho wa kazi yake. Stanley Kubrick mwanzoni alikuwa mwandishi wa habari wa picha. "Kikombozi cha filamu hiyo kilitolewa mwaka 1957 na Kirk Douglas, mwigizaji wa filamu ya ""Paths of Glory.""" Alitumia muda wake wote kuunda mchezo wa kuigiza wa Spartacus. Kubrick alianza kuonekana wakati alipokuwa akifanya kazi na Douglas, akionyesha kuwa na maono ya wazi ya picha na alikuwa na nia ya kufanya Spartacus kuwa hadithi ya kweli zaidi iliyowahi kutolewa. Hadithi hiyo ilikuwa yenye kupendeza kwa sababu ya jinsi sehemu ya vita ilivyopigwa picha. Kubrick alishiriki sana katika uundaji wa filamu hiyo kwa kuwa alionyesha uangalifu mwingi kwa maelezo na kuhakikisha kwamba mambo ya kuona ya filamu hiyo yalikuwa na ufanisi katika kuunga mkono vipengele vingine ili kufanya jumla ya umoja. Katika baadhi ya matukio, mtengenezaji wa filamu alitumia ustadi wake wa kupiga picha ili kufanya baadhi ya wahusika waliotajwa waonekane kuwa na kasoro za kimwili kama mwonekano wa wale waliojeruhiwa wakati wa vita. Alijua kwamba watazamaji wake walikazia fikira maonyesho ya kina ya filamu halisi. Kwa hivyo, alienda hadi kwa kumchagua mwigizaji ambaye sehemu ya kichwa chake haikuwapo ili kumfanya mwigizaji huyo awe na uwezo wa kucheza jukumu la askari aliyejeruhiwa. Kubrick alishirikiana na watu wengi katika vita hivyo, na hata alitumia matumbo ya wanyama katika kuigiza watu waliojeruhiwa. Kwa kutumia picha zenye ustadi, Kubrick aliwafanya watazamaji wake waone matukio yaliyotokea wakati wa vita na kuona matokeo yake. Ilitengenezwa kupitia uchaguzi sahihi wa wahusika na uteuzi kamili wa picha. Kubrick alionyesha katika Spartacus ilikuwa na matokeo kama inafaa kwa mtindo wa uigizaji wa waigizaji mashuhuri zaidi ambaye alifanya kazi naye. Alifanya kazi pamoja na Peter Ustinov, Sir Lawrence Olivier, na Charles Laughton miongoni mwa wengine. Katika hatua ya uzalishaji wa filamu, Kubrick alijaribu ufanisi wa kutumia muziki katika kuweka eneo kwa ajili ya waigizaji. Ujuzi huo ulikuwa umetumiwa kuanzisha mandhari kwa ajili ya waigizaji katika filamu zisizo na sauti, kwa hiyo ukawa unafaa kutumiwa katika Spartacus. Katika jukumu lake kama mtengenezaji wa filamu, Kubrick alizingatia kuhakikisha kwamba alichukua kila picha kikamilifu. Alichukua muda wake kuchukua zaidi ya picha ishirini ambazo angechagua bora zaidi kutumika katika uzalishaji wa filamu. Katika visa fulani, mwelekeo wa kupiga picha kadhaa haukuwa mzuri kwa wale ambao Kubrick alifanya kazi nao. Wengine walihisi kwamba alichukua muda mwingi sana kuchukua mfululizo wa picha, kwa hiyo kufanya mchakato wa uzalishaji kuwa polepole sana. Kubrick alikuwa akijitolea kwa sanaa ya kupiga picha, kuchukua picha bora kutumika kwa hatua wakati ubunifu wake akawa mwitu. Pamoja na wenzake, Kubrick alihamia Hispania kupiga picha ya mapigano. Kubrick alishindwa kueleza jinsi alivyofanya kazi hiyo kwa sababu ya kutokuwa na uhusiano wa karibu na Douglas, na kwa sababu ya wasiwasi wake juu ya uhitaji wa kuhakikisha uwakilishi halisi wa mapigano. Kwa ajili yake, ilikuwa muhimu kuwa na seti ya sehemu ya mapigano ya uwanja wa vita ambayo ingefanya watazamaji kushawishi kwamba filamu ni uwakilishi halisi wa vita. Kubrick aliamini kwamba bila hiyo, watazamaji wangehisi filamu hiyo haikuwa halisi; wangehisi kwamba walikuwa wamedanganywa; kwa hiyo, wangevunja upendezi wao katika filamu hiyo. Kubrick na Calder Willingham walifanya kazi kwa pamoja, Kubrick aliingiza mgogoro wa hali ya hewa, ikiwa ni pamoja na mtindo wa kuona ambao alikuwa amevunjwa. Alionyesha ustadi wenye kupendeza katika njia aliyoipiga risasi uwanja wa vita uliokuwa umejaa maiti. Alieleza jinsi Crassus na Julius Caesar walivyotembea miongoni mwa wale waliokufa wakimtafuta Spartacus. Kubrick alishiriki katika filamu 13 za filamu katika miaka 46 ya kazi yake. Hata hivyo, kama ilivyoelezwa tayari, filamu hizo zilivutia sana watazamaji wa Kubrick. Kadiri wakati ulivyopita katika kazi yake, pengo kati ya filamu za Kubrick liliongezeka. Kwa sababu alipata kupendezwa sana na maelezo madogo ya mchakato wa uzalishaji wa filamu, kwa hivyo alijitahidi kuwa na filamu zake za baadaye zinazozalishwa kwa njia bora kuliko ile ya awali. Kubrick anajulikana kwa kujitolea kwake kusimamia mambo yote ya uzalishaji wake wa filamu ili kuhakikisha kwamba kila kitu kiko katika utaratibu sahihi. Kwa sababu ya shauku yake ya filamu kamilifu, Kubrick aliunda kampuni yake ya uzalishaji ambayo ilijulikana kama Kubrick-Harris Pictures. Alichukua mpango huu kudhibiti fedha zake ili kuwezesha usambazaji wa filamu zake. Pamoja na Douglas Trumbull, Kubrick aliunda athari za kipekee za filamu hiyo. Pia alipata lensi za kamera kutoka NASA kupiga picha za Barry Lyndon za mwanga mdogo. Tofauti na wakurugenzi wengi, Kubrick alihangaikia mambo ya kiufundi na kiuchumi ya utengenezaji wa filamu zake. Muhtasari na hitimisho Jukumu la Kubrick lilithaminiwa baada ya uzalishaji wa Spartacus kukamilika. Spartacus ilitolewa kwa umma mnamo 1960 na ilipata mafanikio makubwa. Kubrick alipewa sifa kwa mafanikio ya filamu hiyo kwa sababu alisaidia kuihamisha kutoka kwa hali ya mradi wa kukosa kwa ile ya hadithi kamili, laini, na yenye kujiamini. Baada ya Spartacus kuachiliwa, watu walikusanyika ili kumtazama. Ilifanya kuwa mojawapo ya filamu zenye mapato makubwa zaidi. Baada ya kuonyeshwa, idadi ya watazamaji aliowavutia ilifanya Kubrick kujitokeza kama mtu muhimu anayetambuliwa sana na kutambuliwa na Hollywood. Kulingana na vielezi vilivyotolewa hapo juu, ni wazi kwamba Alfred Hitchcock na Stanley Kubrick walionyesha ustadi mkubwa katika filamu zao. Walifanya kazi kwa bidii ili kuhakikisha kwamba mitindo ya kipekee ya kuona iliingizwa katika filamu hizo. Kwa sababu watengenezaji wa filamu walikuwa na wasiwasi juu ya maelezo na uhitaji wa kutengeneza filamu ambazo zilikuwa karibu iwezekanavyo na uwakilishi halisi wa hali zilizoonyeshwa. Filamu za Hitchcock na Kubrick zina matokeo makubwa, na zinathaminiwa sana hata na kizazi cha sasa. Filamu hizo pia ziliweka mwendo kwa wakurugenzi wengine kufuata wanapojitahidi kufikia urefu sawa wa ubora. Hitchcock alikufa miaka 26 iliyopita, wakati Kubrick alikufa angalau miaka kumi iliyopita. Licha ya kifo chao, urithi wa kibinafsi na wa pamoja ambao waliunda bado ni nguvu na kupendwa na watengenezaji wa filamu wa sasa na wale wanaopenda kutazama filamu zilizotengenezwa kikamilifu.