Stanley Kubrick was one of Hollywood's most prominent and promising directors, and many considered him one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Kubrick's genius extended to the various faculties of filmmaking, ranging from artistic execution to production design and everything in between. Due to the sheer volume of Kubrick's genius, it's easy to get lost in the mesmerizing worlds he's created with his films, bypassing the master filmmaker's genius when it comes to extracting authentic performances from his actors, no matter what. the professional or personal costs it entailed. . Here are some of the best performances in Stanley Kubrick's movies.
10 Kirk Douglas - Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory is the manifestation of Stanley Kubrick's heartfelt anti-war commentary. The revolutionary filmmaker presents Kirk Douglas as the likeable Colonel Dax, a French commander tasked with defending three scapegoats in his squadron after a botched offensive that took place in the French Army in 1916. Kirk Douglas delivers a sensational performance as the eccentric French officer, with moments of vulnerability and moments of thunderous power.
In a continuation of his love of all things anti-war, Kubrick's is Full metal jacket is rawer and more direct in its approach compared to Paths of Glory, which is a mix between a courtroom drama and an anti-war movie. In full metal jacket, the gauntlets come off and Kubrick portrays the full extent of the horrors of war, through a gaggle of naive recruits, including Pvt. Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio). Pvt Plye is overweight and a little dim-witted, a tendency that put him on the radar of his sadistic drill sergeant Hartman... Onofrio portrays Pyle with helplessness and an eerie sense of stillness, reminiscent of the calm before the storm.
8 leon vitali - barry lydon (1975)
Leon Vitali was one of Kubrick's closest collaborators and served as the director's personal assistant on multiple projects. In Barry Lyndon, Vitali stepped in front of the camera to play the role of Lord Bullingdon. Lord Bullingdon is Barry Lyndon's sidekick for the best of the early part of the film and comes into his own when Barry marries his wealthy mother. Vitali plays Bullingdon with an empathetic and holistic approach, which evokes a spark of relativity in the audience.
One of the few recruits to survive the ordeal of war, dogged by the copious influx of trauma, was Pvt. prankster (Matthew Modine). At such a young age, Modine had the tremendous maturity to portray Joker with a troubled yet stoic sense of ease.
6 Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
In Kubrick's satirical take on nuclear warfare, Peter Sellers plays three distinct and distinct roles. He plays an RAF exchange officer, the US president and an eccentric wheelchair-bound ex-Nazi. Sellers is so convincing and different in all three roles, it's hard to see that it's actually one person playing three different roles.
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Brigadier Hartman (R Lee Ermey) is the source of all things pain and discomfort for his recruits. An abusive sadist who takes pleasure in snatching every shred of individuality from his boys, the drill sergeant is so evil and obnoxious that he brings an aura of irritability with him the moment he enters the picture.
4 Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Eyes wide closed revolves around a middle-aged couple, who experience marital problems when Alice (Nicole Kidman) admits to her husband Bill that she has sexual fantasies about another man she recently met. Disturbed by this revelation, Bill roams New York looking for sexual encounters. Nicole Kidman is superbly behaved as a strong and subtly deranged person, cold and calculated about her expressions and emotions, causing a constant level of uneasiness whenever she appears on screen.
3 shelley duvall - the radiant (1980)
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Shelley Duvall really outdid itself The shining. Her character literally spun on screen and off screen as Kubrick ran her through the threads to find the most real and raw performance of hers. The actress was subjected to varying degrees of torture, which threw her into the depths of her own psyche and created one of the best renditions of horror ever conceived.
2 Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Based on Anthony Burgess' bestseller of the same name, Kubrick's film follows a gang of rouges who haunt the streets of London in a dystopian future. The rouges, or like Alex (Malcolm McDowell), who is the leader of the groups, rather call them thedrys, are placed in a rehabilitation program and then the true horror of the movie begins. In terms of performance, the Alex starts out as a loud, relentless fighter, preying on the weak and eventually transforms into a meek weakling himself.
1 Jack Nicholson - The Radiant (1980)
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Jack Nicholsongenius at The shining is there for everyone to see. From his introduction, the Academy Award-winning actor evades signals of madness and eccentricity. Even in his normal conversation with the hotel manager and his wife, Jack's repressed evil is evident. His descent into madness is unavoidable yet surprising, sweeping the audience as he dives nose deep into a sinister pit of madness.
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