Stanley Kubrick was born on July 26, 1928, in the Bronx. He neither did well nor attended school. He was an outcast and an underachiever, but he was extremely intelligent. After school Kubrick found a job at Look magazine. He did very well and by the age of 17 he was part of the staff at Look. In his time away from his job Mr. Kubrick enjoyed visiting the Museum of Modern Art and playing chess. In the early days of his career he play chess for up to 12 hours a day and also picked up table tennis as a hobby between films.

Kubrick was married three times and had three daughters. His last marriage to artist Christine Harlan lasted 40 years and they had two daughters together. He also developed some fears that would change his everyday life. While flying his own plane, he nearly crashed and died. This led to his fear of speed and after that h

Stanley Kubrick used the screen as a laboratory to expand people's minds and then watch their reactions. Kubrick's movies spark more debates than any other American director. Stanley Kubrick made movies the way he wanted and when he wanted. His innovations and imagination are seen in all of his films. He will truly be missed and lucky for us he left one movie after nearly a 20-year absence from the screen.

The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957) were both stories of perfect plans that went horrible wrong. The first was a failed robbery and the second was about World War I. Lolita (1962) and Dr. Strangelove (1964) were both black humor. Lolita is about sexual obsession and it leading to madness and murder. Dr. Stranglove is a study of military and political insanity leading to global annihilation. Kubrick would again push the boundaries of filmmaking with 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and A Clockwork Orange (1971). These are quite possibly his best work and also the most disturbing works at their time of release. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a story of man's evolution and the technology he created taking over. A Clockwork Orange was extremely controversial at its tim

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