kubrickisgod:
“Above all, what makes Kubrick’s films fascinating is that they create cognitive dissonance. The skill and the precision of the lighting, set design, camerawork, and composition is juxtaposed with the barrenness of (recognizable) human emotion and dramatic coherence, the often mannered acting and stilted dialogue, and the fragmented and oddly lacklustre storytelling. The mechanics of melodrama have broken down. There is no centre to hold. This mysteriously missing centre — the incoherence of Kubrick’s films, the lack of integrity between text and subtext — creates fascination in many viewers (especially the more intellectual ones). It causes the burning desire to find that missing centre, to crack the code and relieve the tension of not-knowing.”
There’s Something About Stanley: Kubrick’s Strange Science Of Obsession
