17-year old Stanley Kubrick photographing New York

Thanks for the link.

Interesting to see how people dressed, ladies hair styles and how folks lived back then. The young lady carrying a pile of books, must of been an exception as from my Moms generation they were homemakers. Kind of looks like some of the movies I watch on TCM.
 
Truly a Prodigy.

A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a master of that particular skill as a child––you can be a musical prodigy or a math prodigy.
 
These are great, although I've seen some of them before. The guy in the suit in the "High Wire Act" photo looks like a young Richard Nixon. Maybe it was. Nixon practiced law in NYC at one time.
 
Nokton48 said:
Truly a Prodigy.

A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a master of that particular skill as a child––you can be a musical prodigy or a math prodigy.
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I actually kind of have mixed feelings about Kubrik as a Director. I recognize his genius but he perhaps made some movies that were not quite my style. Nevertheless, some of his films were just fabulous (Barry Lyndon comes to mind, as does his early anti war movie Paths of Glory ) but others, for all the hype about them, are only so so or at least have not stood the test of time so well IMHO. And The Shining stands out for me as being just about the world's most unscary, un-frightening horror movie of all time and so has to be one of his misses as I score it. (But perhaps the fault lies more with Steven King as author - it's hard to polish a "you know what".) What Kubrik really must be lauded for at least though, I think, is his willingness to try just about any genre. And I certainly do not knock him for that, nor for his willingness to go to the "nth degree" to recreate detail and period feel. My love of Barry Lyndon is mostly about that - even for example making period accurate military uniforms (hundreds and hundreds of them) using authentic patterns and period accurate color dyes to get the right color. Name another Director who goes to such lengths.

His early photography was excellent and especially in this I agree, he was a kind of prodigy.
 
peterm1 said:
I actually kind of have mixed feelings about Kubrik as a Director. Some of his films were just fabulous (Barry Lyndon comes to mind, as does his early anti war movie Paths of Glory ) but others, for all the hype about them, are only so so or at least have not stood the test of time so well IMHO. And The Shining stands out for me as being just about the world's most unscary horror movie of all time and so has to be one of his misses as I score it. (But perhaps the fault lies more with Steven King as author - it's hard to polish a "you know what".) What Kubrik really must be lauded for at least though, I think, is his willingness to try just about any genre. And I certainly do not knock him for that.

His early photography was excellent and especially in this he was a kind of prodigy.
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I have all of his films on DVD. Not all hit the mark, but IMHO (except for the first one) each masterfully well done. BTW he hated the first one.
 
Just fantastic. Thank you. If you search “Kubrick and lenses” on YouTube, there is some great stuff about his camera and lens collection, how he used and modified his cinema lenses and lit his scenes to create the effects in films like Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut. It’s really interesting.
 
I have always been a Kubrick fan those photos are great!

These days I prefer Orson Welles films or even simpler Chris Carter's X-Files lol.

Chuckled a little at how she handled that lens! Could it really be that heavy?

Edit: If you have not seen "The Other Side of the Wind" -Orson Welles, its on Netflix and worth the time! Released in 2018 after some 40 odd years in the closet.
 
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