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No only is The Shining my favorite Kubrick movie, but it's one of the best, if not THE best, horror/scary movie ever made, imo. Once you've seen it, you'll never forget it.
I've seen 2001 more times than any other film from the first weekend it debuted at my neighborhood theater all those years ago. I regularly get sucked into watching it again & again when it plays on TCM every other year or so, so I guess this makes it my favorite movie period, not just of Kubrick's work.
It was just so radical on so many levels when it came out, the most expensive art film ever produced; every time I wonder about some new detail, last viewing it was the French Bedroom scene again, specifically the audio there. It also helped that I read the original short story "The Sentinel" early on so I got an idea of some of the themes of the original plot before Kubrick enlarged upon it.
I went with The Shining, which I put slightly ahead of Dr. Strangelove.
I think both of them are masterpieces. And as for The Shining, I loved the novel as well. Yes, they're very different in key ways - but I don't make the (ridiculous, IMO) mistake of demanding that a film strictly adhere to the novel upon which it is based. As far as I'm concerned, a good interpretation of a novel is not to draw upon the novel itself but upon the source material for the novel - and since the screenplay writer and director cannot see into the imaginative creative process of the author's mind, the source material for the film inevitably differs from that of the novel. A film that simply replicates a novel is worthless.
When it first came out, I loved Clockwork Orange (great soundtrack too). I had to think about the
question for a minute or two but now my answer would be The Shining.
This was a tough call for me, as well. But The Shining has many layers of meaning and the choice of music is significant. I think it's a work of art.
I've seen 2001 more times than any other film from the first weekend it debuted at my neighborhood theater all those years ago. I regularly get sucked into watching it again & again when it plays on TCM every other year or so, so I guess this makes it my favorite movie period, not just of Kubrick's work.
Same for me. In 6th grade, we took a class trip to see it when it first opened at a theater downtown.
"2001" is certainly my favorite, and "Dr. Strangelove" and "The Killing" are in the Top 10.
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