26 July 2009

"Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life." --Kubrick

Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was born today in 1928. Sad that the genius of Kubrick is no longer with us, but it's great that we can still reflect on his multiple masterpieces. Here are my favorite Kubrick movies. I'd love to know yours...

"I am not a king. I am something better. A free man."
--Spartacus--



Bernard Wilhelm runway:



"What drives me insane is the twofold nature of this nymphet...this mixture in my Lolita of tender, dreamy childishness and a kind of eerie vulgarity."
--Lolita--



Franz Herholdt photography:



"Open the pod bay doors Hal"
--A Space Odyssey--



Balenciaga:



"It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen."
--A Clockwork Orange--



Jessica Stam for Vogue Italia:

14 comments:

Unknown said...

My Hubby will watch Spartacus over and over again....

Lovely finds!

Couture Carrie said...

Love this post ~ total genius with the movie and runway juxtapositions! Especially loving the space-age Balenciaga!

xoxox,
CC

erika sorocco said...

I love the Lolita quote - I am contemplating reading the book right now. What a marvelous mix of movie and runway inspiration. Fabulous post! :)

Anonymous said...

At first I was confused with this post but after finding out that the paired pictures shared similarities with each other it made me wonder how his films would change with the designs of today XDD

kadler said...

A Clockwork Orange has got to be the creepiest movie of all time. I tried to watch it in high school and had to turn it off halfway through! However, the fashion was inspired...

Victoria said...

oh I need to go to disney world too ! :D Oh, yea the star tours was awesome :D

Sixpence and A Blue Moon said...

Love the Lolita quote. Interesting post, something to think about...

xoxo

Anonymous said...

Great post!

crystal said...

Oh wow! Superb post!

Flashes of Style said...

Very inspiring photos! <3

www.janetteria.com said...

cool post of course!

XoXo

Anonymous said...

wow, i totally see the simularities, fashion seems to take its inspiration from anywhere!
xxx

Ella Gregory said...

I love the last picture.

Syed said...

One of my favourite film makers of all time! Just about every one of his films were iconic, such a genius. Hope you had a beautiful weekend dear.