Stanley Kubrick remembered on his birthday

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July 26 marks Stanley Kubrick’s birthday; social posts and filmmakers are posting tributes and clips citing his birth on July 26, 1928 and death on March 7, 1999. A recent episode of the podcast Thief's Monthly Movie Loot featured film scholar Nathan Abrams and a deep dive into Kubrick’s work, covering the Overlook Hotel, Vietnam-set sequences, the infinites of space, Abrams’s Top 5 Kubrick films, and timed segments listed in the episode notes. Press and essays resurfaced a notable pre-Peter Jackson curiosity: proposals to adapt The Lord of the Rings that once included The Beatles in a version considered for Kubrick. Fans and outlets also pointed to retrospectives and curated releases, with at least one post promoting a complete Kubrick box set scheduled for October. Posts quoted Kubrick lines and highlighted career totals commonly cited in tributes, including his 12 feature-length films and 13 Academy Award nominations, and noted that he would have been 98 this year.

Brendel

@brendelbored.bsky.social

It’s Stanley Kubrick’s birthday today, what is YOUR favorite Kubrick classic? 🎥

22645d ago

C.A. Pinkham26

I didn't see that it was you that posted this at first and immediately went to Wikipedia to check something

Joe Flynn22

Brendel when I get home I'm gonna punch yo mama in the mouth.

𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑠14

If anyone says something other than Smokey and the Bandit, they clearly are not a film historian

a human, like you6

I love that champagne commercial he was in “ahhhhhh, the French!”

Michael Samonek4

Smokey and the bandit but it’s James mason and Sue Lyon

Will O'Minder4

Smokey and the Barry Lyndon

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jOSEPHINE rIESMAN31

I juuuuust rewatched 2001 and on the big screen for the first time, but my vote forever goes to my boy Barry Lyndon. Barry, you were a piece of shit who woulda owned a Cybertruck in 2026, but boy do I love watching you gradually wreck your life

Indrapramit Das7

Can't pick favourites, but the one I've watched most often is EYES WIDE SHUT. The two I've seen in theatres are BARRY LYNDON and 2001; glorious, everyone should do if they can.

Casey Stegman6

One of these is not a Kubrick film. He never made a movie called Barry Lyndon.

gage2

sometimes it’s impossible to choose a favorite this is not one of those times

Charcoal Crow2

Oh, god, so many choices. I suppose 2001 but there is a lot to admire in his catalogue (and we can also acknowledge he wasn't a great guy at the same time).

Jonathan Edwards

@jontofski.bsky.social

Stanley Kubrick. Born on this day in 1928.

A portrait of Kubrick in pen, ink, pencil and paint

20345d ago

Catbus

@catbus.phd

happy birthday, Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) 📽️

Stanley Kubrick selfie from the Overlook Hotel public bathroom set of 'The Shining', an out of focus Jack Nicholson in the foreground with a movie camera and operator reflected in one mirror while Kubrick & his daughter Vivian are reflected in the other along with Nicholson's back

15745d ago

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Greg Pak60

#BelieveInFilm pals, anyone recognize the 35mm camera Kubrick's shooting?

Criterion Channel

@criterionchannl.bsky.social

Celebrating the incomparable cinematic genius Stanley Kubrick on what would have been has 98th birthday. ❤️🎞️ Take a closer look at THE COMPLETE KUBRICK, our unprecedented box set bringing together the auteur’s entire directorial output for the first time—available in October.

11945d ago

Gaijin Rando

@gaijinrando.bsky.social

Stanley Kubrick on the set of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) He was BOTD in 1928

13645d ago

Agent of the NWO2

his movies still feel so fresh and ahead of their time that reading he was born in 1928 is wild, the math makes sense but it still feels crazy to me somehow

OkieYank1

He was SO FAR ahead of his time!

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Hunter Felt 🏳️‍⚧️11

So many reasons I miss practical effects and real sets, but very surreal behind-the-scenes photos are one of them.

Megan Abbott

@meganabbott.bsky.social

“Never, ever go near power. Don’t become friends with anyone who has real power. It’s dangerous.” HBD, the great Stanley Kubrick …

8245d ago

sci.fried

@scifried.bsky.social

Stanley Kubrick on the set of his best movie #filmsky

6245d ago

Shaun2

Ah, I see you've chosen violence today.

More Movies

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Remembering Stanley Kubrick on his birthday 🎂 Here are Our Top 5 Films by him. Do you have a favourite Kubrick movie? 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #botd moremovies.co.uk/top-5-stanle...

5545d ago

JPSea ..🦩🦚7

Brilliant article MM! My favourite (although I’ve not seen Fear & Desire or Eyes Wide Shut) 🤷‍♂️📽🎟

m.4

A Clockwork Orange The Shining Full Metal Jacket 2001 : A Space Odyssey Barry Lyndon/ Lolita tied😂🤷🏼‍♀️

harrysenior.bsky.social3

2001 Barry lyndon Spartacus Paths of glory A clockwork orange

Cassol ronnie2

2001 The Shining Spartacus Full metal jacket Lolita

BatMiteReborn2

It's really difficult to peg a favourite, but it's between the shining and 2001,both are amazing for different reasons but I think purely on camera photography and directing alone (the handy cam was invented for this film) it has to be the shining. 🦇

davidc1935.bsky.social

@davidc1935.bsky.social

"Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling." Stanley Kubrick, born 26 July 1928.

5345d ago

Cinefeast33 📽📺📚

@cinefeast33.bsky.social

BOTD 7/26/1928: Stanley Kubrick Bow down to an actual legend! Kubrick only directed 12 feature-length films, but 11 are straight-up bangers & absolute classics. Among the pantheon of film GODS; 13 Oscar noms (improbably only winning one for visual effects on 2001). #filmsky 📽

5145d ago

SCI-FIVE 🔵 ✊🏿 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 🚀

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#2001ASpaceOdyssey #SciFi #StanleyKubrick #FilmSky #movies #vintagemovieposters #alternativemovieposters #RobertMcCall

French version of 2001's original movie poster, on Art.com. Painting by Robert McCall.

5446d ago

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@wor-will.bsky.social

Stanley Kubrick Birthday memory - A Genius at his Craft What a Legacy and body of work he left behind #FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies

4045d ago

jOSEPHINE rIESMAN

@josie.zone

Happy posthumous birthday to Stanley Kubrick This clip fascinates me

3245d ago

Immigrant Punk3

Is there more to the clip? This is fascinating and would love to watch/read more

Blastgoggles1

"you're going to America? Terrible!" Still sadly a relevant phrase. RIP.

chatsubo657.bsky.social1

I wonder what his Holocaust film that could never get made (or maybe he just couldn’t make), would have been like? Though sure there’s an interpretation of The Shining really being about the Holocaust, out there somewhere.

Cool Bike Art

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social

Before becoming a filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photographer for Look magazine How the Circus Gets Set 1948 📷Stanley Kubrick #BicycleBirthday Stanley Kubrick July 26 (1928-1999)

Photo of a man in a suit and hat standing with his hand next to his mouth. In the background there's a person riding a bicycle on a tightrope with two people dangling from the wheels.

3145d ago

Michael Warburton

@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

Remembering one of Cinema’s greatest (pioneering) Filmmakers— STANLEY KUBRICK — born 98yrs ago today.

3245d ago

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