The Grotesqueness of Black-and-White: Portrayals of Über-Authority and Counter-Authority in Three Stanley Kubrick Films

Paper by Audrey Lapointe . Viewed on DVD. Many articles have been written about Stanley Kubrick’s directorial techniques and how they reflect on his sense of auteurship. James Naremore, for instance, writes in his article, “Stanley Kubrick and the Aesthetics of the Grotesque” (Fall, 2006) that Kubrick’s detached treatment of his characters gave his films … Continue reading The Grotesqueness of Black-and-White: Portrayals of Über-Authority and Counter-Authority in Three Stanley Kubrick Films