Is there a method behind director Stanley Kubrick’s madness?
There was a rumor spread around the industry that Stanley Kubrick was a perfectionist. If you were to ask Kubrick if he thought he was a perfectionist, he would probably scoff while rejecting that label.
It wasn’t perfection that Kubrick was looking for in the endless takes he would shoot for a single scene. It was just his method as a director. We’ve heard of directors who do take after take to get the right performance out of an actor, and that’s essentially what Kubrick’s methods were.
Although his notorious habit was unconventional and torturous to some actors, with the number reaching 127 takes in The Shining, Kubrick had a reason behind his madness. CinemaTyler breaks down Kubrick’s method of 30 takes per scene, and why his method always got some of the best performances in cinema. Let’s get into what this method can teach us about directing actors.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
