Stanley Kubrick.

To become an auteur, the director must create his film like a work of art. It is usually based on three premises; technique, personal style and interior meaning. An auteur will also include his particular style(s) in all of his films so the audience can recognize it.

With a film career spanning over decades, Stanley Kubrick, a serious director for the title ‘Greatest filmmaker’ crafted consistent themes that are seen as unique and original. One of the aspects of his style was his use of unconventional music to evoke emotion/tension. For example, In ‘A Clockwork Orange’, Kubrick has his protagonist Alex sing ‘I’m singing in the rain’; the film is violent and fairly graphic to some extent so it is clear that he uses music to contrast the mood of the film. Kubrick is also known for his main characters being male and unlikeable (once again, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a prime example where Alex is a young boy who thrived on making peoples’ lives a misery). Another visual feature of Kubrick’s films includes the deliberate use of primary and secondary colours to symbolize or describe certain objects; this also creates striking images/shots (e.g. Eyes Wide Shut – to create a sexual look to the film).

Kubrick has also produced many other films with some sort of similarities. These are as such:

• Space Odyssey, 1968 – he contrasts the dark mystery with light classical music playing non-diegetically in the background. He also uses subtle elements of surrealism.
• The Shining – his protagonist is male and a psychotic failure. Again, he uses subtle elements of surrealism – twisting the 1920s and 1970s (playing with time).
• Barry Lynden – Kubrick uses colour to play around with reality in order to create a sense of surrealism.
• Eyes Wide Shut – he uses a recurring colour theme to make the film partially surrealistic