Kubrick

[ koo-brik, kyoo- ]

/ ˈku brɪk, ˈkyu- /

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noun

Stanley, 1928–99, U.S. film director.

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Kuan Yin, Kuban, Kubelík, Kublai Khan, Kubla Khan, Kubrick, Kuch Bihar, kuchen, Kuching, kudlik, kudo

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How to use Kubrick in a sentence

He simply took off into a visionary territory, where few not named Nicolas Roeg or Stanley Kubrick dare to go.
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And like Jodorowsky, Kubrick also had the delusion that some Hollywood studio would back his vision.
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When Kubrick explained that the resulting movie would be seven hours long, they agreed to shelve the script.
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Dissonant music that might otherwise be found in a Kubrick film portend to the worst.
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“Nothing is ever unintentional in a Kubrick movie,” say scholars and co-workers of the great filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.
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British Dictionary definitions for Kubrick

Kubrick

/ (ˈkjuːbrɪk) /

noun

Stanley. 1928–99, US film writer, director, and producer. He directed Lolita (1962), Dr Strangelove (1963), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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