Kubrick stare

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English

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Etymology

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Named for its frequent use in the films of director Stanley Kubrick.[1][2][3]

Noun

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Kubrick stare (plural Kubrick stares)

  1. The act of looking at the viewer with head tilted downward and eyes peering upward from beneath the eyebrows.
    • 2017, Don Perez, "Librarian of horror", The Union (El Camino College), 18 May 2017, page 3 (image caption):
      Analu Cruze-Josephides, librarian and actor exemplifies his rendition of the “Kubrick stare,” a technique synonymous with villainous characters he plays in films.
    • 2017 June 8, Marty Fugate, “'The Remnant' offers a cure for Vietnam War amnesia”, in Arts + Entertainment, page 9:
      [] Vincent D'Onofrio goes off the deep end with a malevolent Kubrick stare.
    • 2018 April 26, Chris McCoy, “The Professional”, in Memphis Flyer, page 34:
      Ramsay's work is as chilling as it is technically flawless. She's an avid practitioner of the Kubrick Stare []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kubrick stare.

References

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  1. ^ Harvey Cormier, "2001: Modern Art, and Modern Philosophy", in Philosophy and Film (eds. Cynthia A. Freeland & Thomas E. Wartenberg), page 194
  2. ^ Jeremy Mark Robinson, The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, page 379
  3. ^ Maarten Coëgnarts, Film as Embodied Art: Bodily Meaning in the Cinema of Stanley Kubrick, unnumbered pages

Further reading

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