One of the most consistently fascinating filmmakers of the last four decades, Stanley Kubrick saw his work praised and damned with equal vigor. Just as his singularly brilliant visual style won him great acclaim, his unconventional sense of narrative often elicited critical scorn. Above all, he remained an unique artist in a medium dominated by repetition and imitation. If his ambitious vision had at times exceeded his capacity to satisfy the demands of mainstream filmmaking, this chink in his armor was perhaps a strength in disguise, and only served to highlight the distinctiveness of