Martin Scorsese on Paths of Glory

[@leestamm3187]

A truly great film, beautifully shot in starkly clear black and white. Arguably Kubrick's best.

[@SpacePig-u3m]

The 4K is stunning.

[@THEGlassIED]

I just bought it because this video popped up.

[@JoshuaOkwuosa]

Early Kubrick shooting in black and white is unbelievably goated. Paths of Glory, The Killing, Dr. Strangelove, and Lolita. It’s not even fair at this point. Killers Kiss is also solid but can’t compete with the others mentioned.

[@antoinepetrov]

Dr. Strangelove is not "early Kubrick"

[@trajan75]

Agree with you and Martin Scorsese on Paths of Glory. But to me The Killing was a decent film, but I regard a remake of John Houston's "Asphalt Jungle" but not as good as the original.t

[@trajan75]

I agree about "Paths of Glory" I think "The Killing" is a remake of John Houston's "Asphalt Jungle" but not quite as good.

[@EdDunkle]

I realize that it's much easier technically to shoot these days, but "Ripley", recently out on Netflix, is full of gorgeous black and white shots.

[@dam00k]

The only good B&W I’ve seen in the last thirty years is Godzilla -1/-c

[@johnmunro4952]

I saw Paths of glory before I knew who Kubrick was. It completely floored me. It's very like Breaker Morrant in that respect.

[@NicholsBlauner]

I took a class in college where my professor discussed the courtroom / palace scenes as a game of chess (which Kubrick loved). The floor is literally a black & white mosaic resembling a chess board, and the character movements, because they are regimented military personnel, is limited to certain lines and patterns. The generals have freedom of movement, like a queen piece, while soldiers and officers are limited to certain movement patterns.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

An interesting way to look at it. I have to agree with you.

[@joeharris3878]

Very good , Nichols . I'm going to watch it again to look for that .

[@24FramesALife24]

Paths of Glory is one of my all time favourite movies.

[@armenianeric]

I think it's Kubrick's best.

[@brianfoley4328]

When people talk seriously about "The Best Movies", Paths of Glory is brought up.

[@Njbear7453]

It really is incredible to study Kubrick’s filmography and his range; personally I’m a “Killing” and “Barry Lyndon” fan but he truly never made a bad film. He made classics in whatever genre he chose to film.

[@Zwia.]

Eyes wide shut was bad 😂 if it wasn't a Kubrick everyone would admit it.

[@nin114]

Cheers to a fellow Killing and Barry Lyndon man. Best of the best.

[@xHuie]

yet to see Barry Lydnon but killing is actually one of my favorites from Kubrick next to clockwork

[@inexertion]

Those are my top 2 Kubricks as well.

[@SuperCosty2010]

The earliest ones before The Killing are pretty weak from my point of view. Especially "Fear and Desire" was for me barely watchable because of crazy overacting. The short ones are just... short. The sailors' trade union ad was pretty entertaining though (and in colour). The Killing was a gigantic step forward in means of all what makes a good movie

[@davidriggs1470]

Kirk Douglas finest performance

[@Mandrahale]

Years ago I saw this film with a WWII veteran. They cried at how impactful it was.

[@bag1856]

One of my favorite channels. Have you thought of organizing these videos in playlists by the specific commentators?

[@robinsandquist]

One of Kubrick's most underrated films, like Scorsese says - powerful !

[@hkraytai]

Yeah. It’s overshadowed by his other many great films.

[@chriswest6988]

Really beautiful "you can study the shots-" then interrupts himself "first of all you don't study the shots, you watch the movie, and it affects you or it doesn't. And _then_ I went back [etc]" It's easy when teaching things that you already know to take that step as obvious and settled and blow past it. There was a moment when you saw the payoff, felt the effect in action, and then, once you knew it _did_ work, you cared about _how_ it worked.

[@williamwingfield9198]

It’s similar with music. You listen to the whole thing, and then look at particulars.

[@xHuie]

read once this movie wasn't released in France until 1975

[@jamesfrancis1950]

The execution of private Sloviek was held up for a generation in American by president Ike part of war.

[@Lovelylove4everyone]

I think it was banned in Germany for a while

[@pauloarisi1908]

One of the Best pictures of All Times. A Master piacere of Stanley Kubrick

[@paulkossak7761]

I believe it's the greatest antiwar movies every filmed.

[@Njbear7453]

I would say this film and cross of iron directed by the great Sam Peckinpah!

[@aldosigmann419]

'Now u got the edge on him...' Killer close !

[@frustriert]

"A wound to the head would hurt much more than one to the tail. The tail is just meat but the head is all bone." I have seen this on TV when Kubrick was totally unknown to me but although I was young I stood all through this black and white movie and there are so many scenes that just stuck with me.

[@movie-mandan]

This movie hurts. So much guilt and sorrow is spent up for soldiers that were a product to be made examples of

[@Iam_Seda666]

Paths and Strangelove my kubrick favs

[@garyspence2128]

Don't leave out 2001, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, and Spartacus! He was a true master of film.

[@codymoe4986]

@@garyspence2128 Are they their favorite Kubrick films? Probably why they didn't list them, huh?

[@garyspence2128]

​@@codymoe4986Could be...? Thanks for the clarification. Friends of yours..?

[@Njbear7453]

@@garyspence2128Spartacus rocks

[@loganperry5167]

This film thrills and disheartens. Thanks Marty & JWBS

[@dorfmanjones]

When people talk about Kubrick's achievements this film often doesn't come up often enough. I think it's his most realized. It's tight as a drum.

[@joeharris3878]

My favorite Kubrick movie and the best war movie ive ever seen . Kubrick nearly always had his audience watch characters forcedinto moving through confined spaces from one placed to another (why , and to what purpose I don't understand) but must work subliminally. And this film is even titled that way

[@petermot645]

Just a great film..

[@mark11967AD]

I always thought Kirk Douglas came across as a bit corny in some of these military movies and westerns but in others he’s very good. Loved him In Harms Way. Maybe he’s more vulnerable to direction than some other actors. The cinematography and camera shots in this film look like genius. Definitely have to check this out. Thanks Marty.

[@deakensomoza3305]

Martin Scorsese on The Incredibles (2004)?

[@MH-fb5kr]

one of my very favorite movies… graphically illustrates the total brutality and futility of war

[@rezinrussell1689]

Kubrick's third greatest film.

[@chiefscheider]

After...?

[@deeg8849]

Still waiting for someone to make the definitive doc on Mr Kubrick

[@SuperCosty2010]

understand russian?

[@deeg8849]

Nope​@@SuperCosty2010

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍👍

[@Keyser666]

Usually walked in at the middle of the film?!!

[@aydenhipkiss5267]

I remember my parents telling me about this. They said they often saw the end of a film before the beginning. Films were just shown on a continual loop over the course of the day. You bought a ticket and could watch a movie twice over if you wanted to.

[@garrybaldy327]

Timothy Carey almost ruined this great film. Thank God he didn't

[@SuperCosty2010]

Timothy was very good in The Killing, but in Paths he's like drugged, wtf?

[@aldosigmann419]

Naw....he was excellent...mass armies will snare every type of personality in their ranks....his oddball persona is one of the things i will remember about the film and his final walk to the execution and whimpering like a baby...

[@erakfishfishfish]

@@aldosigmann419wasn’t the whole reason his character was picked to stand trial was because he was weird and didn’t fit in? It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

[@aldosigmann419]

@@erakfishfishfish Your probably right - his odd manner made him a 'fall guy'. It's probably been over 30 years since i saw the film - but i remember him!

[@leestamm3187]

​​@@aldosigmann419You're right. Anyone who served in the military will probably recall encountering someone much like him.

[@WalterBurton]

Meta meta.

[@romanclay1913]

From Kirk Douglas' autobiography "The Ragman's Son": 
I met the director Stanley Kubrick. He said he had a script called PATHS OF GLORY. I read the script and fell in love with it. "Stanley, I don't think this picture will ever make a nickel, but we HAVE to make it." 
I got financing. It wasn't easy. When I arrived in Munich, I was greeted with a completely rewritten script. 
"Stanley, did you write this?" 
"Yes." 
"Stanley, why would you do that? "

He very calmly said, "To make it commercial. I want to make money." 
I hit the ceiling. "You come to me with a script. I love THAT script. I got the money, based on THAT script. Not this shit!" I threw the script across the room. "We're going back to the original script, or we're not making the picture."

[@SOLXXX41]

Kirk Douglas called Kubrick, "A talented Shit".

[@zetectic7968]

Pot calling the kettle black.

[@garrybaldy327]

I wonder if Kubrick ever called Douglas a talented child rapist?

[@garrybaldy327]

I wonder if Kubrick ever called Douglas a talented child rapist

[@garrybaldy327]

I wonder if Kubrick ever called Douglas a talented rapist

[@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.]

​@@zetectic7968 Context?