Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957) closes with a scene that doesn't seem organic to the movie. ... Also read my 1969 Esquire interview with Kirk Douglas, and Great Movie reviews of Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Dr. read more
Because it is a great movie. In general, Stanley Kubrick only does great movies. He is a man who has made the best Horror, Science Fiction, Political Comedy and Experimental film ever made. read more
The site's critical consensus reads: "Paths of Glory is a transcendentally humane war movie from Stanley Kubrick, with impressive, protracted battle sequences and a knock-out ending". Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert added this film to his "Great Movies" list on February 25, 2005. read more
"Paths of Glory" was the film by which Stanley Kubrick entered the ranks of great directors, never to leave them. When I interviewed Kirk Douglas in 1969, he recalled it as the summit of his acting career: "There's a picture that will always be good, years from now. read more