“He created more than just movies,” Spielberg said when asked about Kubrick. “He gave us complete environmental experiences that got more, not less, intense the more you watched his pictures. He copied no one, while all of us were scrambling to imitate him.”
In the master of film’s chillingly visceral depiction of American soldiers’ introduction to the Vietnam War, Kubrick shows the difficulty of remaining peaceful in an environment that feeds off violence. Told from the perspective of quick witted…
