Kubrickianadj.
/k(j)uːˈbrɪkɪən/, U.S. /kʊˈbrɪkiən/ Film.
Of or relating to Stanley Kubrick; resembling or characteristic of his films.Kubrick is particularly noted for his meticulous perfectionism, mastery of the technical aspects of film-making, and atmospheric visual style in films across a range of genres.
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Keatonesque1921
Eisensteinian1930
Hitchcockian1930
Wellesian1938
Capraesque1939
Fordian1940
Bergmanesque1959
Bressonian1959
Tatiesque1959
Buñuelian1962
Godardian1962
Hawksian1962
Sirkian1963
Felliniesque1965
Langian1966
Kubrickian1968
Warholian1972
Altmanesque1974
Scorsesean1977
Herzogian1979
Tarkovskian1980
Spielbergian1982
Lynchian1984
Tarantinoesque1994
1968 Vogue June 76/1 It [sc. 2001: A Space Odyssey] is a film obsessed first with the gadgetry of space exploration and then, it becomes evident, with some personal Kubrickian mysticism about the cycle of life, death, and rebirth in the cosmos.
1987 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 24 July 14 d/2 The big-business satire is probably the most successful element.., achieving a nice Kubrickian coolness and precision in its portrait of rampant greed and smiling irresponsibility.
1999 Wired Nov. 160/3 Shortly after being elected, President Reagan asked to see the war room at Cheyenne Mountain. He had imagined something soaring and Kubrickian, and he also came away feeling cheated.
2013 J. Sperb Blossoms & Blood 207 Anderson's remarkable work in the last decade reflects a Kubrickian work ethic that emphasizes patience, thorough research, and absolute focus in the pursuit of one's own definition of cinematic perfection.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1968