Kubrickian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), influential American film director, writer, producer, and photographer, noted for his technical perfectionism.

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Meanings

adjectiveKubrickian (comparative more Kubrickian, superlative most Kubrickian)

comparative more Kubrickian · superlative most Kubrickian

  1. Of or pertaining to Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), influential American film director, writer, producer, and photographer, noted for his technical perfectionism.
  2. Characterized by meticulous perfectionism, mastery of the technical aspects of film-making, and atmospheric visual style in films across a range of genres.

    Even directors with more formal aesthetics—the Kubrickian perfectionist David Fincher and the interpersonal realist Noah Baumbach—did not make rote, familiar-feeling movies.

    2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN
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    There are some nice gags and sprightly Kubrickian touches, and one genuinely shocking scene when Evelyn fat-shames her daughter – an authentically upsetting moment of family dysfunction that seems to come from another film, one in a parallel universe.

    2022 May 11, Peter Bradshaw, “Everything Everywhere All at Once review – nothing nowhere over a long period of time”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

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APA

Kubrickian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kubrickian

MLA

“Kubrickian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kubrickian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kubrickian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kubrickian.

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