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220. The film was a masterpiece.

Stanley Kubrick was one of the first filmmakers (perhaps the first) to make a very bold use of extreme wide-angle lenses — so extreme that they cause barrel distortion. The first example that comes to mind is A Clockwork Orange, in which he used extreme wide-angle lenses in both dolly shots and handheld shots.

Again, the use of wide-angle lenses was not pointless and self-indulgent: rather, it was absolutely consistent with the tone of the film as a whole. Can you imagine “A Clockwork Orange” filmed with bland camerawork? Impressive camerawork has undeniable merits, particularly when it really serves to enhance the effect of a particular story. Stanley Kubrick’s use of lenses in “A Clockwork Orange”


Stanley was a professional photographer and the first director that came from that genre.

http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/filmmaking/stanley-kubrick-film-techniques.html