Kelly Magovern

Donnie Darko (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

DONNIE DARKO (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

SPOOKY SEASON 🔪 DONNIE DARKO dir. Richard Kelly (2001)

Donnie Darko dir. Richard Kelly, 2001.

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL as Elizabeth Darko in DONNIE DARKO (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

DONNIE DARKO (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

The Kubrick Stare, sometimes referred to as the Kubrick Glare, is a common camera shot of an actor in most of Stanley Kubrick’s films. The Kubrick Glare has been called the “heavy-browed look of insanity”. Roger Ebert said he simply thought Kubrick found it an interesting angle with which to shoot the human face. Regardless, the actor is filmed by Kubrick at a specific angle with their head tilted slightly down, looking up, sometimes with the teeth exposed but always with a detached, menacing, angry, diabolical, evil or mad look in their eye.

“The Kubrick Stare” in Film:

The Avengers (2012) dir. Joss Whedon

Gladiator (2000) dir. Ridley Scott

The Crow (1994) dir. Alex Proyas

American Beauty (1999) dir. Sam Mendes

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick

Donnie Darko (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

Mulholland Drive (2001) dir. David Lynch

I don’t think you have a clue what’s like to communicate with these kids. We are losing them to apathy, to this prescribed nonsense. They are slipping away.

DONNIE DARKO 2001 – Richard Kelly

DONNIE DARKO (2001) Dir. Richard Kelly

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.

Donnie Darko (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

Donnie Darko (2001) dir. Richard Kelly.  

Donnie Darko (USA, 2001)

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.

“The Kubrick Stare, sometimes referred to as the Kubrick Glare, is a common camera shot of an actor in most of Stanley Kubrick’s films. The Kubrick Glare has been called the “heavy-browed look of insanity”. It symbolizes that the character in question is either really, really pissed or really becoming deranged, and the person they’re looking at is really, really screwed. Other times—usually when combined with a smile—it means they’re feeling really, really clever. Either way, it’s really creepy and ominous.”