Stanley Kubrick and Francois Truffaut

It's turn for 2 of the classic directors that change the way movies are made today. Stanley Kubrick and Francois Truffaut.

Stanley Kubrick and Francois Truffaut

Even though Kubrick and Truffaut have very different nationality and belong to different waves of the cinema industry, we can find similarities between them and contrast with their interests and styles. 

Childhood:

Kubrick and Truffaut lived a different way of childhood. Kubrick´s father was always taking care of him, supporting his wants and dreams. In the other hand, Truffaut lived a different and very sad childhood, he was abandoned and this event influenced and marked his style; his first movie was named “400 knocks“ (translated to English) based on what he lived as a kid.

Filming style:

Kubrick worked in a vast range of styles, from dark comedy to horror to crime to drama. His films were a reflection of his obsessive. Truffaut didn't do films in as many "categories" as Kubrick but also tackled different subjects and types of cinemas.
They both had a really genuine approach of the visual work, they wanted their movie to seem as real as possible and sometimes in "extreme conditions". Truffaut and his peers of the new wave wanted their movie to look as caught moments of life (camera on shoulder, simple editing, sequence shots), Kubrick almost wanted his movies to be shot at the time it was supposed to occur (for Barry Lindon, they only used natural light and candles and I think you can guess how difficult it can be to shoot night scenes with this kind of lightening)