History: Look Magazine Photography By Stanley Kubrick

Personal life and beliefs
Film director Stanley Kubrick infrequently discussed personal matters in interviews, rarely spoke publicly at all, and was averse to travel. He was also reluctant to discuss the interpretation of his films, or the details of how he made them. His political and religious views do not neatly fit into any given pigeonhole. While earlier films like Paths of Glory seem to reflect an overtly progressive ideology, later films such as A Clockwork Orange can be construed to be equally critical of the political Left and Right. Fascinated by the possibilities of a supernatural reality, as reflected in films like Space Odyssey or The Shining, Kubrick was committed to no particular world-view.
Over time, the gamut of his public image in the media ranged from a reclusive genius to a megalomaniacal lunatic shut off from the world. Kubrick was portrayed as the latter by his script collaborator on Eyes Wide Shut both in a New Yorker article entitled A Kubrick Odyssey (June 14, 1999), and in his subsequent memoir Eyes Wide Open, although Kubrick's previous collaborator, Michael Herr, wrote a comparable memoir describing him in warm and gracious terms. Since his death, Kubrick's friends and family have publicly denied both of these stereotypes. It is clear that the director left behind a strong family and a circle of close friends, and many of those who worked for him have spoken in his favor.