Stan the Man

And now something fun for all you Brusselonians and a perfect way to hide from the incessant rain. A man who needs no introduction, with a mere 13 films he managed to revolutionize cinematography (all the scenes in Barry Lyndon are lit solely by natural candlelight), to push boundaries (with the emotional and sexual odyssey that made us keep our Eyes Wide Shut) and to shock like no other filmmaker (with the tagline A Clockwork Orange: being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultraviolence and Beethoven, the film  was banned  in England after a series of copycat crimes based on the film, and was not re-released until 2001). Stanley Kubrick has left a mark on our public consciousness and through the Stanley Kubrick photography exhibition at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels, which is on until  1 July 2012, you get a glimpse at how it all began. Before Lolita, Dr Strangelove (which I consider to be one of the most hilarious movies of all times!) and 2001 A Space Odyssey, Mr Kubrick used to roam the streets of New York and take photos of strangers on trains, young lovers, boxers, starlets and shoe shine boys. Enjoy a sneak preview.