This spectacularly comprehensive supercut by Vimeo user kogonada highlights the unusual symmetry of Kubrick’s films, and lets us zoom in on the effect of the single-perspective shot. Kubrick was aware of the psychology of symmetry and used it whenever he wanted to put an audience at unease. The is a prime example of how off-putting symmetry can be in motion picture photography.

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