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Watch a supercut of Stanley Kubrick’s obsession with the color red

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From the budding supercut master who brought you ROYGBIV: A Pixar Supercut comes this short (and wildly re-watchable) exploration of Stanley Kubrick’s use of the color red. Aptly set to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the smartly-edited video clocks in at just over one minute. Though the cuts are quick, be warned that they obviously give some details away about Kubrick’s biggest films — which, if you haven’t seen, for shame — and in certain offices this could be considered NSFW because, you know... blood.

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