Stanley Kubrick, the auteur

Stanley Kubrick is a true blue auteur. An auteur of who Andres Bazin could be proud. Kubrick mixed elements together in such a fashion that you could immediately say, "That is Kubrick." A couple of these elements include "dolly" or "rolling" shots (where the camera would follow a character or group), close-ups of anguished, emotional faces (including Nicholson's and D'Onofrio's respective "glares"), ironic music, and war themes. Full Metal Jacket (1987) represents Kubrick's lifetime of toil and work. He seamlessly melds all the elements from previous movies into this powerful, troubling film. You can see this at work in this clip:

The Drill Sergeant is followed by a rolling camera and causes Gomer Pyle to have some of the most terrible faces I have ever seen.
Ironic music in Dr. Strangelove:

Stanley Kubrick will forever be remembered as a extraordinary writer-director. His body of work "only" included sixteen films, but in forty-eight years, that does not sound like a lot. An average of three years per movie really shows in the crafted, particular way he shot his films. He liked close-ups of everything:

His shots have spurred many imitations, like the following scene:

It is unfortunate Kubrick died before the new millennium, but he left behind many works to appreciate and dissect. He will always be remembered in- and outside film classes.