Stanley Kubrick American filmmaker / David Mikics.
| Author/creator | Mikics, David, 1961- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020] |
| Description | viii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Jewish lives Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.) ^A1036261 |
| Contents | 1. I Know I Can Make a Film Better Than That: Killer's Kiss, The Killing -- 2. Keep Doing It Until It Is Right: Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita -- 3. Total Final Annihilating Artistic Control: Dr. Strangelove -- 4. The Tower of Babel Was the Start of the Space Age: 2001: A Space Odyssey -- 5. Let's Open with a Sicilian Defence: A Clockwork Orange -- 6. You Can Talk for Hours about a Thing with Stanley: Barry Lyndon -- 7. Something Inherently Wrong with the Human Personality: The Shining -- 8. Make Sure It's Big -- Lon Chaney Big: Full Metal Jacket -- 9. Frightened of Making the Movie: Eyes Wide Shut. |
| Summary | An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history, Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctor's son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a self-taught filmmaker and self-proclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside the Hollywood mainstream. Kubrick's Jewishness played a crucial role in his idea of himself as an outsider. Obsessed with rebellion against authority, war, and male violence, Kubrick was himself a calm, coolly masterful creator and a talkative, ever-curious polymath immersed in friends and family. Drawing on interviews and new archival material, Mikics for the first time explores the personal side of Kubrick's films. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019955073 |
| ISBN | 9780300224405 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300224400 (hardcover : alk. paper) |