Stanley Kubrick

American Filmmaker

Stanley Kubrick
David Mikics
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Hardback
h210 x 146mm - 248pg
2 Oct 2020 US
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9780300224405
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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.
"A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent. . . . A brisk study of his films, with enough of the life tucked in to add context as well as brightness and bite. "-Dwight Garner, New York Times "Some of [Kubrick' s] shots are reproduced in Mikics' s book. They show that Kubrick' s eye for clever compositions - left balances right, background speaks to foreground - was there from the off. "-Christopher Bray, Spectator "A joy to read . . . elegant and penetrating as both biography and film criticism. Mikics offers such persuasive arguments for the individual movies that I found myself continually rethinking them. "-Molly Haskell, author of Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films
David Mikics is Moores Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Houston, as well as a columnist for Tablet magazine. His most recent books are Bellow' s People and Slow Reading in a Hurried Age.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780300224405
Published: 2 Oct 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 146mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 248

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