Kubrick Book

More than any other contemporary filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick projects onto the screen the enormous complexity and underlying tensions of the modern world. From his first feature film, "Fear and Desire," to "The Shining," Kubrick has created a body of work unique in its scope, diversity, and cinematic artistry. In this book film critic Michel Ciment examines all of Kubricks films, ranging from "Spartacus" to "2001: A Space Oddyssy," "Lolita" to "Dr. Strangelove," "A Clockwork Orange" to "Barry Lyndon." To illustrate his brilliant text, Ciment has selected more than 300 photographs (60 in full color), including many previously unpublished frame enlargements from Kubrick's own collection.This text includes three rare interviews in which the normally reticent director talks candidly about his work, his life, and the cinema. We see a multi-talented artist (writer, photographer, director, editor) at the height of his powers, running in full stride thirty years into his career. A detailed filmography and bibliography, interviews with four of Kubrick's close collaborators, and Ciment's critical text combine to provide a fascinating portrait of one of the most visionary, original, and demanding filmmakers of our time.Read More