Stanley Kubrick : American Filmmaker
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| Title: | Stanley Kubrick : American Filmmaker |
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| Description: | An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history'A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent.... A brisk study of [Kubrick's] films, with enough of the life tucked in to add context as well as brightness and bite.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times'An engaging and well-researched primer to the work of a cinematic legend.'—Library Journal 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, David Mikics for the first time explores the personal side of Kubrick's films. |
| Authors: | David Mikics |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography |
| Categories: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history'A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent.... A brisk study of [Kubrick's] films, with enough of the life tucked in to add context as well as brightness and bite.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times'An engaging and well-researched primer to the work of a cinematic legend.'—Library Journal 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, David Mikics for the first time explores the personal side of Kubrick's films. |
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| ISBN: | 9780300224405 9780300255614 |
