Though "Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey" boasts a large and ever-expanding fan-base, there are few among even the most avid enthusiasts who fully understand the film's inheritance, complexities, and ironies. The essays in this collection, commissioned from a wide variety of scholars, examine[...]

Studies the style and themes of the films of Stanley Kubrick. The second edition of Mario Falsetto's extensive analysis of Kubrick's films carefully examines the filmmaker's oeuvre in its entirety--from smaller, early films (The Killing) through mid-career masterpieces (Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Spac[...]

This new edition, revised and expanded to discuss all of Kubrick's films including Eyes Wide Shut again received the approval of the reclusive director, who before his death allowed the use of illustrations taken directly from his films' frames. The result is a frame-by-frame examination of the inim[...]

The musical scores of Stanley Kubrick's films are often praised as being innovative and forward-looking. Despite playing such an important part in his productions, however, the ways in which Kubrick used music to great effect is still somewhat mysterious to many viewers. Although some viewers may kn[...]

Stanley Kubrick is generally acknowledged as one of the world's great directors. Yet few critics or scholars have considered how he emerged from a unique and vibrant cultural milieu: the New York Jewish intelligentsia.Stanley Kubrick reexamines the director's work in context of his ethnic and cultur[...]

Considered by critics to be Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, Barry Lyndon has suffered from scholarly and popular neglect. Maria Pramaggiore argues that one key reason that this film remains unappreciated, even by Kubrick aficionados, is that its transnational and intermedial contexts have not been fu[...]

Although Stanley Kubrick adapted novels and short stories, his films deviate in notable ways from the source material. In particular, since 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), his films seem to definitively exploit all cinematic techniques, embodying a compelling visual and aural experience. But, as autho[...]

Garcia Mainar's critical study of the films of the late Stanley Kubrick includes analysis of all but his last work, Eyes Wide Shut, and offers both a formal analysis of the films based on style and narrative pattern, and a theoretical, postmodernist approach to ideas presented in the films. Garcia M[...]

Edited by Danel Olson (The Exorcist: Studies in the Horror Film), with nineteen new interviews by Justin Bozung and recent Paris/London conversations with co-screenwriter Diane Johnson and the legendary Shining Twins by Catriona McAvoy, this study is the first featuring recent reminiscences with cas[...]

This e-single compiles a selection of film reviews from the New York Times archives, focusing on the career of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick - whose 1999 obituary is included as well. You will find his first feature film, "e;Fear and Desire,"e; along with his epic "e;Spartacus,"e; bleakl[...]

This is a beautifully written and exhaustively researched look at Kubrick's career as a photojournalist at "Look" magazine. It explores how working as a photojournalist at Look shaped his subsequent career as a filmmaker. It features never-before-published photographs from the Look archives and comp[...]

Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1928-99) was a master who took the art of filmmaking further than any other contemporary director, a creative perfectionist whose work fascinates new generations. He started out as a photographer before moving into film noir aged barely 25, after which the power and originality[...]

The first book to explore Stanley Kubrick's archives and the most comprehensive study of the filmmaker to date, divided into 2 parts. Part 1: The films Kubrick's complete films will be presented chronologically and wordlessly via frame enlargements. A completely nonverbal experience. Part 2: The Cre[...]