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OverviewOn Kubrick provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to the posthumously-produced A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001). The book offers provocative analysis of each of Kubrick's films, together with new information about their production histories and cultural contexts. Its ultimate aim is to provide a concise yet thorough discussion that will be useful as both an academic text and a trade publication. James Naremore argues that in several respects Kubrick was one of the cinema's last modernists: his taste and sensibility were shaped by the artistic culture of New York in the 1950s; he became a celebrated auteur who forged a distinctive style; he used art-cinema conventions in commercial productions; he challenged censorship regulations; and throughout his career he was preoccupied with one of the central themes of modernist art – the conflict between rationality and its ever-present shadow, the unconscious. War and science are key concerns in Kubrick's oeuvre, and his work has a hyper-masculine quality. Yet no director has more relentlessly emphasized the absurdity of combat, as in Paths of Glory (1957) and Full Metal Jacket (1987), the failure of scientific reasoning, as in 2001 (1968), and the fascistic impulses in masculine sexuality, as in Dr Strangelove (1964) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The book also argues that while Kubrick was a voracious intellectual and a life-long autodidact, the fascination of his work has less to do with the ideas it espouses than with the emotions it evokes. Often described as 'cool' or 'cold,' Kubrick is best understood as a skillful practitioner of what might be called the aesthetics of the grotesque; he employs extreme forms of caricature and black comedy to create disgusting, frightening yet also laughable images of the human body, creating a sense of unease that leaves viewers unsure of how to react. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James NaremorePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: BFI Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.857kg ISBN: 9781844571420ISBN 10: 1844571424 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 12 June 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments I. Prologue 1. The Last Modernist 2. Silence, Exile, and Cunning 3. Grotesque Aesthetics II. Early Kubrick 1. No Other Country but the Mind 2. Dream City III. Kubrick, Harris, Douglas 1. The Criminal and the Artist 2. Ant Hill 3. Dolores, Lady of Pain IV. Stanley Kubrick Presents 1. Wargasm 2. Beyond the Stars 3. A Professional Piece of Sinny 4. Duellist 5. Horrorshow V. Late Kubrick 1. Warriors 2. Lovers VI. Epilogue 1. Afterthoughts 2. Love and Death in A. I. Artificial Intelligence Filmography Select Bibliography IndexReviewsShortlisted for the 2008 Kraszna-Krausz Award for the Best Moving Image Book. For more information about this prize, see the website: http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/ Author InformationJames Naremore is Emeritus Chancellors' Professor of Communication and Culture and English, Indiana University, USA. He is the author of a number of books, including More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts (1998) and Acting in the Cinema (1993). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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