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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
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Stanley Kubrick : american filmmaker, David Mikics
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- Stanley Kubrick : american filmmaker
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Mikics
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN10
- 0300224400
- ISBN13
- 9780300224405
- Series
- Jewish Lives
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Religion & Spirituality, True Stories, Biographies, History, Religion, Filmthema, Film, Jews, Judaism
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- 3.75 out of 5
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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