Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker

Written by David Mikics

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen

Stanley Kubrick revolutionized Hollywood with movies like Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange, and electrified audiences with The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. David Mikics takes listeners on a deep dive into Kubrick's life and work, illustrating his intense commitment to each of his films.

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 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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Aug 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705229521

Reviews for Stanley Kubrick

[Ishan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great explanation of why Kubrick was a genius, and the difficult, hard to pin down nature of his films. Is A Clockwork Orange glorifying violence? Is Lolita too flippant about paedophilia? This book won't give you the answers. But it may make you see new depths in Kubrick's work, and the often underappreciated humanist streak that runs throughout it. Well narrated too!