Stanley Kubrick : essays on his films and legacy / edited by Gary D. Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rhodes, Gary Don, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kubrick, Stanley--Criticism and interpretation.

Kubrick, Stanley.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

viii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]

Summary:

"Part One focuses on his initial career. Part Two examines Kubrick's most popular films. Part Three provides a case study of Eyes Wide Shut, with four essays focusing on the use of sound, representation of gender, "carnivalesque" qualities, and phenomenological nature. Part Four discusses Kubrick's legacy and impact on contemporary filmmakers"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Early Works

1 Stanley Kubrick and Look Magazine / Philippe Mather 7

2 Kubrick's Early Non-Fiction Work / Marina Burke 22

3 The Art of War (Films): Fear and Desire and Paths of Glory / Charles Bane 29

4 The Dream Landscape of Killer's Kiss / Tony Williams 39

5 One Watches Cells: Kubrick's Films Noirs in Context / Hugh S. Manon 47

Part II Major Works

6 Patterns of Space, Sound, and Movement in Paths of Glory / Eric Eaton 71

7 Spartacus: The Spectre of Politics and the Politics of Spectacle / Reynold Humphries 82

8 Believing Is Seeing: Surveillance and 2001: A Space Odyssey / Gary D. Rhodes 94

9 Value, Violence, and Music Recognized: A Clockwork Orange as Musicology / Kate McQuiston 105

10 The Sadness of the Gaze: Barry Lyndon / Homay King 123

11 Reconsidering Fidelity and Considering Genre in (and with) The Shining / Jarrell D. Wright 136

Part III Eyes Wide Shut (1999): A Case Study

12 The Mask that Conceals Nothing: Marital Fidelity and the Lo-Fi Soundscape in Eyes Wide Shut / Randolph Jordan 157

13 Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick and the Representation of Gender / Lindiwe Dovey 170

14 Carnivalesque and Grotesque Bodies in Eyes Wide Shut / Miriam Jordan, Julian Jason Haladyn 182

15 The Phenomenological Quest of Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut / Phillip Sipiora 196

Part IV Kubrick's Legacy

16 Mechanical Humanity, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Android: The Posthuman Subject in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Artificial Intelligence: A.I. / Scott Loren 211

17 Whose Stanley Kubrick? The Myth, Legacy, and Ownership of the Kubrick Image / Robert J.E. Simpson 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786432974

0786432977

OCLC:

156823175