Understanding Kubrick's 2001, a space odyssey : representation and interpretation / edited by James Fenwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Fenwick, James (Film historian), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kubrick, Stanley--Criticism and interpretation.

Kubrick, Stanley.

2001, a space odyssey (Motion picture).

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 268 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2018.

Summary:

Scholars have been studying the films of Stanley Kubrick for decades. This book, however, breaks new ground by bringing together recent empirical approaches to Kubrick with earlier, formalist approaches to arrive at a broader understanding of the ways in which Kubrick's methods were developed to create the unique aesthetic creation that is 2001: a space odyssey.

Contents:

Introduction: Forging new perspectives / James Fenwick

Part 1: Narrative and adaptation. 1. 'God, it'll be hard topping the H-bomb': Kubrick's search for a new obsession in the path from Dr. Strangelove to 2001: A Space Osyssey / Simone Odino

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey: a transcendental trans-locustion / Suparno Banerjee

3. Four-colour Kubrick: Jack Kirby's 2001: A Pace Odyssey as adaptation and extension / Dru Jeffries

Part 2: Performance. 4. Performing the man-ape in 'The Dawn of Man': Daniel Richter and the American Mime Theatre / James Fenwick

5. Life functions terminated: actors' performances and the aesthetics of distances subjectivity in 2001: A Space Odyssey / Vincent Jaunas

Part 3: Technology. 6. From technical to cinematographic objects in 2001: A Space Odyssey / Antoine Balga-Prévost

7. Homo machinus: Kubrick's two HALs and the evolution of monstrous machines / Cynthia J. MIller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Part 4: Masculinity and the astronaut. 8. Clarke and Kubrick's 2001: a queer odyssey / Dominic Janes

9. 'But as to whether or not he has feelings is something I don't think anyone can truthfully answer': the image of the astronaut in 2001: A Space Odyssey and its lasting impact / Nils Daniel Peiler

Part 5: Visual spectacle. 10. Negative/positive: metaphors of photographty in 2001: A Space Odyssey / Caterina Martino

11. The sublime in 2001: A Space Odyssey / Rachel Walisko

Part 6: Production. 12. 2001: a comprehensive chronology / Filippo Ulivieri

Appendix I: Stanley Kubrick filmography

Appendix II: 2001: A Space Odyssey film credits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-259) and index.

Filmography: page [225].

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781783208630

1783208635

OCLC:

1043273049