Kubrick's Men / Richard Rambuss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rambuss, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Men in motion pictures.

Sex in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts to a sustained reflection on the male condition: past, present, and future. The persistent theme of his filmmaking is less violence or sex than it is the pressurized exertion of masculinity in unusual or extreme circumstances, where it may be taxed or exaggerated to various effects, tragic and comic--or metamorphosed, distorted, and even undone. The stories that Kubrick's movies tell range from global nuclear politics to the unpredictable sexual dynamics of a marriage; from a day in the life of a New York City prizefighter preparing for a nighttime bout to the evolution of humankind. These male melodramas center on sociality and asociality. They feature male doubles, pairs, and rivals. They explore the romance of men and their machines, and men as machines. They figure intensely conflicted forms of male sexual desire. And they are also very much about male manners, style, taste, and art. Examining the formal, thematic, and theoretical affiliations between Kubrick's three bodies of work--his photographs, his documentaries, and his feature films--Kubrick's Men offers new vantages on to the question of gender and sexuality, including the first extended treatment of homosexuality in Kubrick's male-oriented work." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Men's pictures

War films: Napoleon, Fear and Desire, Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Male sexuality and homosexuality 1: Lolita, The Killing, Spartacus

Male sexuality and homosexuality 2: Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining

His fundamental core: Full metal jacket.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780823293896

0823293890

OCLC:

1237404341