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Stanley Kubrick : American filmmaker /

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 ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mikics, David, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2020]
Series:Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. I know I can make a film better than that : Killer's kiss, The killing
  • 2. Keep doing it until it is right : Paths of glory, Spartacus, Lolita
  • 3. Total final annihilating artistic control : Dr. Strangelove
  • 4. The Tower of Babel was the start of the Space Age : 2001 : a space odyssey
  • 5. Let's open with a Sicilian defence : A clockwork orange
  • 6. You can talk for hours about a thing with Stanley : Barry Lyndon
  • 7. Something inherently wrong with the human personality : The shining
  • 8. Make sure it's big--Lon Chaney big : Full metal jacket
  • 9. frightened of making the movie: Eyes wide shut.