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Stanley Kubrick

American Filmmaker (Jewish Lives Series)

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Stanley Kubrick

Written by: David Mikics
Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
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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.

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Bringing the legendary Stanley Kubrick on an everyday human scale, Mikics opens to us greater details of Kubrick’s vulnerabilities and vision.

It is bittersweet to notice that Kubrick was a stupendously focused director of films. The book is a treasure trove of various lesser known Hollywood anecdotes.

The audiobook does good justice to Mikics’ work. The pace and chronological placement of content is vital and makes it easy to follow.
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