Eyes Wide Shut (Bfi Modern Classics) by Michel Chion - 2008-02-27

London. 2002. British Film Institute. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 085170932x. 96 pages. paperback. . keywords: Film. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Stanley Kubrick died on 7 March 1999 at his Hertfordshire home, having finished the editing of his last film. Eyes Wide Shut was released later that year. Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 Viennese novel Dream Story, relocated and updated to contemporary Manhattan, Eyes Wide Shut stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a prosperous couple whose marriage is tested in the aftermath of a series of sinister events. The film baffled many of its first audiences. It had all the lavish attention to detail of a Kubrick film but it seemed slow, enigmatic, too much of a dream. Michel Chion's extraordinary study of Eyes Wide Shut makes the case that it is one of Kubrick's masterpieces and a fitting testament. To appreciate this, though, it is necessary to look at what happens on the screen without bringing preconceptions to bear. The film needs to… Read More

Great Britain.: British Film Institute, 2002. First Edition . Small Paper. Critical study of the late great director's last film that starred the then married acting couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Includes essay on the film along with many small color stills and photos. Fine.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Stanley Kubrick died on 7 March 1999 at his Hertfordshire home, having finished the editing of his last film. Looked at this way, Eyes Wide Shut reveals itself to be a deeply moving film about characters who are not so different from real people, a film about life in which questions of meaning and motive lose their value.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Stanley Kubrick died on 7 March 1999 at his Hertfordshire home, having finished the editing of his last film. Looked at this way, Eyes Wide Shut reveals itself to be a deeply moving film about characters who are not so different from re

British Film Inst, 2002. Paperback. New. 96 pages. 7.25x5.25x0.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

British Film Institute, 2008-02-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!