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Stanley Kubrick: Interviews

Stanley Kubrick: Interviews Paperback / softback - 2001

by Gene D. Phillips

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By allowing readers to see the inner workings of this reclusive filmmaker, this comprehensive collection of his interviews is invaluable. Ranging from 1959 to 1987 and including Kubrick's conversations with Gene Siskel, Jeremy Bernstein, Gene D. Phillips, and others, this book reveals Kubrick's diverse interests--nuclear energy and its consequences, space exploration, science fiction, literature, religion, psychoanalysis, the effects of violence, and even chess--and discloses how each affects his films. Film stills.

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Paperback / softback. New. By allowing both critics and moviegoers to see the inner workings of this reclusive filmmaker, this first comprehensive collection of his relatively few interviews with Stanley Kubrick is invaluable. Ranging from 1959 to 1987, this book reveals Kubrick's diverse interests.
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  • Title Stanley Kubrick: Interviews
  • Author Gene D. Phillips
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 1st NAP
  • Condition New
  • Pages 234
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-01-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9781578062973
  • ISBN 9781578062973 / 1578062977
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.3 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 0.76 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Kubrick, Stanley, Motion picture producers and directors -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00038186
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

From the publisher

From his first feature film, Fear and Desire (1953), to his final, posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubrick excelled at probing the dark corners of human consciousness. In doing so, he adapted such popular novels as The Killing, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining and selected a wide variety of genres for his films--black comedy (Dr. Strangelove), science fiction (2001: A Space Odyssey), and war (Paths of Glory and Full Metal Jacket). Because he was peerless in unveiling the intimate mysteries of human nature, no new film by Kubrick ever failed to spark debate or to be deeply pondered.

Kubrick (1928-1999) has remained as elusive as the subjects of his films. Unlike many other filmmakers he was not inclined to grant interviews, instead preferring to let his movies speak for themselves. By allowing both critics and moviegoers to see the inner workings of this reclusive filmmaker, this first comprehensive collection of his relatively few interviews is invaluable. Ranging from 1959 to 1987 and including Kubrick's conversations with Gene Siskel, Jeremy Bernstein, Gene D. Phillips, and others, this book reveals Kubrick's diverse interests--nuclear energy and its consequences, space exploration, science fiction, literature, religion, psychoanalysis, the effects of violence, and even chess--and discloses how each affects his films. He enthusiastically speaks of how advances in camera and sound technology made his films more effective.

Kubrick details his hands-on approach to filmmaking as he discusses why he supervises nearly every aspect of production. "All the hand-held camerawork is mine," he says in a 1972 interview about A Clockwork Orange. "In addition to the fun of doing the shooting myself, I find it virtually impossible to explain what I want in a hand-held shot to even the most talented and sensitive camera operator."

Neither guarded nor evasive, the Kubrick who emerges from these interviews is candid, opinionated, confident, and articulate. His incredible memory and his gift for organization come to light as he quotes verbatim sections of reviews, books, and articles. Despite his reputation as a recluse, the Kubrick of these interviews is approachable, witty, full of anecdotes, and eager to share a fascinating story.

From the jacket flap

The only comprehensive collection of interviews with the elusive director of Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, and Dr.Strangelove

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2001, Page 897
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/18/2000, Page 71

About the author

Gene D. Phillips, S.J., is professor of English and film history at Loyola University, Chicago. He is author of several books on film, including Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola, and is editor of Francis Ford Coppola: Interviews, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi.