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Book SynopsisA Critical Companion to Stanley Kubrick offers a thorough and detailed study of the works of Stanley Kubrick. Labeled a recluse, a provocateur, and a perfectionist, Kubrick remains one of the greatest legends of cinema who continues to influence contemporary filmmakers and visual culture. An unequaled visionary, Kubrick revolutionized film genres, the use of music in film, narrative pacing and structure, and depictions of war and violence. This book delves into the complexities of his work and examines the wide range of topics and the multiple interpretations that his films inspire. The eighteen chapters in this book use different methodologies, explore new trends of research in film studies, providing a series of unique and novel perspectives on all of Kubrick's thirteen feature films, from Fear and Desire (1953) to Eyes Wide Shut (1999), as well as his work on A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001).
Table of ContentsPart I. Bending Genres
1. Mental Landscapes and Subdued Bodies in Killer’s Kiss – Vincent Jaunas
2. Burning Down the House in Kubrick’s The Shining – Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris
3. Kubrick’s Gangster Artistry: Contradiction and Hybridity in The Killing – Carol Donelan
4. Adapting Lolita: Hybridizing and Subverting Genre Conventions – Gilles Menegaldo
5. History by Candlelight: How Stanley Kubrick Revolutionized Depictions of the Past on Film – Sean O’Reilly
6. Intertextuality, Distortion and Echoes of World War II in Stanley Kubrick’s War Films – Guillaume Mouleux
Part II. Master of Chaos and Transgression
7. The Philosophy of War in Dr. Strangelove – Jerold J. Abrams
8. Stanley Kubrick and the Cinema of Chaos: The Theater of War – William Gombash
9. Joker’s Ideological Becoming: The Limits of Irony in Full Metal Jacket – James R. Britton
10. “Violence is a Very Horrible Thing”: Brechtian Alienation Effect in Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange – Madison Mae Williams
11. Reading Reality in A Clockwork Orange: Film Censorship, Metalepsis and “Media Effects” – Rachel Cole
12. Through a Glass, Darkly: The Slow Rise of Women in Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut – Elsa Colombani
Part III. The Visionary Auteur
13. Kirk Douglas and Stanley Kubrick: Reconsidering a Creative and Business Partnership – James Fenwick
14. Auteur vs. Author: Kubrick’s Relationship with Literary Writers – Annie Nissen
15. “May I have the password?”: Heterotopic Space in Eyes Wide Shut – Carl Sweeney
16. The Spectacle of Time, (Slow) motion and Stillness in the Films of Stanley Kubrick – Paul Johnson
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey: Kubrick’s Allegory of Melancholia – Maurizia Natali
18. The Everlasting Moment: Enchantment and Myth in A.I. and 2001: A Space Odyssey – Joshua Sikora
