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Film Studies / Biography
Depth
of Field Director of some of the most controversial
films of the twentieth century, Stanley Kubrick created a reputation
as a Hollywood outsider as well as a cinematic genius. His diverse
yet relatively small oeuvre–he directed only thirteen films
during a career that spanned more than four decades–covers
a broad range of the themes that shaped his century and continues
to shape the twenty-first: war and crime, gender relations and
class conflict, racism, and the fate of individual agency in
a world of increasing social surveillance and control. "While the essays underscore Kubrick's
paradoxical vision, they also point to his filmic perfectionism
along with his outraged yearning for a better order. The book
will appeal to Kubrick's avid aficionados, general cinephiles,
and all those involved in cultural debates." Geoffrey Cocks is the Julian S. Rammelkamp Professor of History at Albion College. He has written and edited many books, including The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, and the Holocaust. James Diedrick is associate dean at Agnes Scott College and author of Understanding Martin Amis. Glenn Perusek is the Royal G. Hall Professor of the Social Sciences at Albion College and editor of Trade Union Politics: American Unions and Economic Change. Contributors:
Geoffrey Cocks, James Diedrick, G. L. Ercolini, Pat J. Gehrke,
Diane Johnson, Tim Kreider, Vincent LoBrutto, Peter Loewenberg,
Mark Crispin Miller, Glenn Perusek, Frederic Raphael, Jonathan
Rosenbaum, Billie Wickre and Paula Willoquet-Maricondi. |
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