Stanley Kubrick

Studies the style and themes of the films of Stanley Kubrick. The second edition of Mario Falsetto's extensive analysis of Kubrick's films carefully examines the filmmaker's oeuvre in its entirety--from smaller, early films (The Killing) through mid-career masterpieces (Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey; A Clockwork Orange), later films such as Full Metal Jacket, and his final work, 1999's Eyes Wide Shut. The author, offering close readings supported by precise shot descriptions, shows us how Kubrick's body of work represents a stylistically and thematically consistent cinematic vision, one that merges formal experimentation with great philosophical complexity. Falsetto explores many of Kubrick's often-used devices, including the long-take aesthetic, voice-overs, and moving camera, and discusses the thematic uses to which these techniques are applied. Finally, he presents the very first formal analysis of Eyes Wide Shut, the director's final, very much underrated masterwork.

ISBN 0275969746   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780275969745 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher ABC-CLIO   Weight (grammes) 522 Imprint Greenwood Press   Published in Westport Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780313292460 Publication date 30 Jul 2001   Height (mm) 235 Library of Congress PN1998   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 791.430233092   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Acknowledgments
		Introduction to the Second Edition
1		Patterns of Narrative Organization		1
		Nonlinear Time: The Killing		2
		Narrational Gaps: Absence and Presence in Lolita		8
		Narrative Reversal, Repetition and Points of Convergence		12
		A Clockwork Orange		12
		Barry Lyndon		14
		Eyes Wide Shut		16
2		Time and Space: Part 1		23
		The Long-Take Aesthetic		23
		Individual Films		38
		Paths of Glory		38
		Dr. Strangelove		41
		2001: A Space Odyssey		43
3		Time and Space: Part 2		53
		Individual Films		53
		A Clockwork Orange		53
		Barry Lyndon		58
		The Shining		70
		Full Metal Jacket		71
		Eyes Wide Shut		75
4		Filmic Narration: Part 1		85
		Voice-Over		85
		First-Person Commentary		85
		Third-Person Commentary		96
5		Filmic Narration: Part 2		105
		Filmic Subjectivity		105
		2001: A Space Odyssey		108
		A Clockwork Orange		118
		The Shining		122
		More...

?Though this book appeared only eight years ago, the revised edition is welcome....this new edition supersedes the previous edition and will likely influence other critical considerations of this much-missed filmmaker. Includes 18 pages of black-and-white stills from the films. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.?-Choice

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