In addition to being fully authorized, Stanley Kubrick, Director is a brilliant dissection of how Kubrick conceived, shot, and created his films, as well as a frame-by-frame examination of the inimitable style that infuses every Kubrick movie, from the pitch-perfect hilarity of Lolita to the icy supremacy of 2001: A Space Odyssey to the baroque horror of The Shining. The book's beautiful design and dynamic arrangement of photographic stills—by award-winning artist Ulrich Ruchti and journalist ands longtime Kubrick aficionado Sybil Taylor—promote nothing less than a complete ands incisive understanding of how Kubrick saw a film. Originally published in 1971, but revised for republication in 1999. This is the 1999 edition.

Slightly scuffed dust jacket, pristine/like new interior.

REVIEW

"A longtime friend of Kubrick's who remembers the days when the great director was mysteriously collecting Japanese science fiction movies in what turned out to be preparation for 2001, Walker rankled Warner Bros. and the Kubrick estate when he printed a rave review of Eyes Wide Shut weeks before the movie was released. In this book, he offers a similarly enthusiastic tour through the Kubrick oeuvre, from the first film (Fear and Desire, 1953) to the last (Eyes Wide Shut, 1999). Walker describes Kubrick as a guarded, suspicious, obsessive, controlling, paranoid workaholic, and makes us feel that he's bestowing a compliment. Each movie is given a thorough analysis, reinforced by the extensive use of stills in each case. He explains what that black obelisk in 2001 is, and elaborates the various parallels between Kubrick and the character Jack Torrance in the filming of The Shining. Perhaps unavoidably, however, the section on Eyes Wide Shut seems merely to be a synopsis and lacks the detachment and detail that characterize the other chapters. One can only wish that Walker had waited for some critical perspective on his friend's final work. Nevertheless, its eulogistic tone aside, Kubrick fans everywhere will relish this as the definitive book on the director.—Publisher's Weekly

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Norton; Revised & enlarged edition (September 1, 1999)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 039304601X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393046014
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.7 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.25 x 10.25 inches