
Twenty Years Since Its Release, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut Remains A Complex, Visually Arresting Film About Domesticity, Sexual Disturbance, And Dreams. It Was On The Director's Mind For Some 50 Years Before He Finally Put It Into Production. Using The Stanley Kubrick Archive At The University Of The Arts, London, And Interviews With Participants In The Production, The Authors Create An Archeology Of The Film That Traces The Progress Of The Film From Its Origins To Its Completion, Reception, And Afterlife. The Book Is Also An Appreciation Of This Enigmatic Work And Its Equally Enigmatic Creator.
How did Stanley Kubrick’s final film evolve from a long-gestating concept into a complex cinematic exploration of domesticity and subconscious desire? The authors, Nathan Abrams and Robert P. Kolker, utilize primary source materials from the Stanley Kubrick Archive and original interviews with production participants to reconstruct the film's development. They present a detailed historical framework that connects the director's fifty-year preoccupation with the subject matter to the final realized product.
What You Will Find
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Experts and film scholars recognize this work as a definitive resource for understanding the production history of Kubrick's final project. Readers frequently note the balance between rigorous archival research and critical appreciation of the film's thematic depth.
Page Count:
384
Publication Date:
2019-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190678046
ISBN-13:
9780190678043
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