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.

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.