Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis - Couverture souple

Falsetto, Mario

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0275950824 ISBN 13 : 9780275950828

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Stanley Kubrick's name is widely recognizable; he is revered for making films that are entertaining and intellectually stimulating. This volume offers a detailed analysis of his major films beginning with The Killing (1956) and ending with Full Metal Jacket (1987). Students of film as well as the general public will be interested in learning new strategies for watching these extraordinary films, since there are few instructive books on this master filmmaker.

Kubrick's mastery of technique and the complexity of form in his films is impressive. This formal mastery is always at the service of intricate thematics and organizational coherence. Falsetto's contention in this volume is that Kubrick's work revolves around particular dualities of meaning: subjective/objective, classical/modernist, rational/irrational, and so forth. Despite the complexity of the films, they remain accessible because they are entertaining, while forceful, serious, and inventive. Kubrick is an artist who uses the medium of film to communicate many ideas about the world. He is unquestionably the individual with the greatest input into the final form of his films: a genuine auteur director.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MARIO FALSETTO is Associate Professor, Department of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. He is editor of the forthcoming critical anthology Perspectives on Stanley Kubrick, has written articles for professional journals, and has lectured extensively on film.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275950824
• ISBN 13: 9780275950828
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible