The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick

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Stanley Kubrick is one of the most revered directors in cinema history. His 13 films, including classics such as Paths of Glory, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining, attracted controversy, acclaim, a devoted cult following, and enormous critical interest. With this comprehensive guide to the key contexts - industrial and cultural, as well as aesthetic and critical - the themes of Kubrick's films sum up the current vibrant state of Kubrick studies. Bringing together an international team of leading scholars and emergent voices, this Companion provides comprehensive coverage of Stanley Kubrick's contribution to cinema. After a substantial introduction outlining Kubrick's life and career and the film's production and reception contexts, the volume consists of 39 contributions on key themes that both summarise previous work and offer new, often archive-based, state-of-the-art research. In addition, it is specifically tailored to the needs of students wanting an authoritative, accessible overview of academic work on Kubrick.

I.Q. Hunter is Professor of Film Studies at De Montfort University, UK, author of Cult Film as a Guide to Life (Bloomsbury, 2016) and British Trash Cinema (BFI, 2013), editor of British Science Fiction Cinema (1999), and co-editor of 11 other books. He has published widely on popular cinema. Nathan Abrams is Professor of Film Studies at Bangor University, UK, author of Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual (2018), The New Jew in Film (2012), Studying Film (2010) and editor of Hidden in Plain Sight (2017). He is currently working on a book about Eyes Wide Shut.

This Companion stands out as one of the most substantial overviews of "Kubrick Studies" currently available. For students new to his work, it provides a wide-ranging introduction to Kubrick, employing a comprehensive array of film studies methods-from aesthetics, adaptation studies, and auteur analysis, to identity politics, industry analysis, and archival research. Just as importantly, contributors offer groundbreaking re-evaluations of Kubrick's films and reputation. An indispensable volume. * Warren Buckland, Reader in Film Studies, Oxford Brookes University, UK *