false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg 536360 5 From the apocalyptic satire of <I>Dr. Strangelove</I>, to the epic vision of <I>2001</I>, to the dystopian nightmare of <I>A Clockwork Orange</I>, Stanley Kubrick produced a wide-ranging body of work cherished by film lovers the world over. The critical controversy surrounding his highly anticipated final picture, <I>Eyes Wide Shut</I>, has confirmed his stature as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. In <I>Kubrick</I>, author and screenwriter Michael Herr gives us a personal look at the allegedly reclusive, compulsively brilliant director. He also recounts the evolution of their unique friendship, from their first meeting at a screening for <I>The Shining</I> in 1980, to their collaboration on the screenplay for <I>Full Metal Jacket</I>, through their years of marathon phone conversations on topics ranging from film and technology to philosophy and literature -- the last of which occurred mere days before the director's death. In describing Kubrick, Herr strips away the myths surrounding his friend, revealing a man who was not introverted and misanthropic (as the media and his biographers claimed), but instead warm, gregarious, and endlessly inquisitive. He was also profoundly complicated. Though he loved America -- and even embraced such pop culture touchstones as professional football and TV sitcoms -- he permanently emigrated to England because of his distrust of Hollywood. Though he disdained elitism, he would allow only the most brilliant and talented inside his inner circle. He had a tremendous love and respect for the actors and screenwriters he worked with, but his style of filmmaking often led to bitter confrontations. Filled with personal insights and previously untold anecdotes, Michael Herr's <I>Kubrick</I> is a probing view into the inner life of one of the most provocative visionaries of modern cinema, a man whose creative passion and powerful intellect changed the art of filmmaking forever. 1012170 25 8 2000 Kubrick total:36|5:11|4:9|3:12|2:3|1:1| 36 134 49 5 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 2 0 false Mon Nov 02 07:12:10 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 07:48:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 5 0 false Mon Jul 27 12:18:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 12:19:16 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 3 0 false Tue Oct 28 04:26:02 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 07:28:03 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 04:26:02 -0700 2008
Worth reading for any Kubrick enthusiast - if only to confirm suspicions that he wasn't a genuine recluse, did have many friends and often met with them.

Herr provides a series of annecodates and tales that ...more...]]> 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 5 0 false Wed Jun 18 04:13:40 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 17:52:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 20:54:05 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 20:58:43 -0700 2008 1025928 0802138187 9780802138187 1 0 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180319848m/1025928.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1025928.Kubrick 0 0 false Thu Oct 08 12:10:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:10:05 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 19:51:21 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 19:51:21 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 5 0 false Wed Sep 02 14:26:37 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 14:26:37 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:23:31 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 00:23:31 -0700 2009 1025926 0330481126 9780330481120 0 0 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180319842m/1025926.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1025926.Kubrick 0 0 false Sat Jun 20 10:34:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:34:23 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 1 0 false Sun May 17 10:47:04 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 10:47:04 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 5 0 false Wed May 13 19:25:26 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 19:25:26 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 2 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon May 11 19:12:09 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 19:12:09 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 0 0 false Fri Apr 17 19:13:56 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:13:56 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 4 0 false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 00:34:58 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 00:36:04 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 0 0 false Wed Apr 08 13:19:20 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:19:24 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 0 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 13 00:29:11 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 00:29:17 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 0 0 false Mon Mar 09 14:21:28 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:21:28 -0700 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 0 0 false Sun Feb 15 21:44:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 21:44:11 -0800 2009 536360 0802116701 9780802116703 34 5 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619454m/536360.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536360.Kubrick 3 0 false Wed Dec 24 16:05:30 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 16:05:30 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=536360