The Complete Kubrick

Virgin Films' Complete Directors

by David Hughes

With just thirteen feature films in half a century, Stanley Kubrick established himself as one of the most accomplished directors in motion picture history. Kubrick created a landmark and a benchmark with every film; working in almost every genre imaginable, including film noir, war movie, SF, horror, period drama, historical epic, love story and satire - yet transcended traditional genre boundaries with every shot. Examining every feature film, from the early shorts through to classics such as Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and finally, Eyes Wide Shut, The Complete Kubrick provides a unique insight into understanding the work of cinema's most enigmatic, iconoclastic and gifted auteur.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Biography

303 pages, Paperback

First published June 8, 2000

About the author

David Hughes has written about film for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, Empire, GQ, SFX, Fangoria and Cinefantastique. He is the author of Virgin's The Complete Kubrick and The Complete Lynch, and wrote Titan Books' acclaimed The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made.

Reviews

[David Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comprehensive guide to each of Kubrick's works. Backstories, themes, influences and indluenced on etc etc. A fantastic Kubrick dictionary with tonnes of stories on how his films were made, how they were received, their technical innovations and any of the erroneous preconceptions and rumours. About as dry and factual as the subject himself but that's kinda why I'm here so it's quite appropriate and would no doubt be well appreciated by the great man himself.

[Al Adducci · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been researching / reading in depth 360° about Stanley Kubrick, and his film I like the most 2001 A Space Odyssey.

If you wanna know the inside information about his filmmaking this is the book for you. Well done very informative!

[Filippo Ulivieri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro di aneddoti e informazioni per accompagnare la visione dei film di Kubrick. Anche il più esperto troverà qualcosa che non conosceva. Per ogni film vengono discussi i dati di produzione, le versioni alternative, i riferimenti culturali e le citazioni dalla storia del cinema, l'influenza sulla cultura e sulla società (immancabili le citazioni dai Simpson) ecc. Con una prefazione di Peter Bogdanovich.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Information about his films and the making of them. Filled with interesting behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes.

[Bryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contains many mistakes and lacks depth, but the format is very useful.