{"product_id":"9781628929478","title":"Kubrick's Total Cinema : Philosophical Themes and Formal Qualities","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKubrick's Total Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Philip Kuberski\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever people think about Kubrick's work, most would agree that there is something distinctive, even unique, about the films he made: a coolness, an intellectual clarity, a critical edginess, and finally an intractable ambiguity. In an attempt to isolate the Kubrick difference, this book treats Kubrick's films to a conceptual and formal analysis rather than a biographical and chronological survey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Kubrick's cinema moves between the possibilities of human transcendence dramatized in 2001: A Space Odyssey and the dismal limitations of human nature exhibited in A Clockwork Orange, the filmmaker's style \"de-realizes\" cinematic realism while, paradoxically, achieving an unprecedented frankness of vision and documentary and technical richness. The result is a kind of vertigo: the audience is made aware of both the de-realized and the realized nature of cinema. As opposed to the usual studies providing a summary and commentary of individual films, this will be the first to provide an analysis of the \"elements\" of Kubrick's total cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781628929478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40631173644494,"sku":"9781628929478","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ea16928e-b8ea-42f4-b79a-30c65f8cd00e.jpg?v=1638839909","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781628929478","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}