

Kubrick's Men
Author: Richard Rambuss
Narrator: Brian Holden
Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 05/03/2022
Categories: Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Film, Social Science, Men's Studies
Synopsis
The stories that Kubrick's movies tell range from global nuclear politics to the unpredictable sexual dynamics of a marriage; from a day in the life of a New York City prizefighter preparing for a nighttime bout to the evolution of humankind. These male melodramas center on sociality and asociality. They feature male doubles, pairs, and rivals. They explore the romance of men and their machines, and men as machines. They figure intensely conflicted forms of male sexual desire. And they are also very much about male manners, style, taste, and art.
Examining the formal, thematic, and theoretical affiliations between Kubrick's three bodies of work, Kubrick's Men offers new vantages on to the question of gender and sexuality, including the first extended treatment of homosexuality in Kubrick's male-oriented work.
Contains mature themes.