Stanley Kubrick
American Filmmaker

not really much of a biography more like a collection of life stories in connection to each film & the experience making each of them. the book is organized by film and all of them should be seen before reading this (otherwise it’s hard to follow & spoiler alert) edit: it has a very good final chapte......more

Less a biography and more a fascinating analysis of the films with some interesting insights into films like The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut - though he seems to have some difficulty finding much to say about that last film.......more

A book about Stanley Kubrick’s films. It looks at them all pretty throughly. I listened to the audiobook book version which to me was probably less satisfying than reading the book and being able to look at photographs of his films, etc.......more

Rarely do I find myself with the main critique that a book was too short, but here we are. David Mikics is a capable film critic, but his prose style is not suited to a svelte book (250 pages or 8 listening hours as I consumed it) about such a prolific and accomplished auteur. Mikics attempts to cons......more