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Kubrick's Hope - Discovering Optimism from 2001 to Eyes Wide Shut (Hardcover)
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Kubrick's Hope - Discovering Optimism from 2001 to Eyes Wide Shut (Hardcover)
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There have been two common assumptions about Stanley Kubrick: that
his films portray human beings who are driven exclusively by
aggression and greed, and that he pessimistically rejected meaning
in a contingent, postmodern world. However, as Kubrick himself
remarked, "A work of art should be always exhilarating and never
depressing, whatever its subject matter may be." In this new
interpretation of Kubrick's films, Julian Rice suggests that the
director's work had a more positive outlook than most people credit
him. And while other studies have recounted Kubrick's life and
production histories, few have offered lucid explanations of
specific sources and their influence on his films. In Kubrick's
Hope, Rice explains how the theories of Freud and Jung took
cinematic form, and also considers the significant impression left
on the director's last six films by Robert Ardrey, Bruno
Bettelheim, and Joseph Campbell. In addition to providing useful
contexts, Rice offers close readings of the films, inviting readers
to note details they may have missed and to interpret them in their
own way. By refreshing their experience of the films and discarding
postmodern cliches, viewers may discover more optimistic themes in
the director's works. Beginning with 2001: A Space Odyssey and
continuing through A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining,
Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut, Rice illuminates Kubrick's
thinking at the time he made each film. Throughout, Rice examines
the compelling political, psychological, and spiritual issues the
director raises. As this book contends, if these works are
considered together and repeatedly re-viewed, Kubrick's films may
help viewers to personally grow and collectively endure."
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