Stanley Kubrick
A tribute to the famed film director Stanley Kubrick, this collection of photographs, which illuminates both his notoriously private personal life and his brilliant professional life, began as a documentary film. This informative and entertaining book provides a fitting companion, featuring over 200 candid black-and-white images of Kubrick with his friends, family, and colleagues, from his childhood in the Bronx to shortly before his death in 1999. Each picture includes a commentary by his wife, Christiane, who also contributes several full-color paintings. Beginning with his first feature, PATHS OF GLORY, the powerful anti-war film made in 1957, and ending with EYES WIDE SHUT in 1999, Kubrick`s movies made an indelible mark on cinema with his skill at composing a scene (stemming from his early career as a still photographer) to his daring and unusual choice of subjects. From LOLITA (a bravely daring film in 1962) to the wacky and brilliant DR. STRANGELOVE (1964), the richly innovative 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), and his later explorations of evil (THE SHINING, 1980), violence, and war (FULL METAL JACKET, 1987), all Kubrick`s pioneering work is covered in this loving homage. Introduction by Steven Spielberg.

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