lakecake's review against another edition
3.0
I received a copy of this book free from Goodreads Giveaways and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I expected this to be more of a biography of Kubrick, but it’s more of a filmography with some insights on how his life influences his films. It’s interesting, regardless, but you never get a sense of Kubrick the person. Just Kubrick the slightly obsessive perfectionist as a worker.
I expected this to be more of a biography of Kubrick, but it’s more of a filmography with some insights on how his life influences his films. It’s interesting, regardless, but you never get a sense of Kubrick the person. Just Kubrick the slightly obsessive perfectionist as a worker.
miguelf's review
4.0
Though workmanlike in scope and execution, this Kubrick biography manages to bring in enough detail on both the life and work to be very worthwhile. The films are covered in chronological order and though each film here could have received its own biography, it manages to give a very good sense of the man including his many quirks. One highlight is the discussion of the films that Kubrick wasn’t able to make (the Napoleon biopic sounds epic), and though the author is quite happy with Eyes Wide Shut, a treatment of the Shoah by Kubrick would have been a sight to behold. Instead we have the film Kubrick thought would be its competition: Schindler’s List – ugh.
nocturnalhorrors's review against another edition
3.0
This book doesn’t go too deep into any film or even Kubrick’s life, but it does make you find the things you want to research more and it certainly makes you want to rewatch all of his films.
monsieur_tunin's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting, albeit brief, look into Kubrick’s life and some broad analyses of his films. Parallels between film and life were sometimes intriguing but nothing wildly new or surprising. Fun, easy read. Good writing. Okay coverage of the content.
nocturnalhorrors's review
3.0
This book doesn’t go too deep into any film or even Kubrick’s life, but it does make you find the things you want to research more and it certainly makes you want to rewatch all of his films.
miguelf's review against another edition
4.0
Though workmanlike in scope and execution, this Kubrick biography manages to bring in enough detail on both the life and work to be very worthwhile. The films are covered in chronological order and though each film here could have received its own biography, it manages to give a very good sense of the man including his many quirks. One highlight is the discussion of the films that Kubrick wasn’t able to make (the Napoleon biopic sounds epic), and though the author is quite happy with Eyes Wide Shut, a treatment of the Shoah by Kubrick would have been a sight to behold. Instead we have the film Kubrick thought would be its competition: Schindler’s List – ugh.
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