A review by mike_baker
I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist by Kirk Douglas

5.0

Listened to the audiobook, as read by Michael Douglas. It's a wonderful book, written by one of my favourite Golden Age actors and a man with a conscience. The subtext of SPARTACUS was the harsh treatment of Americans by HUAC and Douglas talks about that, principally his decision to get the script written by Dalton Trumbo and the ensuing fallout. Stanley Kubrick comes across as a bit of a jerk. Douglas interrupts his account of the making of this excellent movie by discussing his regrets, those built over a lifetime, and it's very poignant. All in all a superb and short piece of work. I'm off to watch the film (again) now.