{"product_id":"stanley-kubrick-american-filmmaker-9780300224405","title":"Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent. . . . A brisk study of  Kubrick's] films, with enough of the life tucked in to add context as well as brightness and bite.\"--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An engaging and well-researched primer to the work of a cinematic legend.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctor's son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a self-taught filmmaker and self-proclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside the Hollywood mainstream. Kubrick's Jewishness played a crucial role in his idea of himself as an outsider. Obsessed with rebellion against authority, war, and male violence, Kubrick was himself a calm, coolly masterful creator and a talkative, ever-curious polymath immersed in friends and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on interviews and new archival material, David Mikics for the first time explores the personal side of Kubrick's films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mikics \u003c\/b\u003eis Moores Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Houston, as well as a columnist for \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eBellow's People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlow Reading in a Hurried Age.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371946283282,"sku":"9780300224405","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30f34f4a-f07c-4e04-9d86-476650a3192a.jpg?v=1728541734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stanley-kubrick-american-filmmaker-9780300224405","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}