- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (4 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330481134
- ISBN-13: 978-0330481137
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.8 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 222,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'They say [Kubrick] had no personal life, but that's ridiculous. It would be more correct to say that he had no professional life, since everything he did was personally done' Michael Herr; 'Kubrick is a captivating little book rather like an Arthur Miller play: it plays out on a small scale but invokes the epic themes of friendship, art, sex and war it is intimate, honest and affectionate' Guardian"
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'An intimate portrait of the genius who transformed the art of filmmaking' Stanley Kubrick's career spanned Paths of Glory, Lolita. Dr Strangelove 2001. A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange. Barry Lyncon. The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. In this book, Michael Herr, best known for his brilliant and seminal books Dispatches and Walter Winchell, who worked with Kubrick on Full Metal Jacket and co-wrote the screenplay, pays due homage and tribute to his long-time friend, remembering the humour, the cleanly burning intelligence and the outrageous sanity of a twentieth century master.
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STANLEY KUBRICK was a friend of mine, insofar as people like Stanley have friends, and as if there are any people like Stanley now. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Short, well written, and (most importantly) written by someone who knew and worked with Kubrick. A highly worthwhile read, especially alongside LoBrutto's and Baxter's biographies. Herr is insightful, and not simply full of gushing praise for Kubrick. After reading this (and the other biographies) you get the feeling that although you may enjoy his films, you'd never want to work for Kubrick.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is short but that also makes it accessible. Use it to find out who Kubrick was (it's too short to find out all of what he did) and use it to see how, perhaps, biographies should be written.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Well-written defense of a friend
8 Feb 2001
Format:Hardcover
Originally meant as a "Vanity Fair" profile to herald the release of "Eyes Wide Shut", the material in Michael Herr's "Kubrick" was eventually published by the magazine as a eulogy. Regardless, Herr's intentions were honorable -- to introduce a Kubrick who was warm, witty and tireless in his quest for good conversation.
This somewhat restores the balance for fans who thought that Frederic Raphael's "Eyes Wide Open" unjustly underscored criticism of the director as a paranoid misanthrope. The Kubrick in Herr's book is eccentric, but never morose. In fact, whether he's talking current events, "The Godfather" or Homer, the director often comes off as an engaging smart ... who just wants to know everything.
Herr also offers some snapshots of Kubrick's artistic process -- such as the tight-ship handling of the "Full Metal Jacket" set and the initial preparations of the "Eyes Wide Shut" promotional campaign. But, ultimately, "Kubrick" is Herr's defense of his friend and little more. A touching, and literate, gesture, but not essential for those more interested in Kubrick's body of work than in his personal demeanor.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A New Defence of "Eyes Wide Shut"
11 July 2000
Format:Hardcover
This is not just a reprint of Herr's "Vanity Fair" piece about Kubrick (although there's nothing wrong with republishing articles in book form--remeber Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic"?) The final section of this small book is a brand new hell-raising defence of "Eyes Wide Shut" as a modern masterpiece: Herr also assails those critics who he believes did dirt to the memory of Kubrick.. Herr is a very seductive, stylish writer, and this memoir of the late, great director is loving, but clear-eyed and a good antidote to Fredric Raphael's vitriolic "Eyes Wide Open."
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Reprint of two Vanity Fair articles
17 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
If you read the tremendous Vanity Fair articles written by Michael Herr on Kubrick, there is no real need to order this book. The book is merely the two articles in a bound volume.
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