{"product_id":"9781441165916","title":"Kubrick's Total Cinema: Philosophical Themes and Formal Qualities","description":"Whatever people think about Kubrick's work, most would agree that there is something distinctive, even unique, about the films he made: a coolness, an intellectual clarity, a critical edginess, and finally an intractable ambiguity. In an attempt to isolate the Kubrick difference, this book treats Kubrick's films to a conceptual and formal analysis rather than a biographical and chronological survey.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Kubrick's cinema moves between the possibilities of human transcendence dramatized in \u003cem\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e and the dismal limitations of human nature exhibited in \u003cem\u003eA Clockwork Orange, \u003c\/em\u003ethe filmmaker's style \"de-realizes\" cinematic realism while, paradoxically, achieving an unprecedented frankness of vision and documentary and technical richness. The result is a kind of vertigo: the audience is made aware of both the de-realized and the realized nature of cinema. As opposed to the usual studies providing a summary and commentary of individual films, this will be the first to provide an analysis of the \"elements\" of Kubrick's total cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154945392880,"sku":"9781441165916","price":24.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441165916_p0.jpg?v=1763794313","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441165916","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}