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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not entirely lucid, but the articles that are shine.
The articles on the Killing, Eyes Wide Shut, and 2001 are more than worth it. Very well put together, would recommend.
Published 2 months ago by Luke R. Pendergrass
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Watch the Movies Instead!
This is a book that should never have been published. It is evident that the "professor" who edited the volume and wrote two of its essays has NOT viewed the films he talks about in quite some time - if at all! One illustration should suffice. In discussing "Lolita", Professor Abrams writes that Peter Sellers' character of Clare Quilty is shot by Humbert Humbert as "he...
Published on April 12, 2007 by Richard Masloski
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20 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Watch the Movies Instead!,
By Richard Masloski (New Windsor, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (The Philosophy of Popular Culture) (Hardcover)
This is a book that should never have been published. It is evident that the "professor" who edited the volume and wrote two of its essays has NOT viewed the films he talks about in quite some time - if at all! One illustration should suffice. In discussing "Lolita", Professor Abrams writes that Peter Sellers' character of Clare Quilty is shot by Humbert Humbert as "he crawls behind a life-sized painting of Lolita herself, which Humbert drills with bullets, killing Quilty behind it." Anyone who has seen this film knows perfectly well that it is NOT a painting of "Lolita herself" - anyone, that is, except for Professor Abrams who had NO business helming this book. It is filled with many a lame philosophical analysis of the maestro's works - and laden with factual errors. Skip this book - and watch the movies!
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Not entirely lucid, but the articles that are shine.,
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This review is from: The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (The Philosophy of Popular Culture) (Hardcover)
The articles on the Killing, Eyes Wide Shut, and 2001 are more than worth it. Very well put together, would recommend.
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The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (The Philosophy of Popular Culture) by Jerold J. Abrams (Hardcover - May 4, 2007)
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