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Stanley Kubrick is one of our most brilliant, innovative and difficult filmmakers. Norman Kagan's analysis cuts a lucid path through those difficulties. He summarizes the plots of each of Kubrick's films, providing a running commentary as he goes along. He moreover lists thematic obsessions that run through all the films he describes, offering an intriguing sense of Kubrick's career as a whole.

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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group (Sd); Expanded edition edition (December 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826404227
ISBN-13: 978-0826404220
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces

Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Little Referance For the Kubrick Fan, July 3, 1999

By	"donnie@dreamscape.com" (Little Falls, NY USA) - See all my reviews

Yes, Kagan does make some foolish mistakes in summing up Kubrick's films. However, this is a nice book for anyone interested in the late Stanley Kubrick, a film genius whose works ranged from sexual thrillers and science fiction epics to period dramas and war films. It contains some nice photos, as well as just enough information about each film. I bought it after seeing only three of Kubrick's films and it compelled me to see five more.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Shiner for Kubrick criticism., January 10, 2001

By	Jerad Walters (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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The main problem with this book is the overall sloppy job of writing. It is clear that the author failed to take notes during the films, for his descriptions are filled with incorrect statements about things as basic as the story and other errors. In his analysis of The Shining, for example, he spends a few pages recounting the plot. In doing so, however, he switches many of the events around and getting them out of order. Furthermore, he also has a habit of getting the names of characters mixed up, or getting the wrongs names altogether. If you're looking for a much better book on Kubrick, try Thomas Nelson's Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good beginner's summary of Kubrick's work, October 11, 1998

By	J. Steinberg (Long Island, New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book reads more like summaries of Kubrick's films than either analysis, or indepth reviews. It might be useful to anyone beginning to explore Kubrick's body of work, or anyone interested in having a mini-encyclopedia of cliff notes. Be warned that the book contains notes on all of the endings to Kubrick's films, so if you do not wish to ruin the endings, perhaps you shouldn't read it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute rubbish! Hideously inaccurate and lacking in insight.
If you're looking for a collection of poorly-written and badly inaccurate plot summaries of Kubrick's work set alongside a summary of critics' reviews of his films, this is the... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Uncle Mike

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless
I don't know why film critics think they can get away with this kind of thing. Imagine if somebody tried to "critique" a novel, a CD, or any other type of work by... Read more

Published on June 19, 2004 by JR Dunn

2.0 out of 5 stars One wonders why Kagan bothered
Kagan's tome on the works of Stanley Kubrick breaks ranks with the films it seeks to illuminate by accomplishing something those works do not - Kagan's tome is terribly BORING and... Read more

Published on January 11, 2004 by Eric San Juan

1.0 out of 5 stars An Inept Excuse For A Bad Thesis
I have a theory: Kagan needed to write a thesis. He decided that Kubrick's work demonstrated the repetition of certain themes, and decided to "argue" accordingly. Read more

Published on October 26, 2001 by Mad Dog

2.0 out of 5 stars Parrot Talk and Kubrick
Norman Kagan should get an "editing" credit rather than "author" credit. This book on the cinema of Stanley Kubrick is basically an accumulation of articles,... Read more

Published on May 23, 2000 by rareoopdvds

1.0 out of 5 stars Who the heck is this Kagan fellow??!!
Not particularling illuminating or informative, at the very least it collects portions of commentaries from some of the best film critics (eg Pauline Kael). Read more

Published on December 1, 1998 by Studebaker Hoch, billythemtn@g...

1.0 out of 5 stars This is the most shallow and worthless book on Kubrick.
If I could give less than one star, I would. This book sheds no light on Kubrick's genius whatsoever. Read more

Published on July 9, 1998

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