Stanley Kubrick: Adapting the Sublime

by Elisa Pezzotta

Book Overview

Although Stanley Kubrick adapted novels and short stories, his films deviate in notable ways from the source material. In particular, since 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), his films seem to definitively exploit all cinematic techniques, embodying a compelling visual and aural experience. But, as author Elisa Pezzotta contends, it is for these reasons that his cinema becomes the supreme embodiment of the sublime, fruitful encounter between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496807898
• ISBN13: 9781496807892
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"