Stanley Kubrick A Biography

The Most Complete Account Yet Of One Of The Most Original And Stimulating Film-makers Of The Post-war Years: Paths Of Glory, Dr Strangelove, Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Barry Lindon, Full Metal Jacket A Biography Of This Pre-eminent Cultural Figure Is Long Overdue. Few Film-makers Have Managed To Maintain Their Mystique Over Forty Years; Kubrick Succeeded By Preparing His Films For Years, So That Each Distilled The Essence Of The Zeitgeist. To The Generation Of The 1950s, He Was One Of The Few Directors To Achieve, With Paths Of Glory, The Dignity And Stature Of The European Cinema In An American Film.