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Title: Stanley Kubrick: A Biography by Vincent Lobrutto ISBN: 0-306-80906-0 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.45 (20 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A soporific odyssey
Comment: Despite my great interest in Stanley Kubrick's work and personality, I couldn't finish this biography by Vincent LoBrutto. Disappointment sets in very quickly as one realizes that LoBrutto's writing style is very tedious, amateurish and repetitive. The irony is that the author is clearly an admirer of Kubrick and has done extremely meticulous research -- what a shame that the editing was not nearly as careful, quite unlike a Kubrick film.
I switched to John Baxter's recently published biography and, though that book certainly has its own weaknesses, it is much more concise and has a livelier style. After finishing it, I picked up the LoBrutto book again in an attempt to at least skim it for additional detail, especially since it offers more technical information. I have again given up. The poor style is too much to endure and the extra detail is not interesting. One wonders whether the Baxter biography is merely a more professional rewrite of the LoBrutto book.
Rating: 5
Summary: How to write a book about a filmmaker
Comment: If you want to know about Stanley Kubrick, outside of viewing his films, this is THE book !
This book fills in the blanks, about this enigmatic filmmaker, with a very concise, pre-history, to his notariety as director of such films as "Paths of Glory" and "Dr. Strangelove".
It is from these "roots", that his story REALLY begins !
Be patient to get to those "famous" years, for it is this story, that explains, the "how" and "why" he is regarded so highly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good biography on the genius himself.
Comment: I must say that I was absolutely astounded to find so many bad reviews on this book, or even mediocre ones for that matter. Many have cited problems such as it being a book of speculation and trivia, and that Lobrutto's writing style is borish. I suppose I can somewhat agree with the latter criticism, for the book does get tedious at times, but that shouldn't distract any true Kubrick fan from enjoying this otherwise informative and interesting looking into the life of one of cinema's only real Genius'. The book is above being simply standard in it's research and thus does gravitate a certain amount of authority on the subject. If nothing else I have to compliment Mr. Lobrutto on his dilligence and dedication to writing such a weighty book on a very enimatic subject. In that regard this book should not be viewed in terms of "Why couldn't he have told us Stanley's favorite chess piece" and should be read as "Wow - I didn't know that the camera lense used in Barry Lyndon was taken off of a satellite!" Please, to whoever is thinking of buying this, don't listen to all those other morons who insist that this book is junk, they are all obviously misguided souls who simply live to criticize. Buy it and enjoy. (oh yeah, its also got some great photo's in there as well.)
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Title: Stanley Kubrick: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) by Stanley Kubrick, Gene D. Phillips ISBN: 1578062977 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Complete Kubrick by David Hughes, Peter Bogdanovich, James Clarke ISBN: 0753504529 Publisher: Virgin Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze by Thomas Allen Nelson ISBN: 0253213908 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Stanley Kubrick, Director: A Visual Analysis by Alexander Walker, Ulrich Ruchti, Sybil Taylor ISBN: 0393321193 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title:The Killing ASIN: 0792841395 Publisher: Mgm/Ua Studios Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.01 |
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