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Zusatztext This Companion stands out as one of the most substantial overviews of “Kubrick Studies” currently available. For students new to his work, it provides a wide-ranging introduction to Kubrick, employing a comprehensive array of film studies methods—from aesthetics, adaptation studies, and auteur analysis, to identity politics, industry analysis, and archival research. Just as importantly, contributors offer groundbreaking re-evaluations of Kubrick’s films and reputation. An indispensable volume. Informationen zum Autor I.Q. Hunter is Professor of Film Studies at De Montfort University, UK, and the author of British Trash Cinema (2013), editor of British Science Fiction Cinema (1999) and co-editor of British Comedy Cinema (2012) and The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History (2016). Nathan Abrams is Professor of Film Studies at Bangor University, UK. He is the founding co-editor of Jewish Film and New Media: An International Journal . He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles, including most recently The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema (2012). He is currently editing a collection entitled Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film, Television, and Popular Culture (forthcoming). Vorwort The first comprehensive volume on Stanley Kubrick’s entire oeuvre from a multi-author perspective. Zusammenfassung Stanley Kubrick is one of the most revered directors in cinema history. His 13 films, including classics such as Paths of Glory, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining , attracted controversy, acclaim, a devoted cult following, and enormous critical interest. With this comprehensive guide to the key contexts - industrial and cultural, as well as aesthetic and critical - the themes of Kubrick's films sum up the current vibrant state of Kubrick studies. Bringing together an international team of leading scholars and emergent voices, this Companion provides comprehensive coverage of Stanley Kubrick’s contribution to cinema. After a substantial introduction outlining Kubrick's life and career and the film's production and reception contexts, the volume consists of 39 contributions on key themes that both summarise previous work and offer new, often archive-based, state-of-the-art research. In addition, it is specifically tailored to the needs of students wanting an authoritative, accessible overview of academic work on Kubrick. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsNotes on contributorsAcknowledgmentsNathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK) and I.Q. Hunter (De Montfort University, UK)Introduction Part One: IndustryIntroduction Chapter 1: Kubrick and Production James Fenwick (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)Chapter 2: Kubrick and Authorship Rod Munday (Aberystwyth University, UK)Chapter 3: Kubrick and Adaptation Graham Allen (University College Cork, Ireland)Chapter 4: Kubrick and Collaboration Manca Perko (University of East Anglia, UK)Chapter 5: Kubrick and Britain Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK)Chapter 6: Kubrick and TranslationSerenella Zanotti (Roma Tre University, Italy)Chapter 7: Kubrick and the Critics Gregory Frame (Bangor University, UK)Part Two: Sound and ImageIntroduction Chapter 8: Kubrick and Photography Philippe Mather (University of Regina, Canada)Chapter 9: Kubrick and Framing Robert P. Kolker (University of Maryland, USA)Chapter 10: Kubrick and Formalism Rodney F. Hill (Hofstra University, USA)Chapter 11: Kubrick and Acting Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz (University of Colorado in Boulder, USA)Chapter 12: Kubrick and Art Dijana Metlic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)Chapter 13: Kubrick and ComposingKate McQuiston (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA)Chapter 14: Kubrick and Music Christine Lee Gengaro (Los Angeles City...
