Nathan Abrams, Professor in Film and lead director for the at Â鶹Íø has co-authored a new book published by Faber & Faber on the legendary American filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick.
To mark the book’s publication, as well as the 25th anniversary of the director’s death, Nathan Abrams will be joined by Gordon Stainforth, assistant editor and Adam Unger, second assistant editor on one of Kubrick’s most well-known films The Shining at an event at Pontio, Â鶹Íø’s Arts and Innovation Centre on Thursday, 7 March at 7pm. The book launch will be followed by a screening of The Shining (Extended Version).
The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Kubrick: An Odyssey by Nathan Abrams and his co-author Robert P. Kolker fills that gap. It is based on access to the latest research, especially into his archive at the University of the Arts London, and other papers, as well as new interviews with family members and those who worked with him. It offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of Kubrick’s personal, private, public, and working life.
“The book grows out of years of intensive research that began when I started teaching Kubrick at Â鶹Íø in 2007. It discusses not only the making of his films, but also those he wanted but failed to make like Burning Secret, Napoleon, Aryan Papers, and A.I. We also uncover what Kubrick was doing when he was not making films.
“This biography will puncture a few myths about this allegedly reclusive filmmaker, who created some of the most important works of art of the twentieth century. The book will be invaluable not only to my students at Â鶹Íø, but students, fans, critics and scholars not just interested in Stanley Kubrick but also anyone interested in a giant of 20th- century filmmaking.â€
